Facebook removes posts about abortion pills after Roe v. Wade

Facebook removed posts from users last week that shared updates about abortion pills being mailed and temporarily banned some users amid a move by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.

The post was removed on Friday, the same day that the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion was undone, according to Vice.

I will mail abortion pills to any of you. Just message me, a message written by a person who was later banned from reading.

The posting was removed from the site immediately, according to the unidentified user.

I posted it at 11: 00 am and was notified within a minute that it was removed. The user said that I was not notified until I tried to post later that I was banned for it.

A Vice reporter posted the phrase abortion pills can be mailed on Facebook and it was flagged within a few seconds for violating the company's community standards.

The report said that when the poster disagreed with the decision, the post was removed. It was reinstated Monday.

The reporter was able to post painkiller pills that can be mailed, pills, and abortion without issue. Another post saying abortion pills can be mailed were flagged for removal but were not removed once the reported agreed with the decision.

Another post saying abortion pills can be mailed was flagged but the reporter agreed with the decision. The Facebook account of the reporter was suspended for 24 hours.

Facebook referred Fox Business to a tweet from Andy Stone, the communications director for Facebook parent Meta.

Content that attempts to buy, sell, trade, request or donate pharmaceuticals is not allowed. He wrote that content that discusses the affordability and accessibility of prescription medication is allowed. We have discovered a number of instances of incorrect enforcement and are correcting these. Facebook prohibits attempts by individuals, manufacturers and retailers to purchase, sell or trade non-medical drugs, pharmaceutical drugs and marijuana. In December, the FDA lifted the restrictions on allowing patients to receive them by mail.