The Rise of the DIY Abortion in Texas

[Sam1]

The Alamo flea market sits right off South Texas’s lengthy Highway 83; a sprawling, dusty, labyrinth of a place. Under canopies in the converted parking lot, vendors in dark sunglasses stand behind tables heaped with piles of clothing, barking in Spanish and hawking their wares. The air is hot and muggy, thick with the scent of grilled corn and chili.

Customers browse simple items—miracle-diet teas, Barbie dolls or turquoise jeans stretched over curvy mannequins—but there are also shoppers scanning the market for goods that aren't displayed in the stalls. Tables lined with bottles of medicine like Tylenol and NyQuil have double-meanings to those in the know: The over-the-counter drugs on top provide cover for the prescription drugs smuggled over the border from nearby cities in Mexico. Those, the dealer keeps out of sight.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/the-rise-of-the-diy-abortion-in-texas/373240/

[onehandle]

1. Is there a Hobby Lobby nearby?

They should send them a thank you note.

[HockeyMom]

2. Santeria store

There was one in my neighborhood when I was growing up in the 60s in Manhattan. This store had all sorts of religious statues in the window, but they also sold herbs, teas, etc., supposedly to "cure" different ailments. The word among teens was that they also sold a potion which would induce an abortion.

I guess the idea goes way back, and is certainly now making a comeback.