A handful of patients from states like South Dakota and Louisiana, where the procedure is now illegal, have scheduled abortions in northern New England.
Dr. Andrea Pelletier is an abortion provider and the medical director at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, which has clinics in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.But in this new post-Roe America, Pelletier is expecting that uptick to become a longer term trend. She expects these patients will be seeking abortions later in pregnancy than the typical New England patient due to access barriers, which has her looking to hire more providers who can perform abortions later in gestational age.
“We’re trying to hire the right people with the right skills to do some of the procedures that we may have had to refer out [to other clinics] before,” she said. As of Tuesday evening, the reproductive health provider had also booked 117 appointments for long term reversible contraceptives, like IUDs and even a few vasectomies.
Kayla Montgomery, vice president of public affairs at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, said that's a significant increase from their normal volume, but not wholly unprecedented.The rush on a variety of contraceptives is happening across the country, including in pharmacies, and on Amazon, where theThe decision to overturn Roe v. Wade did not directly impact the right to contraception.
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