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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
69 NEWMAN SPRINGS RD E
SHREWSBURY, NJ 7702-4038
732-842-9300
TAPE – 053
CLINIC: Parenthood. How may I help you?
CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was wondering, do you guys do abortions there?
CLINIC: Yes.
CALLER: Yeah?
CLINIC: You have to come for a pregnancy test.
CALLER: Well, how much does it cost?
CLINIC: Hold on, please.
(Pause)
CLINIC: Hi. Can I help you?
CALLER: Yeah. I was just wondering about abortions.
CLINIC: Okay. We do abortions here.
CALLER: Okay. Well, how much does that cost, I guess?
CLINIC: If you’re under 12 weeks, it’s $350.
CALLER: Okay. How do you know —
CLINIC: How do you go about doing it?
CALLER: Well, how do you know how far along you are?
CLINIC: The first day of your last period. When was your last period?
CALLER: Well, I guess — it was probably around like maybe the first week in December.
CLINIC: What town do you live in?
CALLER: I live in Whiting (sp).
CLINIC: Wooding (ph)?
CALLER: Whiting, yeah.
CLINIC: Where’s that?
CALLER: Well it’s in — it’s in the middle.
CLINIC: Are you in New Jersey?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: Okay. What town is it?
CALLER: Whiting.
CLINIC: Whiting. Oh, down by Fort Dix?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: Oh. Oh, okay. So you’re about an hour-and-a-half from us. Do you want to go to Planned Parenthood in South Jersey?
CALLER: No, I really want to go just someplace where no one will see me.
CLINIC: Okay. So you need to come up here and speak to a counselor. You need to come in two visits.
CALLER: Oh.
CLINIC: So when do you want to come?
CALLER: Oh, I don’t know. I have to talk to my boyfriend to see. But — it’s just —
CLINIC: Okay. You don’t have a lot of time to play with. You should come up as soon as possible. So call your boyfriend and see when he can bring you up here.
CALLER: It’s just — the problem is I can’t tell my parents at all, because —
CLINIC: Okay.
CALLER: — he’s 22, and we’re planning on getting married. But my parents absolutely hate him because they think he’s too old for me.
CLINIC: Okay.
CALLER: But there’s just no way that they can find out that we’re having sex.
CLINIC: Okay. So how old are you?
CALLER: I’m going to be 14 in March.
CLINIC: Okay. So you need to talk to your boyfriend about bringing you up here, okay?
CALLER: Okay. And no one would tell anybody or anything?
CLINIC: You need to give us a call back; get your boyfriend to bring you up here.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: All right?
CALLER: Well —
CLINIC: Why don’t you get a hold of him and give us a call back.
CALLER: Well, I won’t be able to talk to him until like after 5:00 when he gets off. But there would be no way that anybody would know at all?
CLINIC: You should give us a call tomorrow morning.
CALLER: Well, I just don’t want anyone to find out.
CLINIC: No. You can have an abortion in New Jersey up to 12 — you can have an abortion without parental consent or knowledge.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: All right?
CALLER: If I ended up not being pregnant, would there be any way you guys could give us birth control?
CLINIC: Well, I would probably send you to another center because you’re so far from us.
CALLER: Yeah. But would I like be able to get birth control there?
CLINIC: You could.
CALLER: And no one would find out about that either?
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: No?
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: All right.
CLINIC: All right?
CALLER: Well, can I talk to you next time I call?
CLINIC: Sure. My name is Lauren.
CALLER: Lauren?
CLINIC: Uh-huh.
CALLER: All right.
CLINIC: All right?
CALLER: Thank you.
CLINIC: Oh, you’re welcome.
CALLER: Bye.
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