Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Reclaiming Abortion Rights, feminist author Katha Pollitt confessed that in the face of mounting legal restrictions and the degrading landscape of abortion care in many parts of the country, she found herself daydreaming, there is something, some substance already in common use, that women could drink after sex or at the end of the month, that would keep them unpregnant with no one the wiser.Something you could buy at the supermarket, or maybe several things you could mix together, items so safe and so ordinary they could never be banned, that you could prepare in your own home, that would flush your uterus and leave it pink and shiny and empty without you ever needing to know if you were pregnant or about to be.A brew of Earl Grey, Lapsang Souchong, and ground cardamom, say.Or Coca-Cola with a teaspoon of Nescafé and a dusting of cayenne pepper.Things you might have on your shelves right now, just waiting for some clever person to put them together, some stay-at-home mother with a chemistry degree rattling around her kitchen late at night. 1
Author: Kelly O’Donnell
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4367591134