Even as a decision on Roe v. Wade approaches, those that help abortion patients through the process say it will not spell the end of abortion care, just a change in the way it’s done.
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“I’ve had specific conversations about the protests, specific conversations about the pictures they’ve seen,” Johnson said, referring to graphic pictures anti-abortion groups display, purporting to show dead fetuses. “But none of the women that I’ve ever sat with have ever said ‘I’ve changed my mind.’ They’re just dealing with the enormity of it.”
“ stigmatized the word abortion so much that we don’t even realize that it’s been built into the medical profession,” Laubenstein said. The trigger ban that would ban abortions within six weeks gestation asks patients to consider their options before they may even know they’re pregnant, reducing their options from the state, according to Somani.
Having the knowledge of what goes into an abortion – which is currently still legal in Ohio up to 22 weeks gestation – and how that might change is exactly the reason abortion doulas can have a positive impact for patients, according to Kimberly Mason, another Cincinnati-area doula. Studies have shown doulas are well-received in the abortion process, just as they are in birth and end-of life care. One by a group from the University of Chicago studied first-trimester surgical abortions conducted with or without a doula by the patient’s side.
Though Ohio may not be an option for those in need of abortion care, Johnson said she’ll be ready with the options to keep access to it available to those looking for it. That could include knowing the surrounding states where abortion is legal, or just talking with a patient about what to do next.
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