Asmaa was terrified at the thought of giving birth again, but with abortion largely illegal in Morocco she turned to the thriving illicit online pills market to end her pregnancy.
The 37-year-old mother of one went on Facebook after her gynaecologist told her about other women who had managed to get their hands on abortion pills through the platform.
There, on the social network’s Marketplace feature, she found anonymous users selling tablets containing misoprostol, a substance that induces uterine cramping and bleeding which remove the embryo or foetus.
“I was a little suspicious,” said Asmaa, who spoke to AFP on the condition that only her first name be used due to the topic’s sensitivity.
“There are a lot of scams and no medical follow-ups,” she told AFP. “You don’t know what ought to be done.”
Under Moroccan law, abortion is only allowed if a pregnancy is cause for imminent danger to a woman’s…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
