Nine days in, Anna was lying across from the tiny TV when Jules screamed from the tub. Anna kept taking her temperature and handing her glasses of water, too. She drew baths for Jules, listened as she ran the stairs, and watched as she gulped Tanqueray. She set an alarm every four hours, keeping Jules to a schedule of 20 tincture droplets under the tongue and a cup of brewed tea. Anna didn’t know how long it would take, so she moved in with Jules at the motel, dancing at the club each night. Women have relied on herbal abortion for thousands of years, and though specific regimens were hard to come by, anecdotal accounts littered the internet. She’d read other tips as well: frequent hot baths, vigorous exercise, lots of gin. This story was first published in California Sunday Magazine.Īnna had found the herbal recipe online.
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