#144 – Planned Parenthood in Bridgeville, PA

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
533 WASHINGTON AVE # 203
BRIDGEVILLE, PA 15017-2072
412-257-9880

TAPE – 144

(dialing sound) (ringing 2X)

CLINIC: Planned Parenthood. Nancy speaking.

CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there.

CLINIC: We don’t, but we refer you to a Planned Parenthood site in Pittsburgh that does them. Do you want the number for that?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Okay, hold on. (pause) Okay, you still there?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Okay, the number is area code 412-562-1900.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: Well, is it all right if I ask — well, my friend told me that you guys have to tell my parents before I can have an abortion.

CLINIC: No.

CALLER: Is that true?

CLINIC: No. You don’t have to tell your parents, honey.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: They’ll explain all that to you when you call. Tell them that you can’t tell your parents, and they’ll tell you exactly what to do. They’ll walk you through it.

CALLER: Well, it’s just, I can’t tell anyone because —

CLINIC: Well, that’s okay. That’s okay. They’ll explain all that to you. Yeah.

CALLER: Okay. Do you know if there’s like an age requirement for having an abortion?

CLINIC: No, I don’t think so.

CALLER: Like, because I’ll be 14 in March, and that’s still all right?

CLINIC: That I don’t know. You’d have to ask them. But I would imagine it’s okay.

CALLER: Okay. Well, and you’re sure that they wouldn’t tell my boyfriend or my parents?

CLINIC: No, I know they won’t tell anybody. Yeah. I know they won’t tell anybody. Seriously. They can’t. Okay? So just give them a call and ask them all those questions.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: If you feel more comfortable ask them all the questions before you give them your name

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: So they won’t know who you are.

CALLER: Okay. Well, do you guys do — like if it turned out that I wasn’t really pregnant, do you guys do birth control there?

CLINIC: Uh-huh.

CALLER: Because my friend told me to call you guys.

CLINIC: Yeah. Did you take a pregnancy test? Was it positive?

CALLER: Well, I took one over the weekend, and it was.

CLINIC: Okay. Okay. So the first thing you need to do is to call them and get that all taken care of, okay?

CALLER: Um-hum.

CLINIC: Then after the termination they’ll start you on birth control, and then you can just come to one of us at the other sites, and we’ll keep you on it.

CALLER: Okay, and you guys wouldn’t have to tell anybody?

CLINIC: No. No. We’re not allowed to tell anybody.

CALLER: Okay. Is it all right like if my boyfriend pays for it because he’s 22?

CLINIC: Oh, yeah.

CALLER: He’s got a job.

CLINIC: Oh, yeah, sure.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: So like could he pick it up and everything?

CLINIC: Pick up what?

CALLER: The birth control?

CLINIC: Well, you’d have to come to the place to get it.

CALLER: Oh.

CLINIC: You have to be seen first, you know?

CALLER: Okay, but you guys wouldn’t tell anybody or anything?

CLINIC: No, no. We can’t tell anybody.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay? So juste give them a call, and they’ll start you on the way. Okay?

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay.

CALLER: If I had any — well, yeah. Okay.

CLINIC: Bye.

CALLER: All right. Thanks.

(phone clicks)

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#134 – Planned Parenthood in Hanover, PA

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
CENTRAL BLDG.
HANOVER, PA 17331
717-637-6544

TAPE – 134

(dialing sounds) (ringing 2X)

CLINIC: Planned Parenthood. How can I help you?

CALLER: Hi. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there?

CLINIC: We don’t here in the Hanover office. It would be through our York office. Would you like their number?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Okay. The one I’m actually going to have you call for that particular service is 1-800-498-6573.

CALLER: All right.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: Well, can I ask a few questions really?

CLINIC: Sure.

CALLER: Okay. Well, like my friend told me that if I was going to have an abortion you guys have to tell my parents. Is that true?

CLINIC: Well, I — I’m not really clear on that. I just know that if you’re under 18 you do have to have informed consent.

CALLER: Oh. Well, I’ll be 14 in March.

CLINIC: Okay. I’ll tell you what. The best thing to do is call that 800 number because whoever answers that line is going to have all the correct, you know, most up-to-date information.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: About all your questions.

CALLER: Do you guys do birth control there?

CLINIC: Um-hum.

CALLER: And like no one would have to know about that?

CLINIC: No.

CALLER: Okay. Well, like it’s just the reason why my parents can’t find out is because like my boyfriend’s 22, and we’re going to get married and everything, but they can’t find out at all because they hate him. They think he’s too old.

CLINIC: Okay. Okay. Yeah — like I said, I think the best thing would be to call the 800 number, and they can answer that much better than I.

CALLER: Well, like if I was getting birth control it would be all right and everything, or–

CLINIC: Um-hum. Um-hum.

CALLER: Okay, and you wouldn’t — so you wouldn’t —

CLINIC: You don’t need parental consent or no contact to the parents for birth control.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: Well, is it all right if he brings me and everything?

CLINIC: We’d have to make an appointment.

CALLER: Oh, well —

CLINIC: Yeah, because to get on birth control pills you have to have an exam and everything, a pelvic exam and a pap smear.

CALLER: Oh. Is — is it — can you guys do like a pregnancy test there?

