Not exact matches
«Even in referral centers, which are specifically set up to provide information about
abortion, you find that
providers are
not willing to perform
abortions,» Galli said.
A little longer ago there was the murder of the
abortion provider in Topeka, and who could forget that little war in Iraq (that we all know was about religion and oil,
not weapons of mass destruction)
The new measure overturns an Obama - era rule that said states couldn't stop funds from the federal government from going to the
abortion provider.
@Credenza, I agree there are
abortion providers that are
not «legit» and perhaps there are unsanitary condition, but your argument isn't valid to the discussion.
Abortion pills are fine with me but I don't automatically equate my employer with the «
provider of all my medications» as some of you apparently do.
If you really loved children as much as you claim then do something about the real problem which isn't Planned Parenthood or
abortion providers.
Though he is
not a believer, the
abortion provider I referenced above also said that every
abortion he has performed over the years has made him feel sick to his stomach.
He does
not say what he wants to be called, but «
abortion provider» would perhaps be acceptable to him.
According to the ethics report, physicians objecting to
abortion or contraception must refer patients desiring such services to other
providers (recommendation # 4); may
not argue or advocate their views on these matters though they are required to provide prior notice to their patients of their moral commitments (recommendation # 3); and, in emergency cases or in situations that might negatively affect patient physical or mental health, they must actually provide contraception and / or perform
abortions (recommendation # 5, emphasis added).
A recent law prohibits federal funds from paying for most
abortions, but Planned Parenthood — which, among other services, is a major
abortion provider (3 percent of their services are
abortions)-- has received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding — legally, much of that can
not be used on
abortions.
Even now, some
abortion providers tell us that the majority of their clients are
not «pro-choice.»
«I'm thankful for this reversal and pray for the day soon when
abortion providers would
not operate on any cent of public money,» Moore said in written comments for Baptist Press.
With no legal route to
abortion (regardless of whether or
not you agree with it), women turn to untrained and undertrained
providers resulting in deaths and complications.
Field believes in reducing the time - limit within which women can have an
abortion, [36] and in stripping
abortion providers such as Marie Stopes of their counselling role and handing it to organisations
not linked to
abortion clinics.
The House passed a measure in a 230 - 188 vote that would reverse a last - minute rule from the Obama administration that said conservative states can't block the women's health and
abortion provider from receiving family planning dollars under the Title X program.
Under the legislation, passed by the Council in March, the centers would have been forced to explicitly advertise that they do
not perform
abortions and disclose whether they have a licensed medical
provider on site, provide referrals for prenatal care and
abortions and provide emergency contraception.
Cuomo's proposal also includes protections for health care
providers who don't want to perform
abortions for moral or religious reasons.
These services are funded by donations,
not the taxes that are spent on Planned Parenthood, an
abortion provider.
This tactic, which has been replicated in many states, prompted the Obama administration to issue regulations that clarified states can
not exclude otherwise qualified
abortion providers from the Title X program (see «Recent Funding Restrictions on the U.S. Family Planning Safety Net May Foreshadow What Is to Come,» 2016).
If your local Planned Parenthood doesn't have the
abortion service you need, we can refer you to other health care
providers in your area that can help.
Planned Parenthood had served Shelby County, Tennessee's Title X clients for 30 years, but in 2011 the county decided to give the contract to Christ Community Health Services, a religious organization that will
not provide
abortions or contraception, and will
not refer patients to any
provider who will offer
abortions.
Other policies look to exclude any entity that provides
abortions, or any family planning
provider that is formally affiliated with such an entity; this typically affects safety - net health centers that focus on reproductive health care, rather than primary care, including — but
not limited to — Planned Parenthood.
New requirements in Kansas, Pennsylvania and Utah direct the health agency to develop standards for
abortion providers, including requirements for staffing, physical plant, equipment and emergency supplies; supporters of the measures made it clear that the goal was to set standards that would be difficult, if
not impossible, for
abortion providers to meet.
An attempt to adopt stringent regulations for
abortion clinics in Minnesota failed when Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed a measure that would have imposed requirements on
abortion providers» facilities, but
not other similar outpatient health care facilities.
And Hidalgo is
not the only one; any number of Hagerty's members are in the crosshairs, though many of them, like the Teen Health Clinic at the Baylor College of Medicine, also have no affiliation with
abortion providers.
On April 11, Texas Planned Parenthood family planning
providers who do
not perform
abortions filed suit against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) in federal court in order to protect Texan women's access to basic, preventive health services.
SEA 546 also permits
abortion providers to seek a waiver from certain licensing requirements if the
provider can demonstrate that patient safety isn't compromised.
