Facebook quickly restores illegal abortion drug page after deleting it in ‘error’

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Some 24 hours after it deleted the Facebook page of Women on Web, which sells illegal abortion pills online, Facebook backpedaled, apologized, and reinstated the page.

The social media giant shut down Women on Web May 12, citing its policy against the “promotion or encouragement of drug use,” the Guardian reported.

The Amsterdam-based Women on Web mails abortion pills to women who are reportedly 10 or fewer weeks pregnant and in countries where abortion is illegal. It also will connect them with local doctors who will sell them the drug.

The abortion pill is a two-drug combination, in which one acts to starve the baby in utero and the other to expel the corpse from the womb.

Women on Web is the sister organization of Women on Waves, founded by Dutch abortionist Rebecca Gomperts. It runs an abortion ship in international waters so it can sell abortion pills with impunity to women from countries where abortion is outlawed.

Women on Waves raised an outcry on behalf of Women on Web, stating on its Facebook page: “We expect Facebook will undue [sic] this action soon enough, as access to information is a human right.”

Indeed, Facebook, which has about 2 billion users worldwide, reinstated the Women on Web page just hours later, reported the Telegraph.

It also apologized and explained the page was shut down “in error.”

"Facebook is a place for people and organizations to campaign for the things that matter to them," stated Facebook.

"Women on Web is an example of that. In this instance the account was disabled in error but has now been restored. We apologize for this and for any inconvenience caused."

Women on Web lauded the decision.