Posted on 04/13/2020 5:57:05 PM PDT by Morgana
NEW YORK — (AP) — 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.
Dr. Allison Cowett of Family Planning Associates in Chicago said one recent patient was a teen who drove from Texas with her mother. In Atlanta, Dr. Marissa Lapedis said her clinic accommodated a woman who received her initial abortion consultation in Texas but flew to Georgia when the Texas ban postponed a second visit to receive the abortion pill.
An influx of women from Texas contributed to the upsurge of abortions at Burkhart’s clinic in Wichita. She said it performed 252 abortions in March, up from 90 in March 2019.
Dr. Jen Villavicencio, an abortion provider in Michigan, predicts that demand for abortions will continue to increase during the pandemic.
“I hear it in my patient’s voices and questions daily,” she said via email. “They're worried about how they will make their rent, feed their family, access a ventilator if the need arises.”
The pandemic has prompted Planned Parenthood, the national’s 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.
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Kill the mother and get a 2 for 1.
Well in this case, give the mother Covid 19 and she spreads it around and kills how many?
Fake news
Not fake news but them crying like babies (no pun intended) because they can’t kill babies. There are other doctors who can’t practice at this time and you don’t hear them bellyaching
I believe the stories are fake. I do not believe that there are that many people clamoring for an abortion. That is what I meant by fake.
Actually to some degree they are real. People out of work/loss of income is a reason that would lead to abortion. I have posted on this in the past.
It’s not uncommon for people to panic during a job loss, pregnancy and worrying about a mouth to feed. Now with Covid 19 they will worry about birth defects even though it’s unfounded.
Interesting point. Apparently it's 50% turnarounds even in "normal" times. And 15% turnarounds even during coronavirus.
I have always thought a lot of abortions are motivated, not be desperation, not by panic, but just by ambivalence. This is why groups like 40 Days for Life can achieve significant success: because an "ambivalent" can be turned back even by just *seeing* a prayer vigil taking place on the sidewalk.
Plus you can lose your health insurance when you're unemployed. That is scary for pregnant women.
So I believe there's an uptick in numbers of women (even married women who would ordinarily be OK with another child) feeling acute anxiety over an unexpected pregnancy.
As with so many other kinds of killing: the root is fear. Faith in God sure helps, plus a supportive extended family --- but it's hard.
It cn be dealt with
How does the child feel when it’s brain is suck ed out...let alone then being dissected so your bloody body parts can be sold.
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