Anonymous asked: I'm 19 years old, and although there is only a 0.0001% chance right now that I'm pregnant, I still want to know what I can. If I wanted to get an abortion after having possibly gotten pregnant a month ago, and I live in Miami Florida, about how much would it cost? Also, if I walk into the clinic someday, can I get an abortion the same day? What if I can't go to the follow up appointment? How much does the cost increase every week? Sorry for all the questions!

The price will depend on how far along you are, and whether you decide to have a medication abortion or a surgical abortion. Fees also depend on your blood type, the kind of work done before the abortion, and the types of anesthesia and pain medication used. None of the 9 clinics in Miami list their fees online, though some clinic websites do.

So, what are your options now? You can always call a clinic and ask for an estimate, though they may not be able to tell you exactly until they know what I listed in the above paragraph. Each clinic will charge a little differently, so only they can tell you how much it increases per week. Planned Parenthood prices the abortion pill anywhere from $300-$800, and a first-trimester surgical abortion anywhere from $300-$950. Some clinics will lower the fees depending on your ability to pay, or work out a payment system. You can also look into state and national abortion funds, as well as individuals who’ve offered to help out on the Abortion Assistance Blog.

I haven’t heard of clinics providing abortions for walk-ins. Especially if they are targeted by protestors, they may have very specific times when a provider is in and available to do all the pre-operation work and testing. Even though abortion is generally a minor procedure, you will probably still have to make an appointment.

Follow-up appointments are EXTREMELY important, and you do not want to miss them. The staff need to make sure that you’re healing properly. If you’re not sure you can make it back to the clinic, talk with the staff and see if you can go in somewhere else. The risk of complications from first-trimester abortions is vanishingly low, but that doesn’t mean there are no risks, and I really can’t stress enough how crucial it is that you go to your follow-up appointment.

Hope that answers your questions!

Help Someone Access a Safe Abortion

The lone abortion provider in Mississippi is in danger of being shut down in a little over a week. They are being flooded with calls from people desperate to get the health care they need before it’s too late. Already, many people in Mississippi must travel out of state to get a safe, legal abortion. This requires driving for hours, possibly staying overnight, and finding someone to take care of their children (61% of people who get abortions already have at least one child).

Now’s the time for that famous southern hospitality. Mississippians need help accessing abortion. They may not have transportation, a place to stay, or child care. If you can provide any of these things, even just a ride to the clinic or a couch to sleep on for a night, please contact the Abortion Assistance Blog. Here are some of the clinics people will be visiting:

Mississippi:

Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Alabama:

New Woman All Women Health Care, Birmingham

Planned Parenthood, Birmingham

Planned Parenthood, Mobile

Reproductive Health Services of Montgomery

West Alabama Women’s Center, Tuscaloosa

Arkansas:

Planned Parenthood, Fayetteville

Planned Parenthood, Little Rock

Little Rock Family Planning Services (only clinic that provides abortions after 8 weeks)

Florida:

All Women’s Health Center, Inc., Gainesville

Bread & Roses Women’s Health Center, Gainesville

North Florida Women’s Health & Counseling Service, Tallahassee

Louisiana:

Bossier City Medical Suite

Causeway Medical Clinic, Metairie, New Orleans

Hope Medical Group for Women, Shreveport

Tennessee:

Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health

Memphis Area Medical Center for Women

Memphis Center for Reproductive Health

Planned Parenthood of the Greater Memphis Region

Planned Parenthood, Knoxville

Planned Parenthood, Nashville

The Women’s Center, Nashville

Volunteer Women’s Medical Clinic, Knoxville

If you live near any of these clinics, or have a place to stay along the journey from Mississippi, you could be the one to help someone in need access a safe, legal abortion. Please contact the Abortion Assistance Blog, and make a difference in someone’s life.

FL Governor Rick Scott Vetoes Funds for Rape Crisis Centers During Sexual Assault Awareness Month →

stfufauxminists:

Welp, that’s the governor of the state I currently reside in. What a classy guy.

Update on Forced Ultrasound Laws

rhrealitycheck:

Virginia is now the 8th state with forced ultrasounds before abortion. When it passed its law, it joined Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. 

