#222 – Planned Parenthood in Riviera Beach, FL
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
1144 W 6TH ST
RIVIERA BEACH, FL 33404-7424
561-848-0777
TAPE – 222
(dialing sound) (ringing 2X)
CLINIC: Good afternoon. Planned Parenthood.
CALLER: Yeah. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there.
CLINIC: No, we don’t.
CALLER: Oh. Well, do you know of anyone that does?
CLINIC: No. You got to look in the phone book under “abortion.”
CALLER: Oh, okay. Like do you guys do like pregnancy tests there?
CLINIC: Yeah. That we do.
CALLER: Okay. Would you guys have to tell my parents about that or anything?
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: Okay. Is it okay — like my friend actually said that since like I’ll be 14 in March you guys have to tell my parents, and is it okay like if my boyfriend just takes care of it, because he’s 22?
CLINIC: Yeah.
CALLER: It’s all right?
CLINIC: I guess so. Hold on, okay?
CALLER: Okay.
RECORDING: Thank you for waiting.
CLINIC: Can you come in this afternoon?
CALLER: Well, I’d have to talk to my boyfriend to see.
CLINIC: Okay, call us back. It’s only $5 for the test.
CALLER: Okay. What time like this afternoon?
CLINIC: Any time between 1 and 7.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: If I wasn’t pregnant, do you guys do birth control there?
CLINIC: Yes, we do.
CALLER: But you guys wouldn’t have to —
CLINIC: We just don’t do it today though.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: We do it Wednesday.
CALLER: Okay. If I was on birth control you guys wouldn’t have to tell anybody about this or anything?
CLINIC: Nope.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay.
CALLER: So it’s alright like if my boyfriend brings me?
CLINIC: Call first. Okay? All right. Bye.
CALLER: Well —
(phone clicks)
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#744 – Sarasota Women’s Health Center in Sarasota, FL
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SARASOTA WOMEN’S HEALTH CENTER
5025 N TAMIAMI TRAIL
SARASOTA, FL 34234
941-355-9796
TAPE – 744
(Dialing, phone ringing 1X)
CLINIC: Saratoga Women’s Health Center. Can I help you?
CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was calling to see if you guys do abortions there.
CLINIC: Yeah, we do. Can you hold one moment?
CALLER: All right.
(short pause)
CLINIC: Okay. Did you want to make an appointment?
CALLER: Well, I was just wanting to ask some questions first.
CLINIC: Go ahead.
CALLER: How much does it cost to get an abortion?
CLINIC: Well, it depends on how many weeks you are.
CALLER: Okay. Well, how you know?
CLINIC: By the first day of your last menstrual period.
CALLER: That was January 3rd.
CLINIC: Okay. Let’s see. January 3rd?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: That would put you at about nine weeks. And that would be $375 for 13 weeks and under, and above that it’s more.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: We do procedures Tuesdays, Thursdays and Friday by appointment. And everything’s included in that 375.
CALLER: I’m just kind of worried because my friend told me that — well, I’m going to be 14 later on this month, and she said that you guys would have to tell my parents about all this. But my boyfriend’s 22. Is he old enough to take care of it, and you wouldn’t have to tell anybody?
CLINIC: You’re 13?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: Let me ask the doctor. It’s up to him. Hold one second.
CALLER: Okay.
(pause)
CLINIC: Are you there?
CALLER: I’m here.
CLINIC: You’re going to have to have a legal guardian with you since you’re 13.
CALLER: Oh, really?
CLINIC: Yeah.
CALLER: Well, is there any way not to have to tell my parents at all? I mean, they can’t find out.
CLINIC: Your parents can’t find out? By law, honey, you have to have a parent with you or a legal guardian.
CALLER: But I can’t tell them.
CLINIC: You can’t tell them?
CALLER: Is there anywhere else I could go?
CLINIC: No (chuckle). No one will let you — (Talking to someone else: What’s the age, 16?) Yeah. You have to be at least 16 by Florida state law unless you want to try another state.
CALLER: Oh. What other state should I go to?
CLINIC: (Talking to someone else: Do you know of any other states that don’t require that law?) Hold on. I’m going to try to find out for you, okay?
CALLER: All right.
(short pause)
CLINIC: Hi. This is Alisa (ph). Can I help you?
CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was just really confused. And I was talking to someone about if my parents had to find out I was getting an abortion.
CLINIC: Okay. What is your age?
CALLER: I’m 13. I’ll be 14 on the 19th.
CLINIC: Yes. You do have to have parental consent at that age. There’s no one in the state of Florida that’s going to do a procedure on a patient that’s only 13 or 14 or even 15 without parental consent.
