PLANNED PARENTHOOD
303 W LINCOLN AVE.
ANAHEIM, CA 92805-2936
714-956-2002

TAPE – 205

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CLINIC: Thank you for calling Planned Parenthood. How can I help you?

CALLER: Yeah. I was calling to see if you guys do abortions there?

CLINIC: No, but we can schedule you an appointment. The one in Orange does.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Can you hold on one second?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Thank you.

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CLINIC: Thank you for calling Planned Parenthood. Can you please hold?

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CLINIC: Thank you for calling Planned Parenthood. Can I help you?

CALLER: Yeah. Well, I was on the phone with someone else. Is it —

CLINIC: What can I help you with?

CALLER: I was just wanting to know if you guys do abortions there.

CLINIC: No. They’re done at the Planned Parenthood in the city of Orange.

CALLER: Okay. Did you have that phone number?

CLINIC: Did you need to schedule an appointment? I can schedule you the appointment.

CALLER: All right.

CLINIC: Have you been to Planned Parenthood before?

CALLER: No.

CLINIC: Let me get some information from you. Hold on. Are you a patient of Planned Parenthood already or no?

CALLER: No. Do you have tao be a specific age for that? Like I’ll be 14 in March.

CLINIC: No.

CALLER: No? All right.

CLINIC: I need to get some information from you first. Hold on.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: When was the first day of your last menstrual period?

CALLER: Well, it was the — like the first week in December. It was probably around the 5th.

CLINIC: Okay, and have you had a positive pregnancy test already at a clinic?

CALLER: Not at a clinic.

CLINIC: Have you had one at home?

CALLER: Well, yeah. I took a home pregnancy test, and it said it was positive, but I wasn’t sure if I did it right.

CLINIC: Just a minute. Okay?

CALLER: All right.

RECORDING: (Spanish) (music) (repeat of above)

CLINIC: Okay. Sorry about that. Right now you’re about 10 weeks pregnant.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: And what’s your last name?

CALLER: Smith.

CLINIC: First name?

CALLER: Christine.

CLINIC: C-H or K?

CALLER: C-H.

CLINIC: What’s your date of birth?

CALLER: It’s March 19, 1988.

CLINIC: What’s the daytime phone number they can reach you at?

CALLER: Well, I don’t know. Like my boyfriend was going to give me his cellphone number to give you, but he just got it so I don’t know it yet.

CLINIC: We need to have a number to schedule you.

CALLER: Oh. Well, I don’t really know when I can —

CLINIC: Because what about if they need to reschedule your appointment or they can’t see you that day and they don’t confirm appointments.

CALLER: I was actually wondering like, do you guys have to tell my parents before I can have an abortion?

CLINIC: No.

CALLER: Okay, because the problem is I can’t tell my parents at all because like, my boyfriend’ 22 and we’re going to get married and everything, but my parents can’t find out because they hate him. They think he’s too old for me. So.

CLINIC: Okay, so we need to have a number where we can call you.

CALLER: But I don’t know it right now.

CLINIC: Hold on, okay?

CALLER: All right.

CLINIC: Christine?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: We need to have a phone number even if it’s a friend of someone that can get ahold of you.

CALLER: Is it all right if I call you back with that?

CLINIC: Yeah. I wouldn’t be able to schedule your appointment though.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Because we need that.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: So are you going to call back today?

CALLER: Well, yeah. But you sure you don’t have to tell anybody?

CLINIC: Yeah. All the services are kept confidential.

CALLER: Okay. Well, my boyfriend was also asking about birth control. Like is it all right to get it from you guys or —

CLINIC: Yeah, you can get birth control.

CALLER: But you wouldn’t have to tell anybody if I was on birth control or not?

CLINIC: No. All our services are kept confidential.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: In the state of California you don’t need parental consent to get an abortion or to get birth control.

CALLER: Okay. So could I call you back real quick? What was your name?

CLINIC: My name is Martha.

CALLER: Okay. Thanks.

CLINIC: Okay? Bye.

CALLER: Bye.

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