re: #17 webevintage

I bet every woman who posts here at one time or another went to a PP office.
Not for an abortion, but for a cheap pap or cheap BC pills or because of a nasty infection (in the days before we could get the good stuff over the counter) or for a “real” pregnancy test in the days before the at home ones were so good.

I’ve used PP over the years (I’m 48) whenever I did not have insurance or my OB/GYN could not fit me in (or was off delivering a baby and I was not going to wait for another damn appointment) or I did not have enough money for my deductible.

Now some people are lucky and their local health department does pregnancy tests or paps…but that is not the case everywhere.

so fuck you Republicans…fuck you…I hope you all come down with the clap and are unable to find male health services.
hahahahaha, what am I thinking? There is NEVER a lack of health care for those bastards.

When I was too young/poor for my own “real” doctor (my regular medical care came from doctors who worked with my dad, no way would I have felt secure about patient confidentiality from any of them), I went to Planned Parenthood for birth control pills. Since I was there anyway, they insisted on doing a full physical, pap smear, gave me a talk about STD’s, a bunch of pamphlets and a box of condoms. There was a “suggested” donation amount, but no required fee.

They’re the reason I never had an unplanned pregnancy, They’re the reason I’ve never had to make a choice whether or not to have an abortion.