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Floating abortion clinic planned off Alabama coast in Gulf of Mexico
AL.com ^ | July 10, 2022 | Mary Colurso

Posted on 07/10/2022 8:59:37 AM PDT by Morgana

A California doctor plans to offer abortion services to women in Southern states such as Alabama, via a boat that operates as a floating clinic in federal waters off the Gulf Coast, according to news reports.

Dr. Meg Autry, an OB-GYN in San Francisco, aims to raise about $20 million for the project known as PRROWESS, or Protecting Reproductive Rights of Women Endangered by State Statutes.

“The project is being funded with philanthropy and the patients care is on a needs basis, so most individuals will pay little to nothing for services,” Autry said in an interview with NBC Bay Area.

Autry, who’s also a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, said the floating clinic will provide surgical abortions up to 14 weeks, contraception, on-site testing for sexually transmitted infections and more.

Her goal is to offer reproductive services to women in states with laws that ban abortion, limit the procedure or make it hard to access. A team of licensed medical professionals would staff the clinic for about three weeks per month, according to Autry’s plan.

PRROWESS hopes to acquire a donated boat, Autry said, that would be transformed into a floating clinic. Money raised by the project also would be used for ongoing costs such as patient care, security and liability insurance.

Autry said she’s been pondering the idea of a floating clinic for years, but her plans were “accelerated” by the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.

“I’m a lifelong educator, an abortion and reproductive rights advocate,” Autry said in an interview with KCBS, a San Francisco radio station. “And I strongly, strongly believe in equitable health care, and so this has just kind of been my life’s work.”

The clinic, floating in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, would not be subject to abortion restrictions in nearby states, according to the FAQs on the PRROWESS website.

As a general rule, federal waters begin nine nautical miles from the coast of Texas, and three nautical miles from the coasts of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. Patients will be transported to the ship in various ways, depending on the distance, once they pass a pre-screening process.

For women seeking abortions in Southern states, a trip to the floating clinic may be easier than traveling to other states where abortion is legal, the PRROWESS website says.

“Our research indicates that patients are willing to seek care in a floating clinic, and these types of facilities have been used by the military and relief organizations for years,” the PRROWESS website says.

Although Autry and her team say their plans for the floating clinic are legal, they expect backlash and legal challenges from states that have banned or limited abortions.

“We have a very powerful legal team,” Autry told NBC Bay Area. “I’m sure there will be legal barriers and problems at every part of this journey.”


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: abortion; abortionboat; alabama; neededhealthcare; philanthropy; prolife; prrowess; roevswade; slaughteredbabies; ssabortion; ssbabykiller
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To: Bob434

When you tell the Left “No You Can’t” they shift into Super Crazy Mode


61 posted on 07/10/2022 9:38:57 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Morgana

Dr. Meg, your 15 minutes are up.


62 posted on 07/10/2022 9:39:02 AM PDT by sasquatch
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To: butlerweave

And not just ordinary sex, but most often perverted sex.


63 posted on 07/10/2022 9:40:37 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“...see whether we in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered.”)
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To: Morgana

SOME PEOPLE are really upset about the reduction in baby body parts...wonder who???


64 posted on 07/10/2022 9:40:50 AM PDT by goodnesswins (....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned. )
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To: MrRelevant

Yeah they can even get comps with enough “visits”.


65 posted on 07/10/2022 9:40:59 AM PDT by es345st
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To: Morgana
Crossing state lines is too much of a burden, but boating beyond the 3 mile state limit in open waters is okay?

This is the same logic that liberals use when saying that voter ID is too big a hurdle but EBT cards are easy to get.

-PJ

66 posted on 07/10/2022 9:41:45 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: propelkrayon
No regular FL native ever moved to that Hell on earth unless forced by a job .
Please don't visit here .
We have enough of Cali commie old hipsters driving our house prices and Young commies and dead beat
spinsters commies looking for cheap rent and no taxes .
All our FL rats hacks are invaders from Cali or the North .
Exhibit A , Debbie Blabbermouth Schultz.
67 posted on 07/10/2022 9:42:31 AM PDT by ncalburt (they Gop DC Globalists are the evil )
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To: Morgana

How do these people not see how GHOULISH they appear to ‘normal’ Americans?


68 posted on 07/10/2022 9:45:51 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Mashood
What are these Democrats going to do now? Feed the fish their aborted fetuses? These people are evil.
Oh my goodness no! Those parts bring huge money, that is why they all are behind it.
69 posted on 07/10/2022 9:49:58 AM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (What did Socialists use before candles? Electricity)
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To: 100%FEDUP

What a great point


70 posted on 07/10/2022 9:51:33 AM PDT by dkGba
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To: es345st

these people are F’ing sick.......


71 posted on 07/10/2022 9:51:41 AM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: Morgana

For old timers only: Shades of “Mr. Lucky.” Theme song from my all time fav Henry Mancini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9-8Wxv6m2k

Further info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Lucky_(TV_series)


72 posted on 07/10/2022 9:53:11 AM PDT by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed with the clot-shot, the more evidence I see supporting my decision.)
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To: All
The clinic, floating in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, would not be subject to abortion restrictions in nearby states, according to the FAQs on the PRROWESS website.

Fine, I see that you've planned this well. So, just a question: where do you plan to take moorage? Where will you take on fuel and supplies? After you've spit in the eye of the states of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida I doubt that any will welcome your business or offer you safe passage.

Maybe you can try Cuba...

73 posted on 07/10/2022 9:53:26 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: es345st

This way when they botch it and kill the woman they can list “death on the high seas” rather than highlight their error.


74 posted on 07/10/2022 9:57:52 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: es345st
I would love to see some morbid entrepreneur “Christening it “ The Nolove boat or worse The Titanic ||.
75 posted on 07/10/2022 9:58:57 AM PDT by shadeaud (We have to discover the real truth and who did all the funding. This is American ....Defend )
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To: Morgana

I wonder if she’ll try to do that off the Texas coast. The thing is Texas state waters extend to 9 nautical miles. Perhaps she’ll make the the mistake of locating just 3 nautical miles of the Texas coast.


76 posted on 07/10/2022 9:59:35 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Morgana

If you went to any normal insurance company to cover something like this...they’d laugh you out of the room. No one will cover this.


77 posted on 07/10/2022 10:04:29 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Morgana

how evil do you have to be to go to such lengths to kill an innocent baby?


78 posted on 07/10/2022 10:10:43 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: Morgana

So the high risk of puncturing the uterus will go even higher.


79 posted on 07/10/2022 10:11:22 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Morgana

80 posted on 07/10/2022 10:24:22 AM PDT by Bobalu (A dem asked what side I was for in Ukraine, I said "I'm against the commies" -- He got real pissed!)
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