i am looking to have my abortion be as green as possible. are there carpool services for mothers who intend to abort? i have a prius that is very fuel efficient which holds 5. can i drive myself home or does somebody else need to do it?
Hey, at least she’s smart enough not to breed. lol
Christian hospitals and all others? Do you think they’ll close the GYN clinics if they are forced to offer procedures that go against their moral beliefs?
no they should not unless it is to save the life of the mother from physical harm
it is against the religious believes of Catholics to assist or perform an abortion
and under no condition should the courts require them to be performed by any doctor that disagrees with the morality of abortions.
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and you are wrong the church will not close the ob gyn clinics.. as they aren’t required to perform an abortion…
the current plans are to close the hospitals completely if that law passes.. this will mean that 600 hospitals in the continental US will close.. hospitals that take a large percentage of needy and low income families
many assumed that the church would privatize the hospitals; however the church has stated that doing so would simply enable abortions to continue there.. something they can’t tolerate; they will close them.
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for those that asked why the question was asked.. because there is a law in congress that would require this.
and how are the established humanitarian services developed to maintain women’s individual freedom while attempting to earn a self sufficient lifestyle–in lieu of the choice of abortion?
Are American women capable of making their own decisions, or does the government need to make those important decisions for them?
Liberal asskicker is probably correct. Most abortions sadly are not for life saving reasons. We need better education in this country so there are less abortions period. Adoption is such a better option. Or just not getting pregnant until you are ready is an even better option. Look at IUDs now, 99.9% effective. There has to be better ways than abortion.
By the way, that clump of cells does have a visibly beating heart on an ultrasound at around 2.5 weeks post conception. It is taking a life. Whether you want to justify it or not. I would hope no woman making that choice would take it lightly.
I think I may be pregnant…. It keeps getting closer to the day im supposed to start my menstrual cycle but im afraid that im not going to start… im on birth control I also used a condom but it broke. I may need a abortion but have no money. ADOPTION IS NOT A OPTION!!! Are there any abortion services at no cost??
~If you go to a Planned Parenthood clinic that has a low-income program it can be as cheap as 115$. If you tells them you have no job, no money and no support they will likely have you pay the minimum for the procedure and get donations to cover the rest. 1-800-230-PLAN (1-800-230-7526) to find the Planned Parenthood clinic nearest you. You have the choice between the pill (which can be taken up to 11weeks, at home or at a friends house) or the vacuum method (in clinic procedure). Personally I used the pill method so I could be at home with my husband but some women want to have the surgical, so it’s done and over with when they leave the clinic.
If you are underage you may want to check this site out to see about parental consent laws and whatnot. http://www.sexetc.org/state
I respect that it is your choice and understand that you are probably doing what’s best for you. If you want/need to talk about it drop me an email.
Please do not listen to these women calling you names, it is entirely possible to have an abortion and not feel guilt because you knew it was the right thing to do.
ImNotSorry.net
Also . . . .
Did you know that for 120 hours after sex, you can take emergency contraceptive pills to avoid becoming pregnant? AND for 5 to 7 days after sex, you can have a Copper T 380 A IUD (Paragard) put in? Emergency postcoital insertion of the Copper T 380 A IUD (ParaGard) is the most effective currently available postcoital contraceptive. Not all clinicians know about this. If you want more information or would like the phone numbers of clinicians near you that prescribe emergency birth control, call the toll-free hotline (1-888) NOT-2-LATE. Some of these sources of help are free. PLAN B is the emergency contraceptive pill that causes the least nausea and the least vomiting.
Our population is out of control. The more embryos that develop are more mouths to feed.
I support the Department of Health and Human Services proposed regulations to strengthen the existing laws of abortion and sterility. Doctors should be forced to perform these operations!
Yes, I do.
Our population is out of control. The more embryos that develop are more mouths to feed.
I support the Department of Health and Human Services proposed regulations to strengthen the existing laws of abortion and sterility. Doctors should be forced to perform these operations!
Yes, I do.
My best friend got into a situation and now she is pregnant. She is 17 and the babies father is in Mexico. She wants to Abort the baby since it is like 2 months after she got pregnant. how does one go about getting abortion. I would like to take her but I dont know where they offer abortion services here? I am really afraid for her and am waiting for your answers.
thanks
Here’s my opinion!
Dear Alice,
I have just found out that I am one week pregnant. My boyfriend and I both agree that it is not the time for this. We do not have the money for an abortion. Is there any way to safely force a miscarriage?
Dear Reader,
Trained, qualified health care providers safely terminate pregnancies since there is no safe way to induce (or force) a miscarriage on your own. Before abortion was legalized in the United States as a choice for women in 1973, millions of women tried "do-it- yourself" methods or visited "back-alley doctors" to end unwanted pregnancies. Thousands died, and many more were permanently injured.
It’s important not to let money stand in the way of your health care. Abortion costs vary depending on the setting — clinics, such as Planned Parenthood, tend to be less expensive (some even have sliding scale fees); private hospitals and doctor’s offices usually are more expensive. If you are at a university, funds for this type of procedure may also be available. Many private health insurance plans pay for some or all of the expenses. Medicaid covers the cost of abortion in some, but not all, states. The National Network of Abortion Funds provides a listing of community abortion funds throughout the U.S. These funds provide financial aid to help low income women obtain an abortion. Their toll-free hotline is 1.800.772.9100.
