(Cities: Haverstraw – Poughkeepsie)
#078 – Planned Parenthood in North Patchogue, NY
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
450 WAVERLY AVE. #4
PATCHOGUE, NY 11772-1555
631-475-5705
TAPE – 078
CLINIC: Planned Parenthood of Patchogue (unclear). How can I help you?
CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was wondering, do you guys do abortions there?
CLINIC: We do pregnancy testing, and we confirm the duration of the pregnancy so that we know what type of an abortion you would want if that’s what you want, give you all your options, and then we would help you figure out where you need to go.
CALLER: Okay. So do you know how much it will cost or anything?
CLINIC: For which thing?
CALLER: For like, well, the pregnancy test.
CLINIC: About $20.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay? Did you want to schedule?
CALLER: Well, I’d have to talk to my boyfriend. But do you know if they have to tell my parents or anything?
CLINIC: No, of course not.
CALLER: Okay. Well it’s just my parents can’t find out at all.
CLINIC: That’s fine.
CALLER: Cause like my boyfriend’s 22, and we’re plan on getting married. But like they think he’s too old for me. And if they found out we were having sex, they would totally freak.
CLINIC: Well, none of that is any concern of ours.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Well, is there like an age requirement to have an abortion?
CLINIC: No, hon.
CALLER: Okay. Cause like I’m going to be 14 in March.
CLINIC: Okay. So you just need to come in.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Do you guys do like birth control there?
CLINIC: Yes, we do.
CALLER: Okay. And you wouldn’t have to tell anybody about that either?
CLINIC: No, hon.
CALLER: Okay. Is it okay if I call my boyfriend, and then call you guys back?
CLINIC: Sure, of course.
CALLER: What was your name?
CLINIC: I’m Janet, but it doesn’t matter. You can talk to anybody here.
CALLER: All right. Thanks.
CLINIC: Bye bye.
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#096 – Planned Parenthood in Plattsburgh, NY
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
66 BRINKERHOFF ST.
PLATTSBURGH, NY 12901-2983
518-561-4430
TAPE – 096
(Dialing, phone ringing)
RECORDING: Thank you for calling Northern Adirondack Planned Parenthood. To access our medical services, please press 1. To access our administrative office, please press 2. For hours of operation, please press 3.
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CLINIC: Good afternoon, Planned Parenthood. How can I help you?
CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there?
CLINIC: Um-hmm, we do.
CALLER: How much does that cost?
CLINIC: You have no insurance?
CALLER: Well, my boyfriend’s going to pay for it.
CLINIC: Your boyfriend’s gonna?
CALLER: Yeah, he’s 22.
CLINIC: Okay. It’s going to be around 375 for the termination itself. There’s a few steps that you have to have before you have the termination, though.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Did you have a positive pregnancy test at a doctor’s office somewhere?
CALLER: No. I took one over the weekend, and it was positive.
CLINIC: Just a home test?
CALLER: Uh-huh.
CLINIC: Okay. So what we would do, is we would bring you in to meet with a counselor. We do a pregnancy test because we have to have one on file. And then she goes over the options with you. And then if that is what you definitely want to do, she would set you up with that appointment.
CALLER: Okay. And there’s like no age requirement to have an abortion or anything?
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: Okay. Because like I’ll be 14 in March. And that’s still okay?
CLINIC: Yep. That’s totally fine. Now, you’ve never been here before?
CALLER: No.
CLINIC: Okay. What I have to do first is just get some information, put you in our computer. And then I can set you up with the counselor.
CALLER: Okay. Do you guys have to tell my parents or anybody?
CLINIC: Nope. No, we don’t tell anybody anything without your permission.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Yup. Now also, if it’s okay to talk to your boyfriend about stuff, you might want to let us know here. And we can always put his name in the computer.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: So if he ever called questioning anything, we know it’s okay to talk to him.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay. So just make sure when you come in, you let us know that.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay. our last name?
CALLER: It’s Smith.
CLINIC: S-M-I-T-H. And your first name?
CALLER: Christine.
CLINIC: With a “C-H”?
CALLER: Uh-huh.
CLINIC: And your middle initial?
CALLER: It’s “M”.
CLINIC: An address?
CALLER: Well, I would have to ask my boyfriend what his address is. Is that okay if I can call you back?
CLINIC: Sure. Yep. Is that Plattsburgh?
CALLER: It’s in Redford.
CLINIC: Redford?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: Okay. I’m just going to put a zip code in, and that way we can get the rest after.
CALLER: If I end up not being pregnant, do you guys do birth control there?
CLINIC: Yes, we do.
CALLER: Yeah?
CLINIC: Yup. What I’ll do is, when you go in with a counselor, like I said, they’ll do a pregnancy test. And then —
CALLER: And you guys wouldn’t have to tell anybody about that birth control either?
