Due to the Texas Omnibus Abortion Bill, or HB 2, that led to the shutting down of a lot accessible clinics in the state, many women are taking their chances conducting their own abortions south of the border.

While the law promised to make abortion safer, the expenses of meeting the new stricter requirements forced clinics to close and therefore made surgical abortions less accessible.

What seems to be easier for women to attain in Mexico are the illegal medications needed for a medical abortion that, despite not coming with the doctor supervision one would get in the U.S., would give them the desired result.

One of the two medications used for medical abortions, misoprostal, is available without a prescription, is much cheaper in Mexico and has almost 200,000 women traveling to the country to attain them.

Women can take the pill and self-induce a miscarriage, which seems that much more appealing when it comes with the price tag of $30, a lack of scrutiny when at a clinic and easy access.

However, the dangers of taking the drug is high. When taken with mifepristone, which is the second drug that is typically part of the medical abortion process, misoprostal is 95 percent effective.

Without mifepristone, the effectiveness drop and the danger of bleeding out or harming yourself rises but, with little options in Texas, many take the risk.

Watch a report conducted by BBC on the matter here:

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