Texas has the harshest forced ultrasound law currently in effect. As Andrea Grimes reported,

“Texas has the most extreme law that’s being enforced right now,” says the Center For Reproductive Rights’ Julie Rikelman, the lead attorney on the CRR’s lawsuit filed against the Texas legislation. Despite the sympathetic leanings of a federal district judge who initially ruled on the case, the suit has more or less been stalled by a vehemently anti-choice Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which denied the CRR’s requested injunction against enforcement last month.  Now, that means that all aspects of the law—mandated ultrasounds, 24-hour waiting periods, and forced speech—are now in full force in Texas.

Oklahoma’s forced ultrasound bill, which was similar to TX’s, was struck down by a federal court recently.

North Carolina, which also has passed a harsh TX-style forced ultrasound bill, is unable to enforce their law pending a court decision.

Pennsylvania’s forced ultrasound bill is officially kaput, at least for this year.

And, as Robin Marty reports, Iowa:

What is the difference between a traffic light camera and a mandatory trans-vaginal ultrasound?  One is a violation of privacy, according to Iowa legislators.

Can you guess which?

The Iowa legislature is considering banning traffic cameras due to “privacy concerns.”  And those who are arguing for the ban are the same who think all women should be forced to undergo forced ultrasounds prior to an abortion.

These laws will affect all those with the ability to become pregnant.

(via stfuconservatives)

This is DAY 44 of TEXAS HAVING MANDATORY TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUNDS before abortion

keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:

While Texas is only state currently forcing people to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds, Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, AND VIRGINIA all have forced ultrasounds before an abortion. 

Oklahoma and North Carolina have passed similar laws to the one in Texas but they are not being enforced due to pending court decisions.

Guttmacher’s updated .pdf of what ultrasound laws are passed and in effect in which states.

(Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)

‘Omnibus anti-choice’ bill passes Florida House →

murphysbride:

The bill, which is sponsored by state Rep. Rachel Burgin, R-Riverview, contains provisions placing onerous restrictions on abortion providers statewide. Among the regulations is one requiring that all abortion clinics be wholly-owned and operated by a physician. Groups such as Planned Parenthood claim that the provision would make it nearly impossible for the chain of women’s health clinics to open any new facilities in the state. Providers would also be required to take ethics classes and would not be able to advertise their services, which critics say is a violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The bill also instills a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking the legal procedure. State Rep. Mark Pafford, D-West Palm Beach, said during debate before the bill’s passage that this provision “delays a time-sensitive procedure” and would affect low-income women by forcing them to lose two days of work and wages.

what the FUCK with all of this anti choice bunch of fucking uterus-controlling BULLSHIT

Followers in Florida, contact your senators NOW. This is sickening.

(Source: sarahlee310, via brashblacknonbeliever)

prochoicejacksonville:

Sign from Genocide Awareness Project protest in Jacksonville

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Why The Republican AG’s Anti-Birth Control Lawsuits Should Be Over Before They Even Start →

prolongedeyecontact:

Republicans oppose the new rule ensuring that women’s insurance will cover birth control, so they’ve now done what Republicans seem to do whenever they disagree with President Obama — sue:

Seven states sued the Obama administration Thursday over its requirement that employers cover contraception in workers’ health plans.

The lawsuit, led by Nebraska’s attorney general, contends that the proposed rule violates Roman Catholic institutions’ rights under the First Amendment to express their beliefs and practice their religion… .

All seven attorneys general behind the lawsuit—from Nebraska, South Carolina, Michigan, Texas, Florida, Ohio and Oklahoma—are Republicans.

This lawsuit, of course, is entirely without merit. As Justice Scalia explained in a Supreme Court opinion more than twenty years ago, the Constitution “does not relieve an individual of the obligation to comply with a ‘valid and neutral law of general applicability on the ground that the law proscribes (or prescribes) conduct that his religion prescribes (or proscribes).’” Thus, because the new regulations apply equally to Catholics and non-Catholics alike, there is no constitutional problem.

