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Hekate

(98,629 posts) Wed Mar 15, 2023, 05:12 PM Mar 2023

Herbs & tinctures "to regulate the menses" were advertised in Colonial newspapers. Every time I hear [View all]

…that the most-used method of abortion in the 21st century is Mifepristone, which they “self-manage” at home — okay, long clause, sorry.

But every time I hear that women “self-manage” my mind automatically inserts the phrase from 200-300 years ago: “to regulate the menses.” Because Mifepristone is for very early pregnancies.

My head hurts.

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Herbs & tinctures "to regulate the menses" were advertised in Colonial newspapers. Every time I hear [View all] Hekate Mar 2023 OP

The anti-choice people seem to think PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2023 #1

Actually they think that abortion was *always* illegal & that it existed in back alleys where... Hekate Mar 2023 #2

There are herbs that can be used, as they bring on the menses, thus flushing the uterus Lettuce Be Mar 2023 #3

herbalists know markie Mar 2023 #6

Still Being Advertised Well Into the Forties, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2023 #4

Thank you, Sir. In some ways you are just my kind of scholar, querying not just the headlines... Hekate Mar 2023 #7

Name one pharma remedy that does not have its basis in plant medicine. So, if Mifepristone is in2herbs Mar 2023 #5