CLINIC: Um-hum.

CALLER: And do I have to have an appointment for that?

CLINIC: Yes.

CALLER: Oh, okay. Well, is it okay if I call my boyfriend and then call you back?

CLINIC: Sure.

CALLER: I just need to find out when he can get off work to take me, but what was your name?

CLINIC: My name’s Jodie.

CALLER: Jodie?

CLINIC: And if you want to just make an appointment for a pregnancy test it’s probably going to be some time later next week. But if you want to make an appointment for an exam and everything it is going to be about two to three weeks. We are really booked this time of year.

CALLER: Oh, okay.

CLINIC: That’s something to keep in mind when you find out when he can get off work.

CALLER: So should I call the York office, or if you guys are real busy?

CLINIC: Well, that’s up to you. They may be able to get you in sooner. I’m not sure what their schedule is like.

CALLER: All right.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: All right. Thank you.

CALLER: Thanks.

CLINIC: Bye.

CALLER: Bye.

(phone clicks)

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#145 – Planned Parenthood – Women’s Health Services in Pittsburgh, PA

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD – WOMEN’S HEALTH SERVICES
209 9TH ST # 400
PITTSBURGH, PA 15222-3509
412-434-8971

TAPE – 145

(dialing sounds) (ringing 1X)

CLINIC: Planned Parenthood Women’s Health Services. How can I help you?

CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was actually told to call you guys from the Richville (Bridgeville?) Planned Parenthood. Nancy told me to call you guys.

CLINIC: Are you trying to make an appointment for a termination?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Well, now, they might be kind of busy in there, so if you’ll kindly hold someone will get with you.

CALLER: All right.

CLINIC: If you feel that you’re holding too long, please call back.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay? One moment.

(pause)

RECORDING: Thank you for calling Women’s Health Services. We are sorry to delay your call. Please remain on the line and a counselor will assist you as soon as possible. Thank you. (pause) (ringing 1X)

CLINIC: Good afternoon. Planned Parenthood Women’s Health Services. This is Joyce. May I help you?

CALLER: Hi. Yeah. Well, I was wondering — like — well I was just talking to the Planned Parenthood in Bridgeville, and Nancy told me to call you guys, so.

CLINIC: Okay. Concerning?

CALLER: Well, I was wanting to — I was wondering about having an abortion, so.

CLINIC: Okay. Well, I can give you some information. We see patients on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: The fee is dependent on how far along you are in the pregnancy, but if you’re between 6 to 12 weeks the fee would be $365.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Are you covered by any insurance?

CALLER: Well, no. My boyfriend said he would pay for it. He’s got a job. He’s 22, so.

CLINIC: Okay, and how old are you?

CALLER: I’ll be 13 — or 14 in March.

CLINIC: I’m sorry? How old?

CALLER: I’ll be 14 in March.

CLINIC: 14? Okay. Have you talked to a parent about this? Because in Pennsylvania there is parental consent.

CALLER: I can’t tell my parents at all because they — but like Nancy said you guys don’t have to tell anybody.

CLINIC: No, that’s not true. You’ll have to go through the court system, and that is —

CALLER: What?

CLINIC: Yes, you would — we would have to take you through judicial bypass.

CALLER: What’s that?

CLINIC: Well, we would bring you in for a counseling visit.

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Okay? And that would be $120. And then we would set up — one of our counselors would set up a day and time for you to go to court in Allegheny County in the Allegheny County courthouse to go before a judge and petition them and tell them. They’ll ask why you can’t go to a parent. It’s always much easier if you can go to a parent than this.

CALLER: Okay. But I can’t.

CLINIC: Okay. Why can’t you?

CALLER: Well, if they found out that me and my boyfriend were having sex they would totally freak out. Like we’re in love and we’re going to get married, but they don’t like him at all.

CLINIC: No parent is going to be happy about a teenager having intercourse with someone in their 20s. I wouldn’t be happy either. But then after that, they realize, you know, that they have to come to some kind of conclusion, and you’re much too young to have a child at this point. You don’t think that they would throw you out? What do you think they would do?

CALLER: I don’t know. I just don’t want to find out.

CLINIC: Okay. Well, then you’re going to have to go through judicial bypass.

CALLER: Okay. Do I need a lawyer for that or anything?

CLINIC: No. The court’s having a hard time finding lawyers, but you know, it may be delayed, the whole procedure, but we would try to find one through the court system. But you have to come in for an initial visit to, you know, to see how far along you are, get the counseling done, and then we would go from there.

CALLER: How much does that all cost?

CLINIC: Depends how far along you are — between 6 to 12 weeks it’s $365. To your first visit you would be paying $120, and that would be taken off of your abortion visit.

CALLER: Well, how much does like a lawyer cost?

CLINIC: No, hon. I just told you. We provide the lawyer. The court system provides the lawyer. Sometimes it’s difficult finding a day. You may have to come to Pittsburgh three times rather than just two times. I don’t know where you live, but that’s what judicial bypass is going to involve.

CALLER: Okay. Well, I’m just scared because like, well, my last period was like the first week in December.

CLINIC: So it was December 1?

CALLER: Well, it was a little after that, but.

CLINIC: So what was the first day of your last normal period?

