They're Scared They're Bleeding Too Much — Or Not Enough. Here's Who They Call During An At-Home Abortion.

Since Roe v. Wade fell, many callers are filled with concern: “If I go to the emergency room, will they call the police?”

April Lockley usually fields calls as a volunteer provider for the Miscarriage and Abortion hotline while taking care of her 3-year-old daughter at home. It can be tricky to juggle hotline calls while also entertaining her toddler, but Lockley believes her daughter understands what she’s doing on some level.

“She doesn’t really know the concept of an abortion yet. We’re working on the uterus right now,” Lockley laughed in a phone conversation with HuffPost. “But she knows that mama helps people.”

Lockley, a family medicine doctor, abortion provider and medical director of the M+A hotline, mainly monitors texts and calls from her apartment in New York City. But she has fielded hotline calls from the back of an Uber, while grocery shopping and even a few times when she was getting her hair done. She’s usually on a four- to six-hour shift alone, during which she may field dozens of questions.

Some people are calling with simple questions: “Can I take ibuprofen after using abortion pills?” Others are in need of immediate support while managing an abortion at home: “Am I bleeding too much?” “Am I not bleeding enough?” Some calls can be heartbreaking: “I had a positive pregnancy test but now I’m bleeding. Am I having a miscarriage?”

Since Roe v. Wade fell, many callers are filled with concern: “If I go to the emergency room, will they call the police?”