Posted on 03/28/2020 6:07:48 PM PDT by Morgana
Officials at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas say they have canceled 261 abortions since Tuesday, after the state effectively banned the procedure.
Sarah Wheat, the chief external affairs officer for Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas in Austin, said the health centers have also been prevented from helping patients seeking abortions.
“Our health centers have received 583 calls from patients seeking appointments during that same time period,” she said in a statement.
On Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott issued on order halting procedures that are “not immediately medically necessary” during the coronavirus outbreak. The next day, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton confirmed that included abortions.
“It’s been really difficult,” said Dr. Amna Dermish, the regional medical director for Central Texas with Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas.
Dermish said clinic staff have been forced to call women to let them know their appointments had been canceled indefinitely. She said patients have responded with “anger, sadness, frustration and despair” when they’ve gotten that call.
“We have had to rotate staff through that job because it’s a really difficult thing to do,” Dermish said.
These cancellations are also coming at a particularly hard time for many patients, Planned Parenthood officials say. The COVID-19 outbreak has caused an unprecedented spike in unemployment claims, as joblessness rates increase across the country.
“Our patients are just like everyone else out there,” Dermish said. “They are dealing with job losses, health insurance losses, concerns about their health and their welfare.”
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80 Babies a day scheduled to die every day at the hand of man in Texas alone - no ventilators for the pre born. Some of us are pleased to learn that abortion has slipped below heart disease as the leading cause of death in the US in the past few years. As the grim reaper, COV cannot compete with the evil of men.
Austin gives PP a hell of a taxbreak. Other long time private businesses have had to close because of high property taxes.
3,000 deaths every day isn’t newsworthy.
it’s not scary or avoidable like Coronavirus...
I got one of the last “elective” surgeries done at Mayo Clinic in Arizona just under 2 weeks ago.
They took a substantial cyst out of one kidney because there was a very high chance it was cancerous. (Fortunately it wasn’t.)
The concept that an abortion is more important than cancer surgery is just amazing to me...
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