CALLER: Well, I’m not real sure. It was like — probably like maybe the third or something.

CLINIC: The third?

CALLER: Yeah, I guess.

CLINIC: Okay. All right. That means that right now you are between 10 and 11 weeks.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Our next available appointment for this type of appointment for the counseling would not be until next Tuesday.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: We have appointments open, and that would be the 19th. Is your boyfriend going to have to be the one to bring you?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Okay. Is he there with you?

CALLER: No, not right now. He’s at work right now.

CLINIC: Why don’t you ask him if it would be okay to come in on Tuesday the 19th and then give us a call back for the appointment?

CALLER: Okay. Does he have to see the judge to do that?

CLINIC: No. We have nothing to do with the boyfriend.

CALLER: Oh.

CLINIC: And neither will the judge. You’re going to be the one to go before the judge to tell them why you cannot go to a parent about terminating a pregnancy.

CALLER: Okay. What would I tell the judge?

CLINIC: I don’t know. It’s up to you.

CALLER: Like — I don’t know.

CLINIC: I have no idea what you tell the judge.

CALLER: How would I get there if my boyfriend didn’t take me?

CLINIC: You’d have to go by bus or find another way.

CALLER: Oh, okay.

CLINIC: Okay? Where do you live?

CALLER: I live in Elizabeth.

CLINIC: Okay. Well, you know, buses run from there.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Into downtown Pittsburgh, so talk to your boyfriend and see if you can come in, if he can bring you in on Tuesday, okay?

CALLER: And you guys wouldn’t have to tell anybody about going in there to where you’re at?

CLINIC: We won’t have to tell anybody about what?

CALLER: About going to see you guys?

CLINIC: No. Not with judicial bypass.

CALLER: Well, like to get the pregnancy test.

CLINIC: You said you’ve had a pregnancy test.

CALLER: Well, it was a home test.

CLINIC: We will do a pregnancy test when you come in here. Hold on.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay, and it did come up positive, correct?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Okay. Well, talk to your boyfriend and see if it’s okay to come in on Tuesday. You’ll need $120 that day and then the rest of the fee when you come back for the procedure. The counselor who will be seeing you on Tuesday will make the arrangements for the judicial bypass.

CALLER: Okay. Do you know if the pregnancy that I did could be wrong or anything? Is it possible that I’m not pregnant?

CLINIC: I don’t know.

CALLER: Oh, okay.

CLINIC: There’s no way of knowing, and you know, until we do a pregnancy test. I can’t tell you that over the phone.

CALLER: Oh. Well, if I wasn’t pregnant do you guys do birth control there?

CLINIC: Um-hum. We would be sending you to our parent company which is Planned Parenthood on 9th Street.

CALLER: Okay. But they wouldn’t have to tell anybody?

CLINIC: No, not for birth control, never.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay? So talk to him about that appointment on Tuesday, okay?

CALLER: Okay. If he has any questions could I call you back and ask you?

CLINIC: Sure.

CALLER: What was your name?

CLINIC: My name’s Joyce.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: Thanks.

CLINIC: You’re welcome, hon. Bye.

CALLER: Bye.

(phone clicks)

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#124 – Planned Parenthood in Somerset, PA

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
PO BOX 65
SOMERSET, PA 15501
814-443-6549

TAPE – 124

(Dialing, phone ringing)

CLINIC: Planned Parenthood. Can I help you?

CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there.

CLINIC: We don’t do abortions here. I can give you a number who does.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Do you have a positive pregnancy test?

CALLER: Well, I took a home pregnancy test over the weekend, and it was positive.

CLINIC: Okay. Do you live around here?

CALLER: I live in Bakersfield.

CLINIC: Okay. You would first of all have to come here for proof of pregnancy to take with you.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: You can’t just walk in without that. So you should really come here first, and then we can give you that information.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Do you want to make an appointment?

CALLER: Yeah, okay.

CLINIC: Okay. Hold on just a minute.

(Pause)

CLINIC: How about tomorrow afternoon?

CALLER: Well, what time?

CLINIC: What time can you come?

CALLER: Well, I’d really have to talk to my boyfriend to see when he can get off work because he’s the only one that can bring me.

CLINIC: What time does he work ’til?

CALLER: 8 to 5.

CLINIC: Okay. Well, that doesn’t work for us.

CALLER: Oh, all right. Well, I’d have to talk to him to see if he could get off work and bring me.

CLINIC: Because we work 8 to 4 Fridays and 9 to 5 the rest of the week. And he works 8 to 5.

CALLER: Yeah. Well, he could probably get Monday off.

CLINIC: Well, it just takes five minutes. There’s nobody else that can bring you, not even next week?

CALLER: Is it all right if he takes me on like his lunch break or whatever?

CLINIC: What time does he take lunch?

CALLER: He can take it whenever he wants to.

CLINIC: That’s fine. How are you going to get back to Bakersfield though?

CALLER: He’ll take me.

CLINIC: How about 1:15 tomorrow?

CALLER: All right.

CLINIC: What’s your name?

CALLER: It’s Christine Smith.

CLINIC: Have you ever been here before?

CALLER: No.

CLINIC: Do you have insurance?

CALLER: Well, he was going to pay cash.