Nevertheless, it is doubtful that the Republican AG’s lawsuit will even receive a decision on the merits because of a doctrine known as “standing.” Under Article III of the Constitution, a plaintiff is not allowed to file a lawsuit unless they have in some way be injured by the defendant. But the states filing this lawsuit have suffered no legal injury whatsoever because of the new regulations, and they don’t even appear to claim that they law impacts them in some meaningful way. Rather, this lawsuit is simply seven state officials suing because they do not like the way the law impacts someone else — in this case, certain Roman Catholic institutions.

As the Supreme Court explained most recently in Massachusetts v. EPA the Constitution “prohibits” states from suing the federal government “to protect her citizens from the operation of federal statutes,” so a responsible judge will dismiss this lawsuit right out the gate. The states simply have no constitutional authority to be in court in the first place.

Sadly, however, there’s nothing in the Constitution preventing these seven AGs from wasting taxpayer money on a frivolous lawsuit.

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“Frivolous misuse of taxpayer money” is quickly becoming the GOP’s middle name.

prochoicejacksonville:

Please share far and wide! (note, the image provided is the mugshot from when Jordi was first processed. He may have long beard and longer hair)

Attention all clinics/escorts/etc. in FL: Be aware of this man! STEPHEN JOHN JORDI will be released from federal prison to a half-way house in Miami this February (the 12th). Jordi was incarcerated for pleading guilty to attempted arson of an abortion clinic, distributing information on how to manufacture an explosive device, possession of an unregistered silencer, and other numerous charges that imply dastardly abortion clinic terrorist deeds. Needless to say, we need to keep our eyes peeled and up our security in the southern Florida area, let alone the whole state.

The scariest part? The Army of God abortion terrorist organization has taken him under their wing, and definitely support him and his ways.

This was taken from their website:

(Stephen’s own brother and his church sold him out to the authorities. Another example not tell ANYONE; before, during or after, if you are planning on taking action. Your family, pro-lifers and your church ‘friends’ will sell you out in a heartbeat, thinking they are doing God’s will.)
Matthew 10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child:and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. 

http://www.armyofgod.com/StephenJordi.html

If you work at a clinic or know someone who does, I do suggest contact the FMN (Feminist Majority Network - http://www.feminist.org/rrights/ncapabout.asp) and getting on their list. They send out Regional Security Alerts whenever someone like the “gentleman” above is a potential threat and they are also available 24/7 via phone, to help if the police are, um, less than helpful.

(via riotgrrrljacksonville-deactivat)

Authorities: Man charged in fire at Florida clinic says he was motived by dislike for abortion →

keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:

That’s what I call terrorism. As Melissa McEwan says often, THIS SHIT DOESN’T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM. He may be one dude but he is the product of a HUGE, often agressive, sometimes violent movement to stop easy access to full reproductive health care. 

Federal prosecutors say a homeless man charged on Thursday with the New Year’s Day firebombing of a family planning clinic targeted by near-daily protests had acted out of “strong disbelief” in abortion and stood by just long enough to see crackling, popping flames spread.

Bobby Joe Rogers, 41, has been charged with one count of damaging a building by fire or explosive and was being held at a Florida Panhandle jail after the blaze early Sunday gutted the American Family Planning clinic in Pensacola. He could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. […]

“Rogers admitted to intentionally setting fire to the clinic due to his strong disbelief in abortion,” the affidavit stated, and “he stated (he) was further fueled when he recently witnessed a young female entering the clinic while he was sitting amongst anti-abortion protesters.”

The two-story clinic had been attacked before.

It was bombed on Christmas Day in 1984, and in 1994 a doctor and a volunteer who escorted patients to and from the clinic were shot to death as they arrived. The gunman, Paul Hill, was executed in 2003.  Pensacola was the site of other abortion-related violence in 1993 when Dr. David Gunn was shot and killed at another clinic by an abortion protester.

In the years since, American Family Planning has been the site of frequent protests by abortion opponents carrying Bibles, crosses and signs, but those while vocal were absent the violence that had marked the 90s.

Looks like the anti-choicers have found a new fall guy again. You know, the guy they work up with “baby killer” this and “murdering whore” that, and “God’s will” this and “protect the innocent” that, and sooner or later he - well, my goodness, I can’t imagine how that could have happened!

(Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)

stfuconservatives:

feministhistorian:

craftychristianmamma:

It’s sickening that they even give coupons.

It’s so sickening the Planned Parenthood helps people who could use 10 dollars off a doctors visit, birth control, STD testing, etc. We should all be appalled that they are willing to help people. /rolleyes

How disgusting that someone would help someone else pay for healthcare they possibly couldn’t otherwise afford. OH THE HUMANITY.

Nice! I didn’t know this was a thing.

This is for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, serving Vermont, New Hampshire, and southern Maine. You can get the coupon online here.

Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida has a $10-off coupon for your first exam. Check to see if the one nearest you has any sweet deals! It’s usually on the Patient Resources page, if they have one.

(Source: reflections-of-shadows, via stfuconservatives)

Florida Bill Would Make Abortion A Felony With A Maximum Sentence Of Life In Prison →

Enjoy having an entire third of your uterus-owning population in your jails, Florida.

(Source: stephherold)

keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:

@ClinicEscort tweeted:

Pensacola, FL, clinic, site of multiple #prolife murders, arsons, and bombing, burns again j.mp/sPTPR9 #domesticterror

Happy New Year! 2012 - already looks a lot like 2011.

(Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)

Florida Legislator Brings Back 20 Week Abortion Ban →

prolongedeyecontact:

The state of Florida passed an amazing number of abortion restriction laws last year, but one bill they were not able to pass was a ban on all abortions after 20 weeks.

So now they are trying again.

Via Jacksonville.com:

Because, supporters say, a fetus can feel pain after 20 weeks, [Rep. Daniel] Davis has taken a political defibrillator to an effort to ban abortions after 20 weeks. Near identical legislation fizzled in committee last year.

“I think as a society we do not want people to feel pain,” Davis said. “We should do everything we can do to relieve pain.”

…

Davis said he understands there will be opposition, but thinks the bill benefits the state.

“This was brought to me by constituents, and I think it’s the right thing to do,” he said.

What do you want to bet those “constituents” are “Jacksonville For Life?”

[Fucking science, how does it work? This fetal pain nonsense is a blatant lie. We know for a fact fetuses cannot possibly feel pain until 24 weeks. And the newest research suggests it’s actually 35-37 weeks. Seriously, take your pseudoscience elsewhere.]

As a reminder, there is another anti-choice bill in the current session. It’s been called an omnibus anti-choice bill, because it attacks many aspects of reproductive care. Senate Bill 290 requires that clinics that perform abortions be owned by a doctor trained in D&C’s and D&E’s, or a corporation or company owned by such physicians. This would present difficulties for nonprofits, like Planned Parenthood, which are not wholly owned by physicians.

It would also require that physicians performing abortions attend a vaguely-named “ethics” class once a year, though what those classes would entail is not spelled out.

The bill would impose a 24-hour waiting period, meaning multiple appointments would have to be made.

As of now, the bill has no sponsor in the House. We’ll be keeping our eyes on it.

Florida legislator files “fetal pain” bill - even though neither scientifically nor constitutionally sound.

abaldwin360:

By Ashley Lopez | floridaindependent.com

Florida Rep. Daniel Davis, R-Jacksonville, has introduced a bill for the upcoming legislative session that would outlaw abortions after 20 weeks.

The measure is similar to a handful of bills seen last year in legislatures across the country: so-called “fetal pain” bills that have been found to be “neither scientifically nor constitutionally sound” by researchers. Current law protects a woman’s right to have an abortion up to 22-24 weeks, at least.

The most recent study on this issue, published in Current Biology, found that a fetus does not feel pain until 35 to 37 weeks of gestation.

During its most recent legislative session, Florida was among a handful of states that considered “fetal pain” legislation. Even though Florida did not enact House Bill 321, Idaho, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas and Indiana all passed similar bills.

The sponsor of last session’s bill, state Rep. Carlos Trujillo, R-Miami, said he filed House Bill 321 because he’s “pro-life, a devout Catholic and based on the scientific evidence,” he believes “you can have a debate on when a child can feel pain and when that fetus is viable.”

However, he did concede that that the science behind his law was “inconclusive.”

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