Mobile clinics in border towns, stockpiling Plan B: Colorado’s new reality as abortion bans kick in across the country – By Tatiana Flowers (Colorado Sun) / July 8, 2022
The number of out-of-state abortion patients seeking treatment in Colorado has already doubled in some cases
Colorado reproductive health clinics say the number of patients from outside of Colorado has in some cases doubled in the two weeks since Roe v. Wade was overturned, triggering abortion bans in other states, and a fund that provides financial help for people seeking to terminate a pregnancy has provided money to 71 people, more than twice the number served in all of 2021.
Colorado providers say they’re preparing for the influx of new patients to continue, and to meet the demand, some are hiring and training midwives to help conduct abortions. Others are opening mobile clinics in border communities. One center is making room in the clinic for people who need surgical abortions by using telehealth appointments to see patients seeking to end their early pregnancies with medications.
“For us, it means we’re really trying to make sure that we can continue to provide the high-quality care that we always do in our abortion services — that we’re able to see the patients and accommodate them as best we can,” said Savita Ginde, a strategic health care consultant at Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center.
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