CLINIC: Okay. You pay cash. Your phone?

CALLER: Huh?

CLINIC: Your phone?

CALLER: Oh. I would have to give you his cell phone number. But he just got it, so I don’t know the number yet.

CLINIC: So you don’t have a phone.

CALLER: Right.

CLINIC: Okay. It’s $5.00. You need to pay that when you come. And we’ll see you at 1:15 tomorrow. If that doesn’t suit you, call us though.

CALLER: Is there any age requirement or anything like that? I’ll be 14 in March. Is that still okay and everything?

CLINIC: Uhhhh, you’re 13?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: (Talking to someone else) Bev, what is the requirement for 13-year-old for an AB?

Are you going to be a patient here?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Okay. We’ll tell you that when you come.

CALLER: Okay. Well, you guys wouldn’t have to tell my parents or anything, right? The problem is I can’t tell my parents because my boyfriend’s 22. And we’re going to get married. We’re going to move out and live together and have a family later on. But they just hate him because they think he’s too old for me.

CLINIC: Right. Well, we can talk to you about that. The nurse practitioner, she can give you all the details on that. I’m not real sure.

CALLER: What do I do? Like, they can’t find out.

CLINIC: Bev will go through all that with you.

CALLER: Well, I don’t want to come in there if I don’t have any — like if you guys are going to tell my parents, I don’t wanna —

CLINIC: We can’t. We can’t tell anybody. I mean, everything here is confidential. All we’re going to do is do a pregnancy test, and give you verification and information of where you’re gonna go. But everything here is confidential.

CALLER: So you don’t have to tell my parents about that?

CLINIC: We don’t have tell your parents that you’re coming. I mean, we can’t tell your parents, for no reason.

CALLER: And is it all right if my boyfriend brings me and everything?

CLINIC: Yeah. Your boyfriend can bring you. That’s fine.

CALLER: Does he have to fill out any forms or anything?

CLINIC: No. He does not fill out anything here. Nope.

CALLER: Would he fill out anything anywhere else?

CLINIC: I don’t know if he needs to fill out papers there or not. I don’t think so.

CALLER: If it turned out like after the pregnancy test that I wasn’t pregnant, do you guys do birth control there?

CLINIC: Yes.

CALLER: And you wouldn’t have to tell anybody about that either?

CLINIC: Right.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Exactly. We just go by numbers here. We file by numbers since everything’s confidential. We don’t like to use your name.

CALLER: Is it cool if I call you back with his cell phone number?

CLINIC: We don’t need a telephone number if you can’t give us one. But if you can’t make your appointment then we’d ask if you call us.

CALLER: Okay. What was your name?

CLINIC: Your appointment’s at 1:15 Friday. If that doesn’t suit him, you could call us. And we don’t have a number to reach you at.

CALLER: So when I call you back, is it all right to talk to you?

CLINIC: Well, you don’t need to call us back?

CALLER: Oh. What if he can’t make it, and I have to cancel?

CLINIC: That’s fine. That’s fine. Do you want the number?

CALLER: Yes.

CLINIC: It’s 443-6549, the number you just called.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: You can just call us on that number if you want to make another time.

CALLER: Okay. So if I have any other questions, is it all right to talk to you?

CLINIC: Sure.

CALLER: What was your name?

CLINIC: The nurse practitioner’s name is Bev.

CALLER: Bev? All right. But I couldn’t talk to you again?

CLINIC: That’s fine. My name is Julie.

CALLER: Julie?

CLINIC: Uh-huh.

CALLER: Okay. Thanks.

CLINIC: Sure.

CALLER: Bye.

CLINIC: Bye.

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#135 – Planned Parenthood in Philadelphia, PA

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
1144 LOCUST ST
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107-6734
215-351-5560

TAPE – 135

(dialing sounds) (ringing 1X)

RECORDING: You have reached Planned Parenthood of Locus Tree Center. Today, Thursday, February 14, we will be seeing walk-in pregnancy tests and emergency contraception visits from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Supplies from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. If you would like to speak to someone or make an appointment, please press 4 now. Thank you. (dial sound.) Please hold while I try that extension.

CLINIC: How can I help you?

CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there?

CLINIC: Our surgical center does.

CALLER: Okay. How much does that cost?

CLINIC: Well, you’d have to talk to them. Have you had a confirmed pregnancy test from a doctor’s office or clinic?

CALLER: No. I took a home pregnancy test over the weekend.

CLINIC: Okay. Well, you would first have to have a confirmed pregnancy test from a doctor’s office or clinic. And if like you came into one of our centers we would give you a referral, and they have some of the prices on there, and then you could just give them a call to set up an appointment.

CALLER: Okay. Well, is there like an age requirement for that?

CLINIC: Like if you’re under 18 if you wanted to have a procedure, there’s two ways to go about it. You’d either have to get parental consent or you could go through what’s called a judicial bypass. I mean, that’s if you’re under 18.

CALLER: I’ll be 14 in March. What’s the judicial bypass?

CLINIC: What that is, is you go to this lady. Her name’s Barbara Bailey. And she, you come and stand in front of a judge and say, okay, I’m old enough to make my own decisions, and you get like a piece of paper and say your parents don’t have to know.

