# What - if anything - can a red state do about mail order "day after pills"?

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**Created:** [June 27, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-can-a-red-state-do-about-mail-order-day-after-pills/966951 "2022-06-27T12:18:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-can-a-red-state-do-about-mail-order-day-after-pills/966951/11 "2022-06-28T22:59:26Z")

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There’s an existing thread on the feasibility of abortion pills by mail for those living in states that outlaw abortion:

> [@How do "abortion pills" work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-abortion-pills-work/966893):
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> I’ve heard the past few days that women can “get” abortions by taking a pill, rather than going through a whole surgical procedure. On the surface, this seems to be a good work-around of the whole political crisis, but I assume it’s more complicated than it seems to me. Up to what point in a pregnancy can the pill be taken? Are there women who can’t take the pill at any point for some reason? Is it dangerous? And political questions: would the Post Office (or FedEx or whoever) have problems in…

But it’s not as though conservatives aren’t gunning for emergency contraception as well. Or regular contraception, for that matter.

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