Protecting Your Privacy

We do need some information from you when you get abortion pills from At Home Abortion. We ask as little as possible to protect your privacy. Here's what we'll collect from you:

• Basic information like your name and age

• An address (this doesn't need to be your home address)

• Contact information (like your email, so we can send you instructions)

• Medical information to make sure abortion pills are OK for you

• Pregnancy and period information to make sure abortion pills will work for you

• Payment information (like a credit or debit card)

We know you have a right to privacy and abortion access. That's why we only ask for information we truly need to safely and effectively mail you abortion pills. We don't sell or share your data with anyone else. We don't keep your information for anyone else to use in the future. We only use the information you give us to make sure you can use abortion pills, and to make sure we can get them to you and contact you for support.

You can take steps to protect your abortion digital privacy while you're searching for information and buying pills. Here are some tips for safeguarding your abortion data privacy:

• Use "private" or "incognito" mode. Different web browsers call this different things, and they each have their own way of turning this on and off. This prevents data from being saved on your device. Here are a few common examples:

  • Chrome (incognito mode)

  • Firefox (private browsing)

  • Safari (private browsing)

• Delete your search history. Clear your browser cache and cookies. That way, if anyone shares or looks at your device, they can't see what websites you've visited in the past. This is even more important if you share a computer, tablet, or phone with someone. Different browsers have different ways of doing this.

• Use a more private or encrypted browser, like DuckDuckGo to search for abortion information or to buy pills online.

• If you want to message with anyone about your abortion, use an encrypted messaging app like Signal. The person you are messaging with needs to use it, too. This is safer than using your phone's text messaging app.

Your right to privacy and abortion goes beyond digital. There are also things you can do to protect your abortion privacy offline, in the real world. The most common way law enforcement finds out about someone taking abortion pills is that another person tells them. So the best way to keep your abortion private is to tell as few people as possible.

We know you deserve emotional and physical support during and after your abortion. It can be really helpful to talk to someone about your abortion. Think carefully about who the best person is for this. Make sure it's someone you trust, who won't tell anyone else about your abortion. Make sure you tell them to keep it private too, so they know that's what you want.

You can also keep the pill packaging private in a few ways:

• Pick a mailing address where you know you'll be the one to open the package. That might be your home, someone else's home, or a FedEx package pick up location.

• Before throwing the pill package away, use a black marker to cover up the names of the medicines.

• You can throw away the pill packaging at a public garbage or dumpster if that feels safer.

• If you take any pregnancy tests, you can also throw those away outside of your home so no one at home finds them.

• If you see a doctor or nurse during or after your abortion, you can just say you're there because you're pregnant and bleeding. This is all the information they'll need to give you medical treatment.

You have a right to privacy and abortion. Taking abortion pills that were mailed to you is legal in all 50 states. There is no federal law that says you can't manage your abortion at home.

Abortion pills (mifepristone and misoprostol) are FDA-approved medicines. They are legal medicines that have been proven to be medically safe since 2000.

Some states have banned abortion at clinics and some have banned abortion by telehealth. Other states where abortion is legal have passed "Shield Laws". These laws protect abortion providers in those states who mail abortion pills to anywhere in the US. Our abortion doctors and nurses live in those states. This is why we can mail abortion pills to you, even if you live in a state where abortion is banned.

State laws on abortion and telehealth vary. We follow all state laws where we live. To help understand your state laws about abortion, check our state pages.

Some people have faced trouble with the law because of what they said in a hospital. Most people don't need to go to the hospital. If you need to go, you can just talk about what is happening. You can say something like "I am pregnant and bleeding heavily". No one, not even a doctor, can tell if you've taken abortion pills once the pills dissolve. There is no test that can find them in your body. Treatment for problems from a miscarriage and abortion are the same. That means they can treat you safely without knowing about the abortion pills.

At Home Abortion is here to help you get safe, legal, and private abortion pills. We have security and privacy practices in place on our website and web portal to make sure your abortion is private. We also do this to protect our own privacy, so we can keep providing abortions across the US. We know just how important it is that you're safe and can keep your abortion private. That's why we take every step we can to keep our website secure and your information private. For answers to more questions about abortion pills, check out our most frequently asked questions.