CALLER: What if he doesn’t think that I am old enough?

CLINIC: No. They — I mean, that’s what that service is there for.

CALLER: Okay. So does he ever —

CLINIC: I don’t know. See, that’s a question for the lady that runs that program. So, I mean, if you wanted to come in today we could give you the pregnancy test to confirm it, and we could go over all of that with you in person.

CALLER: Do you know how much I’d have to pay her for that?

CLINIC: I don’t think there is a fee for her. There’s no fee. You said you’re 13?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Okay, there’s no charge for the pregnancy test if you come in here either.

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

CLINIC: Okay. Well, they don’t — I mean, like everything here is confidential, so like I said if you want to come in today you can come in up until what time? up until 3:00 if you can get here by 3:00 you can come in and we can do a pregnancy test for you.

CALLER: Okay. Would you guys be able to do birth control there?

CLINIC: Yes, we do. Um-hum. You’d be offered like birth control following your procedure, so like if you wanted depo or if you wanted the pill we’d be able to give that to you as well.

CALLER: Okay, and does anybody have to know about the birth control?

CLINIC: Does anybody have to know?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: No. Um-um. Only you.

CALLER: Okay. Is it all right if my boyfriend brings me?

CLINIC: Yeah, that’s fine.

CALLER: Okay. And they wouldn’t ask anything about him or anything?

CLINIC: No. Um-um.

CALLER: All right. Well —

CLINIC: Hold on one second. Sorry. Go ahead.

CALLER: Well, like — so if I talk to him later to make an appointment — like I have to figure out when he can get off work to take me, but. Is it all right if I call you back?

CLINIC: Yeah, that’s fine. We’re here until 5:00. Okay?

CALLER: What was your name?

CLINIC: My name is Tiffany.

CALLER: Tiffany?

CLINIC: Um-hum.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: Thank you.

CLINIC: You’re welcome.

CALLER: Bye.

CLINIC: Bye bye.

(phone clicks)

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#125 – Planned Parenthood in Johnstown, PA

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
817 FRANKLIN ST
JOHNSTOWN, PA 15901-2825
814-535-5545

TAPE – 125

(dialing sounds) (ringing 5X)

CLINIC: Planned Parenthood. Can I help you?

CALLER: Yeah. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there?

CLINIC: No, we do not.

CALLER: Do you know anywhere that would?

CLINIC: Yeah. We have — if you come in and have a positive pregnancy test we give you a list of places to go.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: And there’s a place in Pittsburgh that’s like — we’re an affiliate of that place.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: But we don’t do them here.

CALLER: Okay. Well, like my friend told me that you guys have to tell my parents before I can have an abortion. Is that true?

CLINIC: No.

CALLER: No? Okay. Because like my parents can’t find out at all because, well the problem is like my boyfriend’s 22, and we’re going to get married and move out, but they hate him because they think that he’s too old for me, so.

CLINIC: How old are you?

CALLER: I’ll be 14 in March.

CLINIC: (silence) The best I can do right now is if you want to come in and have a pregnancy test we can do that here.

CALLER: Okay. They wouldn’t have to tell anybody?

CLINIC: No.

CALLER: Okay. Well, what if like I wasn’t pregnant. Do you guys do birth control there?

CLINIC: We sure do.

CALLER: And you wouldn’t have to tell anybody about that either?

CLINIC: Nope.

CALLER: Okay. Like, well the main reason why I’m worried about it is because my last period was like the first week in December, so I’m just — I don’t know what to do.

CLINIC: Do you want to come in today for a test?

CALLER: Well, I can’t come in today. I have to get my boyfriend to bring me and he’s at work.

CLINIC: What time does he get off work?

CALLER: He gets off at 5:00.

CLINIC: We’re here until 6:00. Can you be here at 5:30?

CALLER: Well, I’d have to see, but I think so, maybe.

CLINIC: Okay. Try to get here at 5:30.

CALLER: All right. Is it all right if like I think of any more questions to call you back?

CLINIC: Yeah. What you need to do is pee in a cup though and bring it in with you.

CALLER: All right.

CLINIC: First of December. Even if you don’t bring it, you’ll probably be able to pee in a cup here because it would have been long enough. Our test should pick it up.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: All righty?

CALLER: Okay. And you guys like wouldn’t have to tell anybody, right?

CLINIC: No.

CALLER: Okay. So it’s all right if like my boyfriend brings me and everything?

CLINIC: Yeah.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Be here for 5:30, no later, because we leave at 6:00.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: All right?

CALLER: Okay. So is it all right if I call you back and ask you any more questions if I have any?

CLINIC: Sure.

CALLER: Okay. What was your name?

CLINIC: Michelle.

CALLER: Michelle?

CLINIC: Yeah.

CALLER: Okay. Thanks.

CLINIC: Uh-huh.

CALLER: Bye.

CLINIC: Bye bye.

(phone clicks)

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#136 – Planned Parenthood in Bensalem, PA

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
3103 HUMEVILLE RD # 104
BENSALEM, PA 19020-4365
215-638-0629

TAPE – 136

(dialing sounds) (ringing 2X)

CLINIC: Planned Parenthood. Could you hold, please?

CALLER: Sure.

