#691 – Metropolitan Family Planning Institute in College Park, MD
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METROPOLITAN FAMILY PLANNING INSTITUTE
5915 GREENBELT RD.
COLLEGE PARK, MD 20740
301-474-5300
TAPE – 691
(dialing sound) (ringing 1X)
CLINIC: Good morning. Doctor’s office. Can I help you?
CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was calling to see you guys do abortions there.
CLINIC: Yes, ma’am.
CALLER: Okay. Well, do you know how much it costs for that?
CLINIC: How many weeks are you pregnant?
CALLER: Well, I’m not really sure. How do you know?
CLINIC: When was the first of your last period, ma’am?
CALLER: January 3rd.
CLINIC: January 3rd to February the 3rd, that’s one month. February 3rd to March 3rd, that’s two months. It’s $250 up to 11 weeks. $250.
CALLER: Okay. Well, do you know, it’s just, the thing is, like I’m going to be 14 later on this month, and my friend told me that you guys would have to tell my parents. But my boyfriend’s 22. Is he old enough to sign whatever it is and you don’t have to tell anybody?
CLINIC: Right. Yes, ma’am.
CALLER: Okay. All right. Well, do you guys do a pregnancy test there just to make sure?
CLINIC: We do a sonogram to make sure the pregnancy is in the uterus.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: And that’s the sonogram show negative, then we do a pregnancy test to find out if you’re pregnant, yes or no.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: And then we go from there.
CALLER: Okay. Well, if I wasn’t pregnant could I get birth control from you guys?
CLINIC: Yes, ma’am. You need to do a checkup. Yes, ma’am.
CALLER: Okay. But how much does that cost?
CLINIC: A checkup here is $150.
CALLER: Oh, okay. Well, my boyfriend said that he would pay for everything, but we don’t want anyone to know about us.
CLINIC: No problem. No problem.
CALLER: Okay. So if he’s paying for everything he doesn’t have to sign anything or —
CLINIC: No, he don’t have to sign anything. Just you sigh the paperwork. Hold for a second. Hold on. Hold on.
CALLER: All right.
(pause)
CLINIC: Hello, ma’am?
CALLER: Yeah, I’m here.
CLINIC: You sign the paperwork and that’s it.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: You sign the waiver, that’s it.
CALLER: Okay. Well, I need to call him and find out when he can bring me, but when should I come in you think?
CLINIC: For the checkup? Or are you coming for the abortion?
CALLER: Well, I guess the checkup first.
CLINIC: Well, if I was — you come for an abortion, come make appointment for the abortion only because you don’t want to pay twice.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: So come make an appointment for the abortion. The fee is $250 up to 11 weeks, $250.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Well, is there any other fees then?
CLINIC: Only if your blood type is RH negative. You have to pay $50 more for a Rogam shot.
CALLER: Oh, okay. So how much should I bring then?
CLINIC: Probably $300 to be on the safe side.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: So is it okay if I call my boyfriend and call you back to make an appointment?
CLINIC: No problem.
CALLER: What’s your name?
CLINIC: My name is Yvonne.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: All right, thank you.
CLINIC: Bye bye.
CALLER: Bye.
(phone clicks)
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#172 – Planned Parenthood in Frederick, MD
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
1560 OPOSSUMTOWN PIKE # 18
FREDERICK, MD 21702-4351
301-662-7171
TAPE – 172
(dialing sound) (ringing 2X)
CLINIC: Planned Parenthood. This is Jamie.
CALLER: Hi. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there.
CLINIC: No, we don’t do abortions here. The clinic in Baltimore City does abortions, and then there is another clinic that’s not a Planned Parenthood clinic down in Germantown.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: Would you like their number?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: Okay. The Planned Parenthood in Baltimore is 410-576-1414. And Germantown Reproductive Health Services is 1-800-848-5471.
CALLER: Okay. Well, do you know like if you have to be a specific age for having an abortion? Like I’ll be 14 in March.