CALLER: Oh.
CLINIC: That’s the law. Yeah, there’s no way.
CALLER: Well, the other lady was looking to see if there was another state I could go to.
CLINIC: Without parental consent? No, not at the age of 13. You have to have parental consent at that age.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: You can’t tell your parents?
CALLER: No, not at all. I mean, they know my boyfriend. He works with my dad, and they know we’re going out. They just don’t know we’re having sex. I mean, they can’t find out. If they knew that we were having sex, I don’t know what they would do.
CLINIC: Oh, okay. How old is your boyfriend?
CALLER: Twenty-two.
CLINIC: Oh. Yeah, that’s definitely an age gap there.
CALLER: Yeah. Well —
CLINIC: Go ahead.
CALLER: Well, I haven’t had a pregnancy test yet. Could I come in there for that, and you guys wouldn’t have to tell anybody?
CLINIC: You can take a home test actually. They’re $10 usually if you buy one from the drug store.
CALLER: Are they usually right though?
CLINIC: Uh-huh. They’re usually 99 percent accurate.
CALLER: Okay. Well, if it turned out that I wasn’t pregnant after I take that, could I come in there for birth control?
CLINIC: Yes. You would need parental consent for that though, because you’re only 13, yeah.
CALLER: Well, even after I’m 14 on the 19th?
CLINIC: No. You would still need parental consent.
CALLER: All right. Well, what should I do then?
CLINIC: Well, if you’re pregnant, you’re probably going to have to tell your parents because if you don’t, and if you continue with the pregnancy, with you being that age and your boyfriend being his age, they can throw him in jail.
CALLER: They can throw him in jail?
CLINIC: Oh, yeah. He can get thrown in jail.
CALLER: Why?
CLINIC: That’s statutory rape right there.
CALLER: But he’s not raping me. We’re in love. We’re going to get married. He said he was going to take care of me forever.
CLINIC: Yeah. But, sweetie, at 13 years old, you’re not old enough to consent to sex at 13.
CALLER: Why?
CLINIC: Because you’re only 13 years old and he’s 22. He’s an adult.
CALLER: Well, I’m almost 14.
CLINIC: It doesn’t matter. At 13 years old and he’s 22 years old, he’s an adult. They can throw him in jail for that.
CALLER: Well, he can’t go to jail. He’s the only one that’s ever there for me.
CLINIC: That’s something you need to talk over with your parents.
CALLER: But I can’t tell them. I mean, they don’t ever listen to me. They don’t understand anything.
CLINIC: Well, what are you going to tell them if you don’t have a termination and you continue with the pregnancy?
CALLER: I don’t know. That’s why I wasn’t wanting to — that’s why I was wanting an abortion.
CLINIC: (Pause) Okay. Yeah. But at that age you definitely have parental — you have to have a parent in the office with you.
CALLER: There’s no way not to have them there with me?
CLINIC: No. There’s no way. At 13 — I’ve already told you like five times — there’s no way.
CALLER: Okay. All right. Okay. Thanks
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Bye.
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#227 – Planned Parenthood in Sarasota, FL
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
1958 PROSPECT ST
SARASOTA, FL 34239-2217
941-953-4060
TAPE – 227
(dialing sounds) (ringing 2X)
RECORDING: Thank you for calling Planned Parenthood Sarasota Clinic. At the time of your call our clinic is open. If you’d like to speak to a staff (dial sound). The operator is not available right now. If you would like to leave a message press 1. If you would like to try another extension, press 3. Please speak after the tone. (dial sound) If you know the extension of the party you would like to speak with, enter it now. For a directory, press star. For the operator, press zero. (dial sound) (music) Planned Parenthood believes that getting pregnant should be a choice, not an accident. That’s why we offer you affordable birth control options.
CLINIC: Masheska (ph). Can I help you?
CALLER: Yeah. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there?
CLINIC: Yes, we do.
CALLER: How much does that cost?
CLINIC: We charge $375 if you’re under 12 weeks from the first day of your last period and $425 if you’re between 12 and 14 weeks.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: We also charge an additional $60 if you happen to be negative blood type.
CALLER: Okay. Well, how do you know how far along you are? Like —
CLINIC: Do you know when the first day of your past period was?
CALLER: Well, it was like the second week in December.
CLINIC: Okay. Let me put you on hold for just one second.
CALLER: All right.
RECORDING: Thank you for holding. Please remain on the line and a Planned Parenthood staff member will be with you shortly. (music)
CLINIC: It’s the second week in December, so if I was going from the 14th maybe, today is the 18th, so you’d be approximately 9 1/2 weeks along.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: So you would be under 12 weeks until the end of the first week of March.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: I mean, if that date’s correct, so.
