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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
1506 S SALISBURY BLVD.
SALISBURY, MD 21801-7198
410-860-4788
TAPE – 173
(dialing sound) (ringing 1X)
CLINIC: Good afternoon. Planned Parenthood.
CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there.
CLINIC: No, we don’t. They’re done in our Dover office and in our Annapolis office. Did you want the phone numbers?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: Okay. Did you have insurance at all?
CALLER: Well, my boyfriend said he would pay for everything. He’s got a job. He’s 22, so.
CLINIC: Okay. Do you have insurance at all?
CALLER: No. He was going to pay cash.
CLINIC: Okay. The Dover is 302-678-5200. And Annapolis is 410-269-1020.
CALLER: Okay. Well, do you know if there’s like an age limit for anything like that? Like I’ll be 14 in March.
CLINIC: You probably have a better time going to Annapolis then.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: The laws in Delaware are a little different.
CALLER: Oh.
CLINIC: But call both places and see if you want, because Dover’s a little bit closer.
CALLER: Oh. Do you know if they have to tell my parents or anything because they can’t find out.
CLINIC: That I’m not sure of. I’m not sure of the laws. The laws in Maryland I know you don’t. You’d be okay.
CALLER: Oh, all right.
CLINIC: Okay? So you may just want to go ahead and call Annapolis.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Well, like say that I wasn’t pregnant. My friend told me to go to you guys, so that’s why I’m calling you.
CLINIC: Have you had a test done to confirm it?
CALLER: Well, not really. I took a home pregnancy test over the weekend.
CLINIC: Okay, did you want to come in here?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: We’ll be here today until 4:00, and we can at least do the test.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: I need you to bring your school ID with you though.
CALLER: Well, I’m homeschooled. I don’t have one.
CLINIC: I need some kind of proof of income.
CALLER: But I don’t have a job.
CLINIC: Yeah, I know. I don’t know — well, just come in and we’ll figure it out when you get here, okay?
CALLER: Well, should I bring anything?
CLINIC: I don’t know what you should bring. (laughs)
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: Right?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: You don’t really have anything.
CALLER: What about like my boyfriend’s income?
CLINIC: Well, but you don’t live with him, right?
CALLER: Right.
CLINIC: Yeah. No. Just come in. We’ll get you to fill out a form and we’ll try to —
CALLER: Does he have to fill out anything then?
CLINIC: No. Uh-uh. You’re the patient.
CALLER: Oh, all right.
CLINIC: Okay? And do you know where we are?
CALLER: Well, he does.
CLINIC: Okay. We’re in Court Plaza 13, okay?
CALLER: Okay. Well, like after the pregnancy test like if I wasn’t pregnant or anything, do you guys do birth control there?
CLINIC: Yes. We could get you some pills.
CALLER: We’re just really scared. We just — but you guys don’t have to tell anybody about that, right?
CLINIC: Everything is confidential.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Is it — like I need to talk to my boyfriend and see.
CLINIC: We’re here until 4:00 if you could come in before 3:15 that would be best, okay?
CALLER: Okay. Is it all right if I call you back if I think of anything else to ask?
CLINIC: Sure.
CALLER: What was your name?
CLINIC: Becky.
CALLER: Becky? All right. Thanks.
CLINIC: Sure.
CALLER: Bye.
CLINIC: Bye
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