First trimester abortions (abortions up to the thirteenth week of pregnancy) typically cost between $300 – 400. Since you are about one week along in your pregnancy, you may also have a choice between a medical/chemical abortion using Mifepristone (formerly known as RU-486) and a surgical abortion. A health care provider will be able to give you additional info (or you can check on your own). As the pregnancy progresses, pregnancy terminations become more expensive and providers more difficult to find, as risks and complications from the procedure also increase.
Pregnant and Undecided in Alice’s Sexual Health archive explains how abortions are performed and also gives other related info and options. You can get information on crisis pregnancy counseling in your area through Planned Parenthood at 1.800.230.PLAN (-7526).
Fortunately, women in the U.S. today, even those with low income, have various options and resources available to them.
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1984.html
Dear Alice,
I am nineteen-years-old. I just found out that I’m pregnant. I have been with the guy for two years and in college for one year. We are not financially stable. We have given it a lot of thought, but still do not know what to do. I have looked at the pros and cons and still I’m not sure. I have three little sisters and know that raising children is a hard job. Throughout this time I have leaned more toward the abortion, but don’t feel like I know enough about it. Can you please HELP?
Thanks,
Undecided
Dear Undecided,
Alice is pleased that you’re looking for the information you need to make your decision because this decision has a time limit. If you do not reach one within a certain amount of time, it will be made for you.
Clinically, abortion is a safe and simple procedure when carried out legally by licensed and specially trained doctors and some nurse practitioners with sterile and proper instruments. If you decide to have an abortion, it is best to do so within the first trimester (first three months) — this is when an abortion is safer, easier, and less expensive. You may have a hard time finding someone to perform a second trimester abortion; and, third trimester abortions are only performed when your life is seriously threatened by the pregnancy, or if you need to be treated for a life-threatening disease with a medication that would be toxic to the pregnancy.
Most surgical abortions take anywhere from five to fifteen minutes. The most common technique, aspiration, involves inserting a small tube, that is attached to a source of gentle suction, which draws the pregnancy tissue out from the uterus through the cervix. You can choose local (you’re awake) or general anesthesia. This type of abortion is done during the first three months. Second trimester abortions usually involve an injection of medication to help trigger the abortion.
As far as how you will handle an abortion emotionally, some women feel relief, sadness, anger, upset, guilt, nothing at all, or all of the above. You may or may not experience unexpected emotions afterwards. If you choose to have an abortion, let a close friend or two, besides your boyfriend, know about it. Having people around who care and who can support you in your decision will help.
Ultimately, the decision is yours to make. You’ve got several choices to consider: you can terminate the pregnancy either surgically or medically (whichever is recommended as appropriate for you); or, you can carry the pregnancy to full-term, either keeping the baby or perhaps arranging for the baby to be adopted. Carefully think about which option will be best for you and your boyfriend. It may be a complicated decision to make, as family, religious, cultural, and future life concerns are so often influential. Speak with a health care provider or ask your student health service if you need more help making your decision. Another resource that can help you make a decision is Planned Parenthood because they offer a wide-range of women’s health care and information:
Planned Parenthood
1.800.230.PLAN (-7526)
You can also read RU-486 (Mifepristone) in Alice’s Sexual Health archive for more information about this medical form of abortion.
Alice believes that whatever you decide, know and remember that you will be making the best choice for yourself at this point in your life.
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1405.html
I guess Fox News just missed that story, huh?
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29456.html
As of Thursday, the RNC’s plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.”
“The current policy has been in effect since 1991, and we are taking steps to address the issue,” Gitcho said.
According to several Cigna employees, the insurer offers its customers the opportunity to opt out of abortion coverage – and the RNC did not choose to opt out.
Like most hypocrites, they don’t practice what they preach. Plus, they needed the coverage for their teenage daughters.
Some places in the US don’t have access, very limited access, or constricting laws. What would you do to fix that?
Fix lack of abortion services? For that you would have to repeal the Hyde Amendment that prohibits federal funding for abortion. Then every state would be forced to cover it in their Medicaid programs like California and New York already do.
Then abortion servies and the poor would not be discriminated against. Congress set up the Medicaid program to equalize medical services between the rich and poor. To deny poor women abortion services while paying for childbirth is unfair. It removes reproductive freedom and defies both common sense and humane public policy. Cutting off Medicaid abortion actually increased poverty by trapping mothers of young children in the poverty/welfare cycle.
If Medicaid pays for pre-natal care and well baby visits to the pediatrician. It is discriminatory to cover one pregnancy option and not the other option. So either Medicaid need to provide women with all their options or none at all. When I say ALL I mean ALL; parenting, adoption and abortion.
Why did abortion only became an issue -after- the women’s rights movement? From where I stand, the true motive of the anti-abortion movement appears to be an underhanded retaliation against the newly acquired rights of women, veiled under a concern for the supposed rights of the unborn.
