Brazil seizes abortion drugs sent to women living in fear of Zika

~The fear of facing motherhood in the era of Zika had increased demand for the drugs, Zenevich said.
Reproductive rights advocates fear the lack of access to abortion pills might push women to pursue unsafe options to terminate a pregnancy.

“We have a situation here in Brazil in which women are having clandestine abortions, and in which women are dying,” said Sonia Coelho, a spokeswoman for the National Campaign for the Legalization of Abortion. “This brings consequences ... principally for poorer women and black women, who lack the means to have an abortion in a safer
place.”
 

Though illegal, relatively safe clandestine abortions are available in Brazil to those able to pay around $800 or more, almost four times the monthly minimum wage.

The flood of emails from women who ordered the drugs from Women on Web but didn't receive them has been frantic.

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Brazil seizes abortion drugs sent to women living in fear of Zika - LA Times