CLINIC: No. You don’t have to be a specific age to have an abortion.
CALLER: Okay. Well, it’s just — like my friend told me that you guys have to tell my parents. Is that true?
CLINIC: I don’t believe it, no. They shouldn’t have to tell your parents.
CALLER: Okay, because it’s just — if they found out — like my boyfriend’s 22. And we’re going to get married and everything. But like they hate him because they think he’s too old for me, and so they just can’t find out.
CLINIC: Right. No. Well, at Planned Parenthood, the one in Baltimore City, it’s a confidentiality issue. They couldn’t tell your parents.
CALLER: Oh, okay. Okay. So they wouldn’t have to tell anybody at all?
CLINIC: I’m sorry?
CALLER: They wouldn’t have to tell anybody at all?
CLINIC: No, they wouldn’t have to tell anyone at all. You could sign for yourself to have the procedure done.
CALLER: Okay. Well, would it be all right if my boyfriend takes me and everything?
CLINIC: Of course.
CALLER: But they wouldn’t have to ask about him or anything?
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: All right.
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: Well, do you guys like —
CLINIC: Do you know how far along you are?
CALLER: Well, like my last period was like the first week in December.
CLINIC: Your last period was the first week in December?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: Do you know exactly what day it was?
CALLER: Not really. It was probably like the 3rd.
CLINIC: Like the 3rd?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: Okay. You’re about 10 weeks pregnant, so you need to give them a call and get in there, okay?
CALLER: Oh, okay. Well, is there any way that — like if I wasn’t pregnant, do you guys do like birth control there?
CLINIC: Uh-huh.
CALLER: And you wouldn’t have to tell anybody about that either?
CLINIC: No. We’re completely confidential.
CALLER: Okay. Would it like be all right if my boyfriend came and picked that up?
CLINIC: You would need to come in and be seen.
CALLER: Uh-huh.
CLINIC: But to get birth control here you would need to come in and be seen.
CALLER: Oh, all right.
CLINIC: But you could come for your two-week checkup here. After your abortion you have to have a two-week checkup, and you could come here to the Frederick clinic.
CALLER: Oh.
CLINIC: Either place. You could still come here to the, for your two-week checkup. You wouldn’t have to go all the way back down there.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Okay. Thanks.
CLINIC: You’re welcome.
CALLER: Bye.
CLINIC: Bye bye.
(phone clicks)
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#799 – Metropolitan Family Planning Institute – Planned Parenthood in Gaithersburg, MD
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METROPOLITAN FAMILY PLANNING INSTITUTE – PLANNED PARENTHOOD
9063 SHADY GROVE COURT
GAITHERSBURG, MD 20879
301-208-1302
TAPE – 799
(Dialing, phone ringing 1X)
RECORDING: Thank you for calling Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington Gaithersburg Center. If you know your party’s extension, please dial it now; otherwise, please hold for the menu options. Press 3 (unclear) Gaithersburg.
(Recording repeated in Spanish)
RECORDING: For English, press 1 (dial button pressed). For location and directions, press 1. For hours of operation, press 2. For pill pick-up hours, press 3. To make an appointment or to speak with an operator, press 4 (dial button pressed). One moment please.
(Dialing, phone ringing 1X)
CLINIC: Planned Parenthood. Can you please hold?
CALLER: Well, do you guys do abortions there?
CLINIC: No, we don’t. Silver Spring Center, they do there.
CALLER: Do you have the number for that?
CLINIC: 608-3448.
CALLER: Okay. Well, do you know – I just had a question.
CLINIC: You have to call them if you have any abortion questions.
CALLER: Well, I had other questions like I was just –
CLINIC: I’m sorry, but I just have like three lines ahead of you. So can you hold?
CALLER: All right.
CLINIC: Thank you.
(short pause)
CLINIC: Can I help you?
CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was wondering about getting an abortion. I’m going to be 14 later on this month, and my friend told me that they would have to tell my parents. But my boyfriend’s 22. Is he old enough to take care of it all, and they wouldn’t have to tell anybody?
CLINIC: You should ask them in Silver Spring.
CALLER: Okay. Well, could I come in there for a pregnancy test just to see?
CLINIC: You know that you’re pregnant, right?
CALLER: Well, I just haven’t had my period since January 3rd, and I’m just really worried.
CLINIC: Okay. That’s a walk-in. You can come and get a pregnancy test here.
CALLER: What time?
CLINIC: Before 12 or before 4?
CALLER: Today?
CLINIC: Uh-huh.
CALLER: Okay. Well, if it ended up that I wasn’t pregnant, could I get birth control from you guys?
CLINIC: Not today. You have to make an appointment for that.
CALLER: Oh. But would anybody have to know if I was on birth control?
CLINIC: No. This is confidential.
CALLER: Oh, okay. My boyfriend and me were talking about all this, and we don’t want anybody to know about us. But he said he would pay cash for everything. If he was paying though, would he have to sign anything and have his name on stuff?
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: Oh, all right. So it’s all right if he’s paying for it and everything?
CLINIC: Uh-huh. Do you go to school?
CALLER: Well, I’m homeschooled.
CLINIC: Oh, okay. Okay.
CALLER: All right.
CLINIC: Okay. Before 12 today or before 4 today, or tomorrow before 12 or before 2.
CALLER: Okay. Well, if I had any other questions, could I call and ask you? What was your name?
CLINIC: Siomata (ph).
CALLER: Okay. Thank you.
CLINIC: Bye.
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#698 – Germantown Reproductive Health Services in Germantown, MD
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GERMANTOWN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
13233 EXECUTIVE PARK TERRACE
GERMANTOWN, MD 20874
301-353-9200
TAPE – 698
(dialing sound) (ringing 1X)
CLINIC: Reproductive Health Services. Please hold.
CALLER: Okay.
(radio music)
CLINIC: We’ll be with you in a minute.
CALLER: Okay.
(pause)
CLINIC: Thank you for holding. How may I help you?
CALLER: Yeah. I was calling to see if you guys do abortions?
CLINIC: Yes, we do.
CALLER: Okay. Well, how much does that cost?
CLINIC: It depends on how far along you are. Do you know the first day of your last period?
CALLER: January 3.
CLINIC: Okay. Did you want to stay awake or be asleep?
CALLER: I’m not really sure.
CLINIC: Okay. It would be $275 to stay awake, $450 to be asleep.
CALLER: Okay. Well, my boyfriend said that he would pay for everything. It’s just, the thing is, I’m going to be later on this month and my friend told me that you guys would have to tell my parents. But my boyfriend’s 22. Is he old enough to take care of it and you wouldn’t have to tell anybody?
CLINIC: We wouldn’t tell your parents even if your boyfriend wasn’t with you.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: You do have to sign a parental notification form, which means that if there’s an emergency we do need a number where we can reach one of your parents.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: But we would never call and tell them unless we had an emergency with you.
CALLER: Okay. It’s just, me and my boyfriend were talking about all this and he said that he would pay for everything. It’s just, we don’t want anyone to know about us. But —
CLINIC: It’s all confidential.
CALLER: Really?
CLINIC: Uh-huh.
CALLER: Okay. So, but like does he have to sign anything though if he’s paying?
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: Oh, okay. That’s what he was worried about. But also, it’s just I haven’t had a pregnancy test yet. You guys do that there?
CLINIC: We do, but you should probably have a home pregnancy test before you actually come in. If you wanted to come here and have a pregnancy test it would be $5.
CALLER: Oh, okay. I’m just worried about the one at the store not being right, so.
CLINIC: Okay. Well, then you could come in here and have one.
CALLER: Okay. What time do you normally do pregnancy tests there?