~Pro-Choice Momma; Have had an abortion <no regrets> and I have a 10 month old daughter <no regrets>. I believe in protecting my daughter’s choice.
Abortion: There is a Consensus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsSQiazUvgo
Ps – Covering abortion in the long run is cheaper than covering the cost of pregnancies and continued medical care for said baby/child.
My best friend got into a situation and now she is pregnant. She is 17 and the babies father is in Mexico. She wants to Abort the baby since it is like 2 months after she got pregnant. how does one go about getting abortion. I would like to take her but I dont know where they offer abortion services here? I am really afraid for her and am waiting for your answers.
thanks
Here’s my opinion!
Dear Alice,
I have just found out that I am one week pregnant. My boyfriend and I both agree that it is not the time for this. We do not have the money for an abortion. Is there any way to safely force a miscarriage?
Dear Reader,
Trained, qualified health care providers safely terminate pregnancies since there is no safe way to induce (or force) a miscarriage on your own. Before abortion was legalized in the United States as a choice for women in 1973, millions of women tried "do-it- yourself" methods or visited "back-alley doctors" to end unwanted pregnancies. Thousands died, and many more were permanently injured.
It’s important not to let money stand in the way of your health care. Abortion costs vary depending on the setting — clinics, such as Planned Parenthood, tend to be less expensive (some even have sliding scale fees); private hospitals and doctor’s offices usually are more expensive. If you are at a university, funds for this type of procedure may also be available. Many private health insurance plans pay for some or all of the expenses. Medicaid covers the cost of abortion in some, but not all, states. The National Network of Abortion Funds provides a listing of community abortion funds throughout the U.S. These funds provide financial aid to help low income women obtain an abortion. Their toll-free hotline is 1.800.772.9100.
First trimester abortions (abortions up to the thirteenth week of pregnancy) typically cost between $300 – 400. Since you are about one week along in your pregnancy, you may also have a choice between a medical/chemical abortion using Mifepristone (formerly known as RU-486) and a surgical abortion. A health care provider will be able to give you additional info (or you can check on your own). As the pregnancy progresses, pregnancy terminations become more expensive and providers more difficult to find, as risks and complications from the procedure also increase.
Pregnant and Undecided in Alice’s Sexual Health archive explains how abortions are performed and also gives other related info and options. You can get information on crisis pregnancy counseling in your area through Planned Parenthood at 1.800.230.PLAN (-7526).
Fortunately, women in the U.S. today, even those with low income, have various options and resources available to them.
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1984.html
Dear Alice,
I am nineteen-years-old. I just found out that I’m pregnant. I have been with the guy for two years and in college for one year. We are not financially stable. We have given it a lot of thought, but still do not know what to do. I have looked at the pros and cons and still I’m not sure. I have three little sisters and know that raising children is a hard job. Throughout this time I have leaned more toward the abortion, but don’t feel like I know enough about it. Can you please HELP?
Thanks,
Undecided
Dear Undecided,
Alice is pleased that you’re looking for the information you need to make your decision because this decision has a time limit. If you do not reach one within a certain amount of time, it will be made for you.
Clinically, abortion is a safe and simple procedure when carried out legally by licensed and specially trained doctors and some nurse practitioners with sterile and proper instruments. If you decide to have an abortion, it is best to do so within the first trimester (first three months) — this is when an abortion is safer, easier, and less expensive. You may have a hard time finding someone to perform a second trimester abortion; and, third trimester abortions are only performed when your life is seriously threatened by the pregnancy, or if you need to be treated for a life-threatening disease with a medication that would be toxic to the pregnancy.
Most surgical abortions take anywhere from five to fifteen minutes. The most common technique, aspiration, involves inserting a small tube, that is attached to a source of gentle suction, which draws the pregnancy tissue out from the uterus through the cervix. You can choose local (you’re awake) or general anesthesia. This type of abortion is done during the first three months. Second trimester abortions usually involve an injection of medication to help trigger the abortion.
As far as how you will handle an abortion emotionally, some women feel relief, sadness, anger, upset, guilt, nothing at all, or all of the above. You may or may not experience unexpected emotions afterwards. If you choose to have an abortion, let a close friend or two, besides your boyfriend, know about it. Having people around who care and who can support you in your decision will help.
Ultimately, the decision is yours to make. You’ve got several choices to consider: you can terminate the pregnancy either surgically or medically (whichever is recommended as appropriate for you); or, you can carry the pregnancy to full-term, either keeping the baby or perhaps arranging for the baby to be adopted. Carefully think about which option will be best for you and your boyfriend. It may be a complicated decision to make, as family, religious, cultural, and future life concerns are so often influential. Speak with a health care provider or ask your student health service if you need more help making your decision. Another resource that can help you make a decision is Planned Parenthood because they offer a wide-range of women’s health care and information:
Planned Parenthood
1.800.230.PLAN (-7526)
You can also read RU-486 (Mifepristone) in Alice’s Sexual Health archive for more information about this medical form of abortion.
Alice believes that whatever you decide, know and remember that you will be making the best choice for yourself at this point in your life.
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1405.html