A woman holding a sign in favor of the legalization of abortion. Protest not to make abortion illegal in the united states, pro-choice, pro-life
Two days or so after Roe V Wade was overturned, I started a Tango Key novel with this premise: the Florida Keys have seceded from the union and everything that is becoming banned in the country remains legal in The Conch Republic. Mira Morales owns a sailboat anchored in international waters where abortions are conducted.
Today, July 10, I ran across an article in Huffpost about a female OBGYN who plans to buy a ship and anchor it in federal waters, so it circumvents the abortion restrictions in southern states.
“Dr. Meg Autry is the OB-GYN behind PRROWESS, a ship that looks to provide access to abortions and reproductive health care in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade last month, KCBS Radio reported.
“PRROWESS is seeking donations and needs at least $20 million to get a vessel, “retrofit” it and cover costs for operations, Autry told KCBS Radio. Licensed health care providers will offer surgical abortions up to 14 weeks, contraception, vaccination, treatment and testing for STIs on the ship, according to its website. PRROWESS will also help people get to the ship after passing a pre-screening process, NBC Bay Area reported.”
Since I wrote this post, other elements of this Dystopian world after Roe evolved that have since appeared in the news. Women are banned from traveling to states where abortion is still legal. They are checked for pregnancy with hand-held ultrasound at state borders, at the TSA in airports, on cruise ships. So far in the real world these checks haven’t happened, but will they?
So, was this precognition on my part or just an inevitable outcome of the abortion ban?
I heard about that ship but I didn’t know it was a woman’s plan. Awesome. We are living in a weird time. Women’s rights are being taken away like candy from a baby. Anything is possible.
It’s depressing and infuriating.