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“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds

Isn’t it interesting that I can get on an internet site, fill in a questionnaire, and get drugs delivered to my door in a matter of hours? I can get weight loss injectable GLP-1 syringes, I can get gummies that promise to grow my hair, and if I were a man, well you know about what that little blue pill will do… Have you seen the Amazon ad? The one where a guy falls down and hurts his back, while lying on the floor he dials up a ‘provider’ on his cell who ships his drugs straight away to his door! That sounds like pain meds right? Narcotics-Are-Us.

America is a wonderland of instant gratification.

Except when it comes to women. Once SCOTUS decided to eliminate a woman’s right to control her own body in 2022, our nationwide right to abortion fell to the discretion of the states. We all know what happened in RED states; clinics closed and poor women seeking reproductive healthcare had to travel to bordering states. Because let me say it again, wealthy women will always and forever be able to afford healthcare. They will fly to Switzerland for their depression. They will fly to South Korea for a facelift – have you seen the latest black comedy BEEF on Netflix?

Well did you know that about a third of abortions in this country are performed by the patient simply taking a pill in a timely fashion? It’s simple and easy, no clinic visit, no procedure, no dilation and curettage. No cramping, bleeding, or fear of sepsis in a back alley. But those old white men in RED states still didn’t want women to have access to this wonder drug mifepristone! And they certainly didn’t want doctors, or providers, to prescribe mifepristone by telemedicine from another state to women in their state!

But yesterday, some semblance of intelligence emerged from the Court; ALL women for a brief period of time will be able to obtain mifepristone BY MAIL! Imagine that.

“In a brief order, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. paused a lower-court ruling from Friday that had prevented abortion providers from prescribing the pills by telemedicine and shipping them to patients, causing confusion for providers and patients. The one-sentence order imposes a pause until at least May 11. He requested that the parties file briefs by Thursday, and then the full court will determine how to proceed.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/politics/supreme-court-abortion-pill.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gFA.iAGK.L0ZU7ZryabYn&smid=url-share

I would advise all the moms out there with pre-teen daughters to get online NOW and order their supply! This administrative stay might only last a week after all. I mean don’t we pack condoms into our sons’ luggage when they move away to college? Didn’t we get our children vaccinated against HPV?

Meanwhile, I read a headline this morning about RFK, Jr trying to wean Americans off antidepressants. Seems counterintuitive doesn’t it? Maybe enough women will show up at the polls to slow our descent into this gloomy, Christian nationalist night. Meanwhile, we’re moving my sister into a new southern sensibility, slowly.