How realistic are the post-Roe abortion workarounds that are filling social media?

People gather in front of the Georgia State Capital in Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022, to protest to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

With abortion now being heavily restricted in many U.S. states following the fall of Roe v. Wade, social media has been filled with complicated and, in some cases, baseless workarounds that experts say should be intensely scrutinized before one considers pursuing them.

Mandatory vasectomies, building clinics that offer abortion services on Native American reservations and placing children for adoption or foster care are among the most popular choices for post-Roe abortion workarounds, but experts say that these suggestions aren’t realistic.

Here’s what those researchers have to say about why these post-Roe workarounds are not as realistic as they may seem.