Rebecca is scheduled to have a procedural abortion, which can take as little as five to ten minutes. Her appointment will last a few hours, though, including an exam with her provider, time to ask questions and go over the plan again, and recovery time in the post-procedure room.
Much of this feels routine, like any other doctor's visit. Checking blood pressure and heart rate, answering questions about her medical history and her allergies.
But Rebecca also shares her anxiety — and her relief. It's been such a lonely, difficult, worrisome journey. She talks about how hard it was to find reliable information in Texas about how to access care. She talks about the cost of travel, about missing her kids, about all the stress.
She talks about what it feels like that a group of lawmakers and a handful of judges have taken away her right to control her own body, her own future.
It feels good to share her story. And with her consultation over, with hundreds of miles behind her and hundreds of dollars spent to get here, Rebecca is finally able to get the care that
should have been available to her in the community where she lives.
Let's put an end to stories like Rebecca's by putting an end to abortion bans. Please, make your gift to Planned Parenthood Action Fund before the deadline so we can meet our 10,000 donor goal to fuel the next phase of our fight to reverse abortion bans and restore access to care.
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