If you receive help from the Wyoming
Abortion Fund, you can choose any abortion provider it does not have to be a Planned Parenthood health
Abortion Fund, you can choose any
abortion provider it does not have to be a Planned Parenthood health
abortion provider it does
not have to be a Planned Parenthood health center.
Legislation to require
abortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges was introduced in five states and enacted in three; this provision is
not mandated for other outpatient surgical and medical
providers.
In response to a pair of related inquiries made last year by Deuell and HHSC Commissioner Tom Suehs, Attorney General Greg Abbott opined that the state could keep Planned Parenthood from providing any WHP services — by blocking Medicaid funds for any health care
provider that's «affiliated» with an
abortion care
provider, even if it doesn't provide
abortion services itself (see «Women's Health: Ideology First!
In 2012, Arizona, Michigan and Virginia took steps to establish stringent regulations that affect only surgical and medication
abortion providers, but
not other
providers of outpatient surgical and medical care.
This health center does
not have a
provider available to offer
abortion services.
Yet, in spite of these alarming statistics around cancer and STDs in New Jersey, on Monday Kim Guadagno stated that she would
not restore funding for preventive reproductive health services — because
providers like Planned Parenthood also offer
abortion services.
At press time, the president had just signed legislation that would allow states to withhold Title X funding from family planning
providers, though Title X money can
not actually be used to fund
abortions.
Moreover, some states have built on the federal guarantee by taking steps such as ensuring that patients can receive insurance coverage for a full year's supply of contraceptives at one time (rather than for either one or three months at a time, as is typical).10 This development is especially important for
abortion patients who are
not interested in LARCs but may need time to find another type of
provider for ongoing contraceptive care — if, for example, they do
not live near the
abortion clinic.
from Planned Parenthood and directs the funds to approved health care
providers that don't perform such non-therapeutic
abortions.
«I would assume that most Americans would be surprised, if
not shocked, to learn that the largest
abortion provider in America is also the largest recipient of federal funding under Title X,» Rep. Mike Pence (R - IN) said in January when he introduced legislation to strip Planned Parenthood of its federal funding.
They provide 59 % of all U.S. abortions2 and focus primarily on
abortion care, and therefore do
not typically offer a broad range of reproductive health services.3 Because specialized
providers are
not designed or often seen as sources of comprehensive or ongoing care — whether for contraception or anything else — it can be all the more challenging for them to devote limited resources to offering more integrated care.
Until 1987, when the Reagan administration issued the so - called gag rule, that provision consistently had been interpreted as a ban on the use of Title X funds to pay for
abortions, and the federal regulations governing Title X did
not otherwise reflect an antiabortion animus toward
providers.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster issued an executive order to exclude
abortion providers from the state's full - benefit Medicaid program, rather than solely its Medicaid family planning expansion (the governor's order has
not yet been implemented).
Because of an increasingly restrictive legal environment and clinic closures across the country,
abortion patients are facing new barriers to care, including the need to travel greater distances to access services.2, 20 Overcoming these challenges can be difficult or impossible, especially given that 75 % of
abortion patients are low - income, and 59 % have already had a child and may have other family obligations.21 Whether a
provider offers same - day contraceptive services is irrelevant if a patient can
not access
abortion care in the first place.
For example, many specialized
providers do
not accept insurance; 4 one common reason is that many
abortion patients pay out of pocket because they are unable or unwilling to use their insurance for
abortion care.5, 6 Specialized
providers may also face unique hurdles to the extent that their model of care does
not already include clinic - based systems or regular training for offering contraceptive services.
The proportion of U.S. contraceptive users relying on LARCs jumped from 2.4 % in 2002 to 14.3 % in 2014, the highest level ever recorded in the United States.9 There is also some evidence that LARCs are highly desired by many
abortion patients and that patient interest increases when LARCs are available for immediate postabortion initiation.1, 11,12 Notably, all contraceptive methods, including LARCs, are appropriate for immediate uptake following a surgical
abortion.13 In addition, recently updated medical guidelines support providing implants and injectable contraception at the time of a medication
abortion, along with previously available methods like the pill, patch and ring; the IUD is now the only method that
providers can
not offer on the day medication
abortion is started.14 This broader array of options is particularly significant given that medication
abortion represents an increasing proportion of all
abortions nationally.
Many
providers are
not equipped or staffed to offer a wide array of contraceptive methods immediately following an
abortion.
Title X funds have long been distributed by the Arizona Family Health Partnership and they never discriminated based on whether or
not a
provider performed
abortions.