CALLER: Yeah. Okay. Well, I also had another question. Like my friend told me that since like I’ll be 14 in March that you guys have to tell my parents. But can I just —
CLINIC: No. You can be —
CALLER: Is it all right if my boyfriend takes care of it, because like he’s 22.
CLINIC: If you’re 12 or over you usually don’t need parental consent.
CALLER: Okay. Well, can my boyfriend take me?
CLINIC: Yeah.
CALLER: Cause I don’t have any other way to get there.
CLINIC: Yeah.
CALLER: Okay. Would you guys have to know anything about him or anything?
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: Okay. Well, so it’s okay to like come in and have a pregnancy test and everything?
CLINIC: Uh-huh.
CALLER: Okay. But you guys wouldn’t have to tell anybody about if I was taking a pregnancy test or anything?
CLINIC: No. Your status as a patient with us is completely confidential.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Well if like, say that I wasn’t pregnant. Do you guys do birth control there?
CLINIC: Um-hum.
CALLER: Okay. And you guys wouldn’t have to tell anybody about birth control or anything?
CLINIC: Nope.
CALLER: All right. Okay. So thanks.
CLINIC: No problem.
CALLER: Bye.
CLINIC: Bye.
(phone clicks)
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#748 – A Choice For Women in South Miami, FL
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A CHOICE FOR WOMEN
6660 S. WEST 117TH AVE.
SOUTH MIAMI, FL 33143
305-667-6697
TAPE – 748
(Dialing, phone ringing 2X)
CLINIC: A Choice for Women. How can I help you? This is Rosalina.
CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was calling to see if you guys do abortions there.
CLINIC: Yes, we do.
CALLER: Okay. Well do you know how much it costs for that?
CLINIC: Yeah. How many weeks are you?
CALLER: I’m not really sure. How do you know?
CLINIC: More or less — Well, if you tell me when was the first day of your last period, I can tell you more or less how many weeks you are now.
CALLER: Okay. Well, it was January 3rd.
CLINIC: January 3rd. Yeah, according to that period, you are nine weeks pregnant more or less, okay?
CALLER: Okay. So how much would it cost then?
CLINIC: We have two prices, two kind of service. As a general patient it’s 365. Everything is included in that price. As a private, the price is 565. Everything is included.
CALLER: Okay. So what’s the difference between the two?
CLINIC: General, you spend more time here in the clinic, and that’s four hours. You are going to be with more patients, waiting room. And you’re not allowed to have any member of your family with you in the operation. Private, you are going to be in a private room. You can be with somebody in that room in the operation, and you spend less time, like two hours.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: It’s by appointment.
CALLER: Well, the problem is I’m going to be 14 later on this month, and my friend said that you guys would have to tell my parents. But my boyfriend’s 22.
CLINIC: No. No, no. No, we don’t. This is confidential.
CALLER: Well, my boyfriend’s 22. Could he just take care of everything, and you wouldn’t have to tell anybody?
CLINIC: No, you can come alone.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: Even if you weren’t alone — Oh. But you need a taxi to drive you home because you’re not allowed to drive. You can take a taxi and nobody knows, or you can bring your boyfriend or a friend. Ask somebody to ride you home. And you don’t need permission for that here in the state of Florida.
CALLER: Oh, okay. Do you do pregnancy tests there beforehand though?
CLINIC: We do everything, yes. We start with the lab work, urine test, vital signs, hemoglobin, blood type. Then you go with a counselor. She’s going to explain everything, all the process, how to take care after. Then you go with the doctor. He’s going to do the ultra sound. At that time we know for sure how many weeks you are. And after that if everything is okay, he’s going to do the termination. And at that time you go to your private room for one hour or general (unclear) for one hour.
CALLER: If it ended up that I wasn’t pregnant, do you guys do birth control there?
CLINIC: Yes. We give you two packs to start with.
CALLER: Would you have to tell anybody if I was on birth control?
CLINIC: I’m sorry?
CALLER: Would you have to tell anybody if I was on birth control?
CLINIC: Oh, no. No, no. We give you all the information here. The counselor is going to give you all the information.
CALLER: Okay. All right.
CLINIC: I have appointments for tomorrow, for Friday, and Saturday this week.
CALLER: What time on Saturday?
CLINIC: We start early on Saturday at 7:00.
CALLER: Okay. Well, I have to call my boyfriend to see when he can bring me.
CLINIC: Okay, no problem.
CALLER: What was your name again?
CLINIC: Rosalina.
CALLER: Okay. All right.
CLINIC: Okay. Thank you. Bye bye.
CALLER: Bye.