CLINIC: Yup. Nope. Definitely not. No, we don’t say anything to anybody without you giving us the okay.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: At your boyfriend’s address, if we ever have to contact you, is it okay to say that it’s Planned Parenthood calling or would you rather us not do that?
CALLER: No, they can’t find out at all. Like they don’t like my boyfriend at all because they think he’s too old for me. So there’s no way they can find out anything.
CLINIC: Your boyfriend’s address, is it his apartment or his parents?
CALLER: Well, it’s just like his house.
CLINIC: It’s his?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: Do know your boyfriend’s address or we just don’t say at all?
CALLER: Well, I don’t know what it is. I’d have to talk to him and get back to you.
CLINIC: Yep. Then you can let us know.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Do you know his phone number?
CALLER: It’s his cell phone. I don’t know it.
CLINIC: You don’t know it?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: Okay, that’s fine. We’ll just skip that for now. Your Social Security number, do you know that?
CALLER: No, I don’t think I have one.
CLINIC: Okay. Your date of birth?
CALLER: It’s March 19, 1988.
CLINIC: Okay. Now, are you in school?
CALLER: I’m homeschooled.
CLINIC: You’re homeschooled.
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: So it won’t be a problem to get you in?
CALLER: No.
CLINIC: Okay. What time do you get done during the day with homeschool?
CALLER: Just whenever.
CLINIC: Oh, okay. So I didn’t know if you had a set time.
CALLER: No. Is it okay if I call you back?
CLINIC: Call me back?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: To schedule it?
CALLER: Well, yeah. Like I’m at my friend’s house.
CLINIC: Okay. Yep, sure. So I have you in the computer right now. I’m here until 8:00 tonight.
CALLER: What was your name?
CLINIC: My name is Robin.
CALLER: Robin. All right. Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Thanks.
CLINIC: All right. You’re welcome.
CALLER: Bye.
CLINIC: Bye bye.
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#801 – Northern Adirondack Planned Parenthood in Plattsburgh, NY
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NORTHERN ADIRONDACK PLANNED PARENTHOOD
66 BRINKERHOFF ST.
PLATTSBURGH, NY 12901
518-561-4430
TAPE – 801
(Dialing, phone ringing 1X)
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CLINIC: Thank for holding. This is Melissa. May I help you?
CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was calling to see if you guys do abortions there.
CLINIC: Yes, we do.
CALLER: Okay. Well, how much does it cost for that?
CLINIC: Do you have insurance at all?
CALLER: Well, my boyfriend said he would pay cash for everything.
CLINIC: Okay. Because what needs to happen is, one, you have to have a pregnancy test, you have to have a full exam, and then the termination. So you’re looking at, with all of that, around $500.
CALLER: Okay. So you guys would do a pregnancy test first?
CLINIC: Yes, unless you’ve already had one done somewhere.
CALLER: Well, no. I just haven’t had my period since January 3rd, so I’m just really worried.
CLINIC: Okay. So we should at least start with that.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay. Have you been seen here before?
CALLER: No.
CLINIC: Okay. And where are you calling from?
CALLER: I’m in Kaysville (unclear).
CLINIC: Kaysville? Okay. So you’re not too far away. What is your last name?
CALLER: It’s Carter. But I have a question really. 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, and he wanted to take care of it all. Would he be able to do that, and you wouldn’t have to tell anybody?
CLINIC: We wouldn’t tell your parents anyway, not unless you tell us to.
CALLER: Oh, alright.
CLINIC: But like if they called here, we wouldn’t be able to tell them anything.
CALLER: But would anybody else have to know?
CLINIC: No, no. Just you.
CALLER: All right.
CLINIC: It’s Carter you said?
CALLER: Uh-huh.
CLINIC: First name?
CALLER: Lisa.
CLINIC: Middle initial?
CALLER: I don’t have one.
CLINIC: Address?
CALLER: Well —
CLINIC: Do you want to use his address?
CALLER: Huh?
CLINIC: Do you want to use his address?
CALLER: Yeah.
CLINIC: Okay. What’s his address?
CALLER: But I was actually wanting to ask some other questions too.
CLINIC: Sure. Go ahead.
CALLER: We were talking about all this, me and my boyfriend, and we don’t want anyone to know about us. But if he was paying for it all, would he have to sign anything or put his name on anything?
CLINIC: Is he paying cash?
CALLER: Uh-huh.
CLINIC: No. He can just give you the money, you hand it to us, and we wouldn’t even know about him at all.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
CLINIC: Yep. So that’s fine.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: What is his address? We need to have some sort of an address.
CALLER: Oh.
CLINIC: We don’t care which one you use.
CALLER: Okay. Well, let me talk to my friend and see if she’ll let me use hers.
CLINIC: Do you want to call back? We’re open until 5.
CALLER: Yeah. But if I take the pregnancy first from you guys, if it ended up that I wasn’t pregnant, could I get birth control from you?