CLINIC: How can I help you?

CALLER: Hi. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there?

CLINIC: If we do what? I’m sorry.

CALLER: Abortions?

CLINIC: Bushings?

CALLER: Like an abortion?

CLINIC: Oh! I’m sorry. I didn’t understand. Are you on a cell phone?

CALLER: No.

CLINIC: Oh, okay. I was just wondering why it sounded like a little crackle. Yeah, at the Warminster Office.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: And would you like to give them a call?

CALLER: Yeah. What’s their phone number?

CLINIC: I got it right here. 215-957-7980.

CALLER: 7980?

CLINIC: Correct, and what you’ll need to do is, if you’re closer — do you live close — like at the Bentel Maria (ph)?

CALLER: I live in Phoenixville.

CLINIC: Then you’re closer to — whichever Planned Parenthood you’re closest to you would have to do a compliance visit and then wait. There’s a 24-hour waiting period in the state of Pennsylvania for the procedure.

CALLER: Is it okay if I come there because like I just don’t want anyone to see me.

CLINIC: To, you mean, the Warminster office?

CALLER: Huh? To where you’re at.

CLINIC: You can come to any Planned Parenthood for the counseling.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: And take the pregnancy test. They determine how long you’re pregnant, so on and so forth.

CALLER: Do you know if there’s like an age requirement for being — or having an abortion? Because like I’ll be 14 in March.

CLINIC: No. I think that that’s fine.

CALLER: Okay. And they wouldn’t have to tell my parents or anybody?

CLINIC: No. No.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: It’s completely anonymous.

CALLER: It’s just I can’t tell my parents at all because like, well my boyfriend’s 22 and we’re going to get married and we’re in love, but like my parents hate him because they think he’s too old for me, so.

CLINIC: I see, yeah. No, that should not be a problem at all.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: And, but I would call the Warminster office if you have any questions about the procedure itself.

CALLER: Okay. Well, like do you guys do birth control there?

CLINIC: Yes.

CALLER: And you wouldn’t have to tell anybody about that?

CLINIC: No.

CALLER: All right. Would it be okay if my boyfriend brings me and everything?

CLINIC: Yes.

CALLER: Because he’d be the only way that I could get there, so.

CLINIC: Yes. That’s no problem.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: Is it all right if I call you back? Like I have to ask him a question but —

CLINIC: Well, if you’re coming in for a pregnancy test, you don’t need an appointment.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: You just come in, have the pregnancy test done, and then they’ll, you know, give you the information that you would need if you decide that if you are pregnant and you should decide to do the procedure.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Take it from there.

CALLER: Well, is it all right if I talk to you later? It’s just —

CLINIC: Sure.

CALLER: If I could talk to my mom like I can talk to you it would be — my life would be so much easier. But like what was your name?

CLINIC: Terry.

CALLER: Terry?

CLINIC: Um-hum.

CALLER: All right. Okay, thanks.

CLINIC: You’re welcome.

CALLER: Thanks.

CLINIC: Bye.

CALLER: Bye.

(phone clicks)

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#126 – Planned Parenthood in Harrisburg, PA

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
1514 N. 2ND ST
HARRISBURG, PA 17102-2505
717-234-2468

TAPE – 126

(Dialing, phone ringing)

RECORDING: You have reached the medical office for Planned Parenthood of the Susquehanna Valley in Harrisburg. If you would like to schedule an appointment or change an appointment you already have, press 2.

Please hold while your call is being transferred to customer service specialist for scheduling.

(Phone ringing)

CLINIC: Planned Parenthood. May I help you?

CALLER: Yeah. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there.

CLINIC: No, we don’t.

CALLER: No? Do you know of any place that does?

CLINIC: Hillcrest. Look in the Yellow Pages for Hillcrest.

CALLER: Okay. My friend told me that you guys have to tell my parents before I can have an abortion. Is that true?

CLINIC: You’ve got to have somebody 18 or older to go with you, um-hmm.

CALLER: Well, if my boyfriend goes? He’s 22?

CLINIC: Okay. She can take you without your parents knowing.

CALLER: Okay. Do you have to be a specific age or anything to have an abortion? I’ll be 14 in March.

CLINIC: You’ll be 14?

CALLER: Uh-huh.

CLINIC: In March? And you’re about to have an abortion?

CALLER: Uh-huh.

CLINIC: You can bring the 22-year-old with you, and she can sign a consent form for that.

CALLER: It’s a he. It’s my boyfriend.

CLINIC: Oh. It’s a he? Your boyfriend?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Oh, no. You ain’t gonna tell your mother, are you?

CALLER: No, I can’t. Oh, I would think not.

CLINIC: Okay. He can go with you and sign it off because he is over 18.

CALLER: Yeah, all right.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: So do you guys do birth control there or anything?

CLINIC: Yes, we do. We do birth control pills here.

CALLER: And you wouldn’t have to tell anybody about that either?

CLINIC: No, we don’t tell anybody either. It’s confidential. The person that tells is you.

CALLER: I’d be able to send my boyfriend to come get it?

CLINIC: You have to become one of our patients first.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Once you become one of our patients, then you can put him down that he can pick up your pills.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay? Call Hillcrest now.

