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Abortion clinics: Pandemic boosts demand, heightens stress
Associated Press ^ | April 13, 2020 | David Crary

Posted on 04/13/2020 10:27:37 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The coronavirus outbreak has fueled attempts to ban abortions in some states, but providers where the procedure remains available report increased demand, often from women distraught over economic stress and health concerns linked to the pandemic.

“The calls we’ve been getting are frantic,” said Julie Burkhart, who manages clinics in Wichita, Kansas, and Oklahoma City. “We’ve seen more women coming sooner than they would have because they’re scared they won’t be able to access the services later.”

Some clinics are seeing patients who traveled hundreds of miles from states such as Texas, which has banned abortions during much of the pandemic on grounds they are nonessential. […]

The pandemic has prompted Planned Parenthood, the national’s (sic) largest abortion provider, to make adjustments.

In New York City, the epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S., Planned Parenthood has modified medication abortion procedures to minimize travel and potential COVID-19 exposure for patients and staff. …

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; babykillers; coronavirus; covid19; fakenews; kungflu; moogoogaipandemic; prolife; wuhanvirus
AP finally admits that Planned Butcherhood deals in abortions after denying it all through the Obama years, how about that.
1 posted on 04/13/2020 10:27:37 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

They pushing it now more than ever


2 posted on 04/13/2020 10:41:02 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Olog-hai

Amazing, no matter what the problem is, the answer is abortion.

Guess libs just have not yet figured out how to not have babies without killing them.


3 posted on 04/13/2020 11:22:15 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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