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MEDICAL OFFICES OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD
314 W STATE ST.
ITHACA, NY 14850-5478
607-273-1513
TAPE – 421
(dialing sounds) (ringing 1X)
RECORDING: Welcome to the medical offices of Planned Parenthood. If this is a medical emergency or you need to make an appointment or ask a medical question, please press 1. (dial sound) Please hold.
CLINIC: Planned Parenthood. Could you please hold?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: Thanks. (long pause)
(dialing sounds) (ringing 1X)
RECORDING: (repeat) (dial sound) Please hold. (ring)
CLINIC: Planned Parenthood. Can I help you?
CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there?
CLINIC: Yes.
CALLER: Okay. Do you know how much it costs?
CLINIC: $400.
CALLER: Okay. Well, do you know — like I’m just really scared because like my friend told me that since like I’m going to be 14 in March.
CLINIC: Uh-huh.
CALLER: And she said that they would have — that you guys would have to tell my parents about it.
CLINIC: No. No. No.
CALLER: But my boyfriend is 22. Could you just have him sign whatever it is and you wouldn’t have to tell anybody?
CLINIC: No. You don’t have to. You don’t have to tell anybody. Nobody has to sign anything for you.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: Nobody has to know. And there’s different — you might not have to pay the full amount. There’s different ways we can, different programs that can help you. So it might get paid for for you.
CALLER: Well, I don’t have a job or anything. My boyfriend said he would pay. Is that all right?
CLINIC: Yeah.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: So do you want to make an appointment?
CALLER: Well, is it all right if he’s there with me?
CLINIC: Yes.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Yep. And what our protocol is, first you meet with a counselor. And both of you can come. And then she’ll schedule you for the abortion if that’s what you choose.
CALLER: It’s just we were talking, and we don’t want anyone to know about us. Would you guys have to be asking a lot of questions or anything?
CLINIC: Well, what do you mean by that?
CALLER: Well, I’m just — just about me and you wouldn’t have to say anything about him?
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: No. No.
CALLER: So like could I come in there for like a pregnancy test though?
CLINIC: Yep. Okay. Yep. Hold on.
CALLER: Okay. I’m just really scared because like I haven’t had my period since like December 21st, and I don’t know what to do. But I just — I can’t let my parents find out at all because I don’t know what would happen.
CLINIC: Okay.
CALLER: So is it all right to come in there for a pregnancy test though?
CLINIC: Yep. I’m trying to find — does your boyfriend work?
CALLER: Yeah. He has a job.
CLINIC: And do you want him to come to counseling too?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: So where does he work?
CALLER: He works like on like daily construction. So.
CLINIC: Okay, so in the evening would be better?
CALLER: Right.
CLINIC: Can you come tomorrow evening?
CALLER: I’d have to call and talk to him, but what time tomorrow?
CLINIC: I have a 5:45 or a 6:30.
CALLER: Oh, okay. Probably 6:30.
CLINIC: Do you want to take it and then see?
CALLER: Yeah, I guess.
CLINIC: Okay. So let’s schedule it. And then if there’s a problem you can call us, okay?
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay. What’s your last name?
CALLER: It’s Smith.
CLINIC: Smith? Okay.
CALLER: Do you know though like, if the pregnancy test came out that I wasn’t pregnant if I could get birth control?
CLINIC: Yep.
CALLER: And you wouldn’t have to tell anybody about that?
CLINIC: Right. No. We wouldn’t tell anybody anything.
CALLER: All right.
CLINIC: Okay? What’s your first name?
CALLER: It’s Christine.
CLINIC: With a K or a C?
CALLER: A C-H.
CLINIC: And let’s see. Do you know your Social Security number or not?
CALLER: No.
CLINIC: Okay. What’s your date of birth?
CALLER: It’s March 19, 1988. Do I need a Social Security number?
CLINIC: No, that’s okay.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: March 19, ’88.
CALLER: Right.
CLINIC: Okay. And do you have a phone? You might want to give his.
CALLER: Well, my boyfriend has a cellphone, but I don’t know the number yet because he just got it. But we were wanting to use that number.
CLINIC: Okay. Well, when you come in you can let us know, okay?
CALLER: All right. okay. So —
CLINIC: Let’s see.
CALLER: So just call you back if I needed to change the appointment?
CLINIC: Yeah. If everything’s okay, then call us back.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: Your last period —
CALLER: What was your name?
CLINIC: Rachel. You said your last period was in December, right?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: December — do you know the date?
CALLER: 21st.
CLINIC: 21st. Okay. All right. Okay, so you’re all set for tomorrow evening at 6:30, okay?
CALLER: Okay. I’ll tell him and see what he says.
CLINIC: Okay.
CALLER: Okay, thanks.
CLINIC: Yep. Bye bye.
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