CALLER: If I talk to him, and I have some more questions, is it all right to call you back?

CLINIC: Sure you can.

CALLER: What was your name?

CLINIC: My name is Tanya. Okay.

CALLER: Thanks.

CLINIC: You’re welcome. Bye bye.

CALLER: Bye.

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#137 – Planned Parenthood in Bristol, PA

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
721 NEW RODGERS RD
BRISTOL, PA 19007-2594
215-785-4591

TAPE – 137

(dialing sounds) (ringing 1X)

CLINIC: Planned Parenthood. Could I help you?

CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there?

CLINIC: We don’t do them in this office. They’re done out of our Warminster (sp) office.

CALLER: Okay. Do you have that phone number?

CLINIC: 957-7980. But before you can have an abortion done there you need to have a pregnancy test done at one of our clinics.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: And when the test comes back we’ll go over your options with you. If you decide you want to have a termination done, you need to complete what’s called a compliance counseling.

CALLER: Uh-huh.

CLINIC: That’s a video-tape you need to watch about the procedure and some paperwork that you need to fill out.

CALLER: Uh-huh.

CLINIC: Our procedures are only done on Fridays, so it needs to be completed by Wednesday of that week.

CALLER: Do you know if there’s like an age requirement for that or anything? Like I’ll be 14 in March.

CLINIC: You’ll be 14?

CALLER: Uh-huh.

CLINIC: You need to have parental consent in Pennsylvania.

CALLER: I can’t have that. Like — well, like my parents can’t find out at all. Is there any way not to — like —

CLINIC: You would have to go over to New Jersey. I mean, yeah, because in Pennsylvania you need parental consent.

CALLER: Oh. Well, it’s just like, my parents can’t find out at all because like my boyfriend’s 22 and we’re in love and we’re going to get married but like they hate him because they think he’s too old for me.

CLINIC: Okay, well, that’s fine. You would have to go over to New Jersey. They don’t need parental consent there.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Do you know how far along you are?

CALLER: Well, the last, my last period was like the first week in December.

CLINIC: Okay. Hold on for one second. (pause) Hello?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Okay. Let me give you some phone numbers in New Jersey.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay. There’s Planned Parenthood of the Mercer area, and that’s in Trenton. And the number there is 609-599-4881. There’s the South Jersey Women’s Center. That’s in Cherry Hill. And the phone number there is 1-800-240-6730. And there is the Princeton Women’s Center. The number there is 1-800-216-0016. And the Cherry Hill Women’s Center, the number is 1-800-877-6331.

CALLER: 6331?

CLINIC: Uh-huh.

CALLER: All right.

CLINIC: Okay.

CALLER: Well, like if I came to you guys could you do birth control there?

CLINIC: Well, what you would do is, you can go for the procedure first. You can always come back here for a post-abortion exam which needs to be done three weeks after your procedure so the day that you go in for the procedure, like if you go in on a Friday — wait a couple days until you’re feeling better, and then give us a call, and we can schedule the appointment for you.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: But like with birth control there you guys wouldn’t have to tell anybody?

CLINIC: No, we wouldn’t tell anybody. It’s confidential.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: So like is it all right if my boyfriend comes and is there with me?

CLINIC: It’s okay, but you need to understand that in a lot of clinics you know, sometimes we’re required if there is such a large age difference to report it.

CALLER: To who? What do you mean?

CLINIC: Well, it’s illegal for anybody over 17 to be having sex with someone who’s 13. So you can come in by yourself. That’s fine.

CALLER: What could happen?

CLINIC: What was that?

CALLER: What could happen?

CLINIC: Your boyfriend could go to jail.

CALLER: What?

CLINIC: So —

CALLER: Well, what can I do?

CLINIC: I would just say, you know, you can come in by yourself, and if you go over to New Jersey, you know, just, you know, say that it’s a friend that’s bringing you.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: So just don’t tell them who he is?

CLINIC: Yes, exactly.

CALLER: All right.

CLINIC: All right. Bye.

CALLER: Well, is there any way like I could call you back like if I could talk to my mom like I’m talking to you it would be — what was your name?

CLINIC: My name is Megan.

CALLER: Megan?

CLINIC: Um-hum.

CALLER: All right. Okay.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: Thank you.

CLINIC: All right. Bye bye.

CALLER: Bye.

(phone clicks)

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#127 – Planned Parenthood in Carisle, PA

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
43 BROOKWOOD AVE. # 7
CARISLE, PA 17013-9172
717-243-0515

TAPE – 127

(dialing sounds) (ringing 1X)

CLINIC: Planned Parenthood. How can I help you?

CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there?

CLINIC: No, we don’t.

CALLER: No? Okay.

CLINIC: No, not in our affiliate. The closest Planned Parenthood is the one in, the affiliate in York.

CALLER: In York?

CLINIC: Yeah, or we refer to Hillcrest Women’s Clinic in Harrisburg.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Do you need that number?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Okay. Hold on one second and I’ll get it for you. Are you interested in a surgical abortion or a medical abortion?

CALLER: I don’t know. Like is there an age requirement for either one?

CLINIC: How old are you?

CALLER: I’ll be 14 in March.

CLINIC: Okay. You do need parental consent in the state of Pennsylvania. Are you involving Mom and Dad?

