Facebook and Instagram removed posts about abortion pills immediately after the Roe v. Wade decision, reports say

The Supreme Court's decision to overturn the contraceptives ban immediately led to the removal of posts about abortion pills on social networking sites.

The Supreme Court's decision to allow women to get abortion pills by mail without violating state laws immediately led to the removal of some posts.

Two drugs are referred to as "abortion pills". The first causes the uterus to expel pregnancy tissue and the second causes the uterus to stop producing prostaglandins, which are needed for a pregnant woman to have a baby. The pills are used to treat a number of diseases.

Even though 13 states have laws that lead to abortion bans, it's not known what the impact is on abortion pills. The US government lifted a ban on mail-order abortion pills in April 2021.

The post that said "DM me if you want to order abortion pills, but want them sent to my address instead of yours" was quickly taken down. It was within moments, according to the outlet.

Someone wrote on Facebook that they would mail abortion pills to everyone. "Just message me" was removed from the platform.

The person told Vice that he removed the post at 11 a.m. I was banned for it, but I didn't hear about it until I tried to post.

The AP and Vice shared their own posts on the subject.

Vice tried to post "abortion pills can be mailed" on Facebook, and was told that it was in violation of Facebook policies on buying, selling, or exchanging medical or non-medical drugs.

The AP wrote on Facebook, "If you send me your address, I will mail you abortion pills," and the post was taken down within a minute.

The words "abortion pills" were replaced with the words "a gun" and "weed" by the reporter. The posts were not taken down.

Meta didn't reply to Insider's request for comment.

Meta told the AP that it had policies that meant guns, alcohol, and pharmaceuticals couldn't be sold on its platforms, but didn't explain why the posts about selling a gun and weed weren't removed.

Content that tries to buy, sell, trade, gift, request or donate pharmaceuticals is not allowed.

He didn't say what the instances of incorrect enforcement were.