How much does a first trimester abortion cost for an unemployed woman who has trouble

[joeybee12]

even paying the rent? Come on, ask the question correctly.

[poverlay]

1. Doesn't Planned Parenthood help women in those sorts of situations? n/t

[Autumn]

2. Yes, you pay for one and I

know that they don't do it on a sliding scale.

[joeybee12]

5. I thought you were going to say something like, you pay for 1,

and your next is half off. :crazy:

[Autumn]

16. I should have said you pay for the

procedure. And the Planned Parenthood here does NOT do it on a sliding scale. Now I have no idea if they take insurance for the procedure.

[cali]

7. they do here.and in quite a few other places. please don't give out erroneous information

it isn't helpful.

[Autumn]

13. Not erroneous. My niece who is unemployed had to

borrow money because she needed 500, and only had 300. Don't know where you live but here it was not done on a sliding scale. It is a set fee.

[cali]

19. It's erroneous because you claimed that it's a universal policy.

It's not.

[Autumn]

20. No I did not,

don't read between the lines. I stated what my niece's situation was. Nothing more. practice your psychic skills.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

12. I thought only pugs trotted out the private charity approach to healthcare

[Frances]

3. As I saw it, the votes were not there for the abortion

The Dems had a choice:

(1) Get health care for the poor woman in every case except abortion

OR

(2) Get NO health care for the poor woman

The votes were not there for what you wanted. I wish they had been.

[joeybee12]

4. You're right, but the problem I have is that far too many people are

just brushing this off as it won't affect people's lives...it is a big deal.

[lyonn]

8. If Congress has to play this game I have a solution

Instead of contributing to politicians, just send it to planned parenthood or some such organization for those that can't afford an abortion.

Edit: I have paid for 2 young ladies who wanted and needed an abortion. This was years ago but am prepared to help again if needed.

[joeybee12]

10. Or risk the jail time and send the money you would pay for the insurance mandate

and send it to Planned Parenthood.

[lyonn]

17. do you really believe anyone will do jail time for not having

health insurance? Fines maybe. That was repeated by the R's last night. We need details.

Bottom line, insurance companies are rapeing the masses. Many in our society make $50,000 or less per year. Imagine them pay 6 to 12 thousand for health insurance???? We need honest insurance rates, no brainer.

Again, I would gladly send contributions to any legit organization for the use of women who can't afford an abortion and especially a child. It's pissy that it seems to come down to this. The R's are working all the touchy feely issues/angles to keep people on the insur. corps. payroll. Imagine, a 1/3 of their income to insurance?

[petersjo02]

28. Emma Goldman clnic in Iowa City.

227 North Dubuque
Iowa City, IA 52245

[Frances]

14. I agree with Hillary that abortions should be rare and safe

But sometimes an abortion may be the right answer.

When I was growing up, a boy across the street from me sexually abused his young sister. What if she had gotten pregnant? She didn't, but her life has been pretty miserable without the pregnancy. It would have been even worse if she had had her brother's child.

I know of two married women who had children by men not their husbands. Both raised the babies as their husband's child. One of the boys is a druggie who has spent most of his life in prison. He told my mother that he was always called a bastard by the people in our village, even though his mother's husband insisted the boy was his own child.

The other boy grew up and married an emotionally disturbed woman. They had five children together. All five of these children had children of their own; then 3 of the 5 committed suicide, leaving their young children fatherless. So much utter misery!

[undeterred]

6. There should be a private organisation from which women

can get help if they need it to pay for an abortion. That takes it out of the political arena altogether.

[joeybee12]

9. There are places, and they get picketed...

...it's never gonna be taken out of the political arena, never.

[Horse with no Name]

11. It costs the SAME as it does for a woman that has no trouble

spending $65,000 on a pair of shoes.
Equitable, isn't it?

[a la izquierda]

15. When I was an undergrad at an institution...

that shall remain nameless, a friend had to have an abortion. The student health plan actually covered most of it, and she only had to pay $75 at a nice, safe doctor's office. The university health center made the appointment, dealt with all of the blood work and sent her there. Plus, they made sure she had access to counseling after the fact. It was a comforting an experience as anyone could hope for.

[Horse with no Name]

18. Student health plan. In other words, insurance.

In other words--PRECISELY what the Stupid Amendment wants to make it ILLEGAL for ANY health plan--even private--to cover.

[a la izquierda]

22. Right...

and it was a state school.

[lyonn]

21. Cool! Colleges are filled with thinking people.

There are two sides to every story, not so with the radicals.

[a la izquierda]

23. Well, the school I attend now...

in the Bible Belt, is much more ambivalent about these things.

[lyonn]

24. Not surprised. Ugh

You don't "Talk" abortion in Oklahoma. But, they sneak off and have them anyway. Hypocrites.

[a la izquierda]

25. Yep.

Now fortunately, I'm married and don't really have to worry about having an abortion (I definitely don't want kids, though). But I defend the rights of any woman to have one.

The student in the above story was me. I just didn't think I wanted to talk about it right away. But what's the point in hiding?

[lyonn]

29. In the "old days" when abortion was done in back rooms

I saw several girls facing having a kid for a careless moment. It was hard for them to figure out what to do with their lives. Marry someone they didn't love, adopt (so painful) or hope that mom and dad would accept them. One friend of mine spent her whole life in the welfare system, no family or even close to people who took care of her from time to time. She didn't want to marry, was catholic, and no family. I told her it might be better to adopt than to marry. sheesh, I was 18. I believe she adopted. A no win situation. The stories from those days are Many. Women lost control of their lives if they got pg.

You had to be lucky back then. Sick joke.

[a la izquierda]

31. I'm very fortunate that, though Catholic,

I had a very supportive grandma that I trusted completely. She showed me the way.


I'm now getting a PhD. My life would have been ruined had I had a kid, at 15, with a kid I only thought I loved.
Thanks for your input:hug: :hug:

[morningglory]

26. We will go back to doing it the old way when abortion was illegal. Rich

women would get a D & C procedure, and the poor people would get the coat hanger. It makes me sad listening (not for very long, can't stand it) to the republics on the House floor yapping those lies.

[sandnsea]

27. Abortion Rider. Why can't we fight for something for a change n/t

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

30. The same it costs for an employed woman.

[treestar]

32. The same before this bill as after

This bill is about health care, not about abortion.

[kenny blankenship]

33. Are you including having to travel to another state, because Xian terrorists have shut down

all the clinics in hers?

[niyad]

34. the answer: MORE THAN SHE CAN AFFORD