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#223 – Planned Parenthood in St. Petersburg, FL
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
21 9TH ST S
ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33705-1604
727-898-8199
TAPE – 223
(dialing sound) (ringing 1X)
CLINIC: Planned Parenthood. This is Sue. Can I help you?
CALLER: Yeah. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there.
CLINIC: Unfortunately, we don’t. We do them out of our Sarasota office.
CALLER: Oh. Well, do you have the number for that?
CLINIC: Sure. It’s 941-953-4060. And do you live in the St. Pete area?
CALLER: I live in Parish.
CLINIC: Okay. So we would give you a $50 travel discount.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: So your fee– how many weeks are you? Do you know?
CALLER: I’m not sure. My last period was like the second week in December.
CLINIC: Okay. So your fee would be $325.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Which is pretty good. Do you have any questions I could help you with?
CALLER: Yeah. Well, my friend told me that you — since like I’ll be 14 in March that you guys have to tell my parents. But can I just have my boyfriend do it because he’s 22.
CLINIC: You don’t need parents. You don’t need your parents’ consent.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Yeah. That’s something that’s going in front of the legislatures, but it hasn’t passed yet, and it probably won’t pass for several months, so you’re okay.
CALLER: Okay. But you guys don’t have to tell anybody about my boyfriend or anything?
CLINIC: No, absolutely not. Strictly confidential.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Well do you guys — like if I come in for like a pregnancy test there, is there a way to get birth control like if I wasn’t pregnant?
CLINIC: Sure.
CALLER: And you guys wouldn’t have to tell anybody about that or anything?
CLINIC: Nope. Nope.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Again, that’s very — that’s all confidential.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Okay, thanks.
CLINIC: All right. Good luck.
CALLER: Bye.
CLINIC: Bye bye.
(phone clicks)
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#228 – Planned Parenthood in Stuart, FL
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
1322 NW FEDERAL HWY
STUART, FL 34994-1004
561-692-2023
TAPE – 228
(dialing sound) (ringing 1X)
CLINIC: Good afternoon. Planned Parenthood. Cheryl (Jill?) speaking.
CALLER: Yeah. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there.
CLINIC: No, we don’t. We do pregnancy testing, counseling and referrals. Have you already had a positive test?
CALLER: No. Well, I took a home pregnancy test over the weekend, and it was positive.
CLINIC: Okay, that’s why I asked if you already had a positive test.
CALLER: I don’t know if I did it right, so.
CLINIC: Okay, then your next step would be to — probably you would want to come here and have it confirmed with one of our tests. How old are you?
CALLER: I’ll be 14 in March.
CLINIC: Okay. It would $5 to do that and then the counselor will sit down with you and she’ll give you all your appropriate referrals. Depending on where you go it can be much less expensive —
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: — for termination if you have a referral, okay?
CALLER: Uh-huh.
CLINIC: She is here tomorrow if you want to come in tomorrow to have your test.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay? Let me see where I can get you in.
CALLER: I’d have to talk to my boyfriend to see when he can get off work, but.
CLINIC: Okay. I can get you in tomorrow afternoon if you want to do it tomorrow afternoon. So why don’t you check with him and the give me a call back? Okay? My name is Cheryl. You can just ask for me since I already know what’s going on.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: What’s your first name?
CALLER: Christine.
CLINIC: Christine. Okay, Christine.
CALLER: Well, actually I had a question.
CLINIC: Go ahead.
CALLER: My friend said that since like I’ll be 14 in March that you guys have to tell my parents, but can —
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: — my boyfriend just take care of it? He’s 22.
CLINIC: Yeah. No, you don’t. You don’t need to. You don’t need to.
CALLER: All right.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: So say that I wasn’t pregnant. Do you guys do birth control there?
CLINIC: Yes, we do.
CALLER: And you wouldn’t have to tell anybody?
CLINIC: Right. Right. And she’ll talk to you about all that when you come in for your test, okay?
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: All right?
CALLER: Does anyone have to know about my boyfriend or anything?
CLINIC: I’m sorry?
CALLER: Does anyone have to know about my boyfriend at all?
CLINIC: Does anyone have to know about him?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: You can talk to the counselor about it when you come in. What do you mean by “know about him?”
CALLER: Well, like my parents can’t find out that —
CLINIC: Everything here is confidential, okay?
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Everything’s strictly confidential.
CALLER: So it’s all right if he brings me in and everything?
CLINIC: Yeah. Everything’s up to the patient whether or not you want him to sit in on the counseling. That’s totally up to you.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: All right.
CLINIC: All right. Let us know what you want to do.
CALLER: Okay. Thanks.
CLINIC: Bye bye.
(phone clicks)
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