CALLER: Like I can’t tell them. Like, well, my boyfriend’s 22 and we’re going to get married, but they hate him, so they can’t find out. They think he’s too old for me.

CLINIC: Okay. Then you’re going to need to go out of state.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: And the closest would be in Hagerstown, Maryland.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Let me give you a number for them, okay?

CALLER: All right.

CLINIC: Let me see here. I’m looking trying to find it for you. I get a little confused. Oh, my goodness I just had it.

CALLER: In Maryland they don’t have to tell my parents or anything?

CLINIC: No.

CALLER: All right.

CLINIC: No. I’m looking. Okay, here. Hagerstown Reproductive Health Services. And it’s in Hagerstown. It’s 1-800-773-9140.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay, honey?

CALLER: Well, I was wondering like if like I wasn’t pregnant is there any way I could have birth control?

CLINIC: We can dispense birth control from here with, you know, after an exam and things like that. We do do it here. If you were interested in setting up an appointment. But what you’re first I guess, you — have you confirmed that you’re pregnant?

CALLER: Well, I took a home pregnancy test over the weekend.

CLINIC: And it was positive?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Then you’re more than likely — that’s accurate, and you are pregnant.

CALLER: Oh.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: Well, like if I got birth control there you wouldn’t have to tell anybody?

CLINIC: Nope.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Nope, it’s confidential.

CALLER: Is it all right if like my boyfriend comes with me?

CLINIC: Yeah, that’s fine.

CALLER: And he wouldn’t have to fill out any forms or anything?

CLINIC: No. No. The only thing that — yeah, she’s — I just think I put her chart up. Can you hold for just one moment, please?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Okay. (pause) Okay, thanks for holding. Yeah. I mean, we most certainly can set you up with an appointment here.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Now, my only question and issue to you is, you are aware of the statutes on the age difference between you and your partner, aren’t you?

CALLER: I don’t understand.

CLINIC: I mean, you’re 14 and he’s how old?

CALLER: He’s 22.

CLINIC: Okay. And by law– I mean, you’re not having any kind of coercive intercourse?

CALLER: No. We’re in love. We’re going to get married. We just got to — like he’s going to move out and we’re going to get married, and we just have to figure out what to do about my parents.

CLINIC: Okay, all right. Well, I’m just telling you because I mean if we involve him in this there’s — you know, I mean, it just could be — there could be questions.

CALLER: Like what kind of questions?

CLINIC: Well, legality. (laughs) I mean, when there’s more than I believe it’s —

CALLER: Like could he get in trouble?

CLINIC: Well, he could. I mean, by law you’re not — you’re more than a minor.

CALLER: Well, what could happen?

CLINIC: He could go to jail. Okay? I mean, that’s — and that’s probably why your parents aren’t supporting this. I just want to tell you what the mandate is.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: The mandate of reporting of suspicious sexual abuse — I’m not saying you’re being sexually abused — but if someone is less than 16 years old and the person is more than 4 years older, or the person is 13, irrespective of age difference between the victim and the alleged perpetrator, the mandate to report exists only when the alleged perpetrator is a parent, stepparent, member of household, or a boyfriend/girlfriend, caretaker. Now, I don’t know — this is in the event — I’m only saying — that someone suspects sexual abuse, which it does not obviously sound that is the case for you. But I just want you to be aware that that is something that people will question because there is such a large age difference between you.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: I mean, you’re a young girl. He’s a man. And that’s — you know, that’s a big difference, okay? As long as you are not being physically or sexually abused in any way, there should not be a problem. But you still, for the service that you’re looking for first, for the first thing, you definitely have to go out of state without your parents.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Now here we can do whatever you need as far as your healthcare and birth control without them being involved at all.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay? I just want to make sure that you’re in a good situation and everything.

CALLER: Yeah. Well, he loves me. He’s a sweetheart.

CLINIC: Okay. Well, that’s — you know. And this is — it’s your decision, you know? (laughs) It is your decision.

CALLER: Is it okay if i call you back? I like you.

CLINIC: Oh, absolutely. Please.

CALLER: What was your name?

CLINIC: My name’s Jackie.

CALLER: Jackie? All right.

CLINIC: Yes. Okay?

CALLER: And you don’t have to tell anybody or anything?

CLINIC: Not at all, honey.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay? So get your thoughts together.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Call Hagerstown. See what you can get accomplished there.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: And obviously he could probably help you out financially with the service?

CALLER: Yeah. He’s going to take care of everything.

CLINIC: Okay, and when you come here for your services they would be free because of your age, okay?

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: So you don’t — you wouldn’t have to worry about that, and you could hide that from whoever you needed to. (laughs) Okay?

CALLER: So like is it cool if he comes with me to get like birth control or whatever?

CLINIC: That would be fine. That should be fine.

CALLER: And he wouldn’t have to fill out any forms or anything?

CLINIC: No, he wouldn’t. This is just about you, okay?

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: So you just do what you need to do.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: Thanks.

CLINIC: You’re welcome, honey. Good luck to you, okay?

CALLER: Thanks.

CLINIC: Um-hum.

CALLER: Bye.

CLINIC: Bye bye.

(phone clicks)

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