CLINIC: We do them all day. You could come in between 9 and 5 and just have a walk-in pregnancy test done. If it’s positive we can set up an appointment for you to have a termination.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: If it’s not positive then, you know, we would send you away and have you come back in two weeks if you still hadn’t gotten your period.
CALLER: Okay. Well, could I get birth control?
CLINIC: Uh-huh.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Birth control you would need to have a pap smear first.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: That’s $85, and then your pills would be free.
CALLER: Okay. But would anybody have to know if I was on birth control though?
CLINIC: No. It all depended on how well you hid them.
CALLER: Oh, okay. All right. Well, so you guys — it’s just the thing is my boyfriend works from 8 to 5 during the week. Do you have like any weekend hours, or —
CLINIC: We don’t. We don’t have weekend hours in this office, but we do in the Prince George’s County office. We have Saturday hours.
CALLER: Okay. All right. So maybe he could get the time off. I don’t know. He was just wanting to go to you guys for some reason. So.
CLINIC: Well, Thursdays our appointments are very late. Could he take half a day? We could have you in at 3:15.
CALLER: Maybe. Yeah. He would just — I need to call him and see. Let me call him and call you back. What was your name?
CLINIC: My name’s Tory.
CALLER: All right. Okay.
CLINIC: Bye bye.
CALLER: Bye.
(phone clicks)
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#695 – Hagerstown Reproductive Health Services in Hagerstown, MD
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HAGERSTOWN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
160 W. WASHINGTON ST. FL 1
HAGERSTOWN, MD 21740
301-733-2400
TAPE – 695
(dialing sound) (ringing 2X)
CLINIC: Hagerstown Reproductive Health Service.
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: Well, it depends on how far you’re along.
CALLER: Okay. Well, how do you know?
CLINIC: When was your first day of your last period?
CALLER: January 3.
CLINIC: Okay. And as of today you’re between like 9 and 10 weeks, okay?
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: So that would be – it would be $285.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: All right. Now do you know if your blood type is RH negative or positive?
CALLER: No.
CLINIC: Okay. Well, if it would be negative, there would be an additional $35 charge for microgam (sp). It’s a shot you would need to receive after the procedure.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay? And if not, if you were positive then it would just be the $285.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Well, do you know — like the thing is, I’m going to be 14 later on this month, and my friend told me that you guys would have to tell my parents. But my boyfriend’s 22. Could he just — is he old enough to take care of it and you wouldn’t have to tell anybody?
CLINIC: Well, let me — I’m going to have to give you to someone else. You could talk to them — might answer that better than I can.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Can you hold on one moment?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: Okay. Hold on.
(pause)
CLINIC: Okay. What they tell me is in Maryland we would not have to tell your parents, okay?
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: But we’re going to refer you down to the Potomac Family Planning which is in Rockville. Okay? And that’s — do you have a pencil?
CALLER: Yes.
CLINIC: Okay. It’s 1-800-260-2464.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Well, why should I go there?
CLINIC: Well, because usually when you’re this young — it’s hard to go through and you need to really be relaxed and everything. Most likely he’d want to put you kind of under because here you’re awake and they just, they basically just numb you.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: So it might be just for you might be a little bit — you might be a little bit more comfortable going down there.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay? We’re just —
CALLER: Well, could I ask you? It’s just I haven’t done a pregnancy test yet. Could I come there for that?
CLINIC: Yes, you can come here and get a free pregnancy test. Well, when was your — let’s see. So you said your last period then was in —
CALLER: January 3.
CLINIC: Okay. So you haven’t had one since?
CALLER: Right. That’s why we’re scared about all this.
CLINIC: Okay. Yes, you can come here and get a free pregnancy test. That’s, you know, no problem. You can come pretty much any time for that.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Well, if it turned out that I wasn’t pregnant could I get birth control?