CLINIC: Yes. We may have to make a separate appointment for that, but yes, you would be able to do that, yes.
CALLER: But would you have to tell anybody if I was on birth control though?
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: Oh, all right.
CLINIC: Nope. Nope. Not at all.
CALLER: Well, another thing is, I can’t drive yet. Would my boyfriend be able to pick up the birth control?
CLINIC: You would actually have to come in for the visit to get the birth control. But then after that, like every month if he wanted to pick it up, as long as you let us know that it was okay for him to pick it up, then he could.
CALLER: Okay. Alright. But you’re absolutely sure that no one would have to know about anything?
CLINIC: No, not at all.
CALLER: All right.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: Okay. Let me call — how late are you going to be there?
CLINIC: We’re here until 5 today.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: All right. Thanks.
CLINIC: Bye bye.
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#099 – Planned Parenthood in Poughkeepsie, NY
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
17 NOXON ST.
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12601-4101
845-471-1540
TAPE – 099
(Dialing, phone ringing)
CLINIC: Planned Parenthood.
CALLER: Hi. Do you guys do abortions there?
CLINIC: Uh-huh.
CALLER: Yeah? How much does it cost to do that?
CLINIC: Three hundred.
CALLER: Three hundred?
CLINIC: Mm-hmm.
CALLER: Okay. And my friend told me you guys have to tell my parents before I can have an abortion. Is that true?
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: No? You guys wouldn’t have to tell anybody at all?
CLINIC: Nope.
CALLER: Well, it’s just the problem is, I can’t tell my parents. Cause like my boyfriend’s 22, and we’re going to get married, and we love each other. But like my parents hate him because they think he’s too old for me.
CLINIC: Okay.
CALLER: So it’s just they can’t find out at all.
CLINIC: No one finds out anything.
CALLER: All right. So like, do you —
CLINIC: (Sighing) You have to come in for a pregnancy test first.
CALLER: Okay. Is there any age requirement on that?
CLINIC: Is there what?
CALLER: Any age requirement?
CLINIC: Uh-uh.
CALLER: Like I’ll be 14 in March. Is that all right?
CLINIC: Uh-huh.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: You’ll be how old when?
CALLER: I’ll be 14 in March.
CLINIC: Hold on one second, okay?
CALLER: Okay.
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Do you have questions about birth control? We can review all options with you including the pill, Depo-Provera; Norplant, the IUD; the diaphragm; condoms; and spermicide. If you’ve had unprotected sex in the last 72 hours, you can still prevent a pregnancy. Please ask us for more information on emergency contraception when we return to the line. For more information about birth control and sexual health, call our toll free info line at 1-800-979-INFO.
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CLINIC: Sorry about that.
CALLER: Are you positive that you guys don’t have to tell anybody at all?
CLINIC: Uh-uh, nobody.
CALLER: Okay. Like if it turns out that I’m not pregnant, do you guys do birth control there?
CLINIC: Yep.
CALLER: Yeah? And you won’t have to tell anybody about that either?
CLINIC: No.
CALLER: Okay. Is it okay if my boyfriend picks up the birth control?
CLINIC: When you get them?
CALLER: Uh-huh.
CLINIC: Yeah, but you have to have a complete exam.
CALLER: Oh. Okay.
CLINIC: Okay. So you want to come in for a pregnancy test first, then, right?
CALLER: Well, yeah.
CLINIC: What’s your last name?
CALLER: It’s Smith.
CLINIC: And your first name?
CALLER: Christine.
CLINIC: Is there any way you can come in today?
CALLER: Oh. Well, no. I have to talk to my boyfriend, and he’s got to get the time off and everything.
CLINIC: Okay. Do you have a phone number we can have? His house or whatever?
CALLER: Well, I can call you back with the cell phone number.
CLINIC: Okay.
CALLER: Like I’d have to ask him for it.
CLINIC: All right. When do you think he’ll have off of work to make the appointment?
CALLER: Well, he’d just have to schedule it with his boss or anything, so I don’t know. But I’d have to talk to him.
CLINIC: How about Friday?
CALLER: All right.
CLINIC: Are you in school?
CALLER: Huh?
CLINIC: Are you in school?
CALLER: No, I’m homeschooled.
CLINIC: Okay. How about Friday at 1:00?
CALLER: All right. I have to okay it with him, but yeah.
CLINIC: Okay. So if that’s all right with him, just come in Friday at 1:00. If you can’t, just call back to reschedule.
CALLER: Okay. Is it cool if I call and talk to you?
CLINIC: That’s fine. My name is Diane.
CALLER: Okay.
CLINIC: Okay?
CALLER: And you sure you don’t have to tell anybody at all?
CLINIC: Nope, nobody.
CALLER: All right.
CLINIC: All right. Bye bye.
CALLER: Thanks.
CLINIC: Yeah. Bye bye.
CALLER: Bye.
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