CLINIC: They could schedule an appointment that you would get a yearly.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: How much does it cost for that?
CLINIC: I want to say around it’s between $40 and $60, but don’t hold me to that.
CALLER: All right.
CLINIC: I usually do lab work, so I’m not 100 percent on that. But I mean, it’s not ungodly expensive or anything.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: But would anybody have to know if I was on birth control?
CLINIC: As far as I know, no.
CALLER: Okay. Well, the thing is, me and my boyfriend were talking about all this and he said that he would pay for everything, but we don’t want anyone to know about us. If he was paying would he have to sign anything?
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: I mean, if he pays cash or whatever, yeah.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: All right. So if I had any other questions could I call and talk to you? What was your name?
CLINIC: I’m Diane, but you can talk to any of the — I mean, it’s a counselor is usually who answers the phone. So you can ask them anything and they can help you out, probably even better than me. (laughs) Okay?
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: All righty?
CALLER: Thank you.
CLINIC: Uh-huh.
CALLER: Bye.
CLINIC: Bye bye.
(phone clicks)
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#692 – Prince George’s Reproductive Health Services in Hyattsville, MD
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PRINCE GEORGE’S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
7411 RIGGS RD # 300
HYATTSVILLE, MD 20783
301-434-2300
TAPE – 692
(dialing sound) (ringing 2X)
CLINIC: (unclear) Health Services.
CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was calling to see if you guys do abortions there.
CLINIC: We do.
CALLER: Okay. Well, do you know how much it costs for that?
CLINIC: When was the last time you had a period?
CALLER: January 3rd.
CLINIC: January 3rd?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: The fee would be $275 if you want to be awake or $450 if you wanted to be asleep.
CALLER: Okay. Well, do you know — it’s just the thing is I’m going to be 14 later on this month, and my friend said you guys would have to tell my parents. But my boyfriend’s 22. Is he old enough to take care of it and you wouldn’t have to tell anybody?
CLINIC: There is no parental consent law in Maryland.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: So no, we wouldn’t have to tell them.
CALLER: Okay. Well, it’s just me and my boyfriend were talking about all this, and he said that he would pay for everything. But we don’t want anyone to know about us. Would he have to sign anything if he was paying for it all?
CLINIC: No. No.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Well, you still have to fill out paperwork and stuff.
CALLER: Well, would he?
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: Oh, okay. All right. Well, do you guys do pregnancy tests there just to make sure?
CLINIC: Uh-huh. It costs $5. We do.
CALLER: Oh, okay. What time do you normally do ’em?
CLINIC: Mostly every day except for Monday and Saturday and we do them from — I’m here until 4:30. I get here about 9:00.
CALLER: Okay. So my boyfriend works from 8 to 5. What —
CLINIC: Okay. I have two other people have called in front of you, and so I put them on hold to answer your call, so I’m going to need to put you on hold for a second, okay?
CALLER: All right.
(pause)
CLINIC: Sorry about that.
CALLER: Uh-huh. Okay.
CLINIC: What were the rest of your questions?
CALLER: Well, if it turned out that I wasn’t pregnant, do you guys do birth control there?
CLINIC: Well, if you just came in for a pregnancy test — I’m getting the feeling that if you think that if you come in for a pregnancy test I can give you birth control at that time, and that’s not what happens. But yes, we do do birth control but you he’d have to make a separate appointment for it.
CALLER: Okay. How much is it for that appointment?
CLINIC: $85. But you’re a student and — how old are you?
CALLER: I’ll be 14 on the 19th.
CLINIC: You’re better off going to Planned Parenthood. It will be so much cheaper. It will be like free.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Yeah. So you want to find — look in the white pages and find a Planned Parenthood that’s close to your house.
CALLER: Okay. Well, if I needed to get an appointment with you could I call you back? What was your name?
CLINIC: My name’s Lori.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: All right. Thank you.
CLINIC: Take care.
(phone clicks)
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