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Show The Women's Room : ; ; ; ; . ; bv Kate McCutchan r counseling; anortion, and birth control arrangements is $210 it you are up to 12 weeks pregnant, or $310 Jf you are between 12-14 weefcs pregnant. Any complied Hons, physical or emotional that might arise from the procedure are handled by the clinic at your request and are included in the original fee,. . The. Utah Women's Clime is a member of the National . Abortion Federation, one of 300 such clinics across the nation: The extensive program pro-gram it offers women is' a result of the high standards the Federation maintains: mandetory counseling, pregnancy preg-nancy testing for Rh factor, follow-up exam and birth control programs. The clinic is staffed by 3 medical doctors, all gynecologists, one of whom is female. , They are all on the staff of Holy Cross Hospital and are involved in medical research programs: that are being conducted throughout the country. The clinic does not use drugs or ' the controversial controver-sial DES, a morhing-affer pill J It does use a special post-coital. IUD for iip: , to t 5 days after intercourse when applicable, the clinic also offers extensive programs as a well-patient GYN service: PAP Smearsi VD f Exams', ' vaginal infection treatment, and the latest in ' cervical i cancer detection. Dr. Mad-hiiri Mad-hiiri ' Shaw is a colposcopy Specialist; she use's a special microscope to view the cervix and determine where biopsy should be performed! If you are in. need of the services this fine clinic offers, do not hesitate to call them. Utah law does require that parental notification be given if, you are under 18 years of age, ; or husband notification be given if you are married. This is not a need for consent; it is notification only. I guess we have come a long' 'tyay.Wby:' : 1 was ' amazed at how simple it was to find information on abortion services and counseling coun-seling merelv looked under "clinics" -in the Salt Lake Yellow Pages and found a listing for the Utah Women's Clinic on 250 East 300 South, phone 531-9192. 1 talked with clinic personnel about the services they offer, and was quite impressed with their operation. Explianing that I lived in Park City, I was informed that good old PC has the highest abortion rate per capita of any county in the state of Utah. This info spurred me on to find out all I could about the clinic for this column. . ;i To set-the clinic's system in motion, all you do is give them a call. If you think you might be pregnant; you can' go ih; for a 1 pregnancy T test, Monday through Friday, between the hours 'of "9-11 s am. The test cost $5 takes 10) minutes to - receive' the I results. 'You will be counsel-' ed by a professional at that time. Your choices include' continuing the pregnancy to full term, putting "the baby ' up for. adoption, public assistance from welfare, - or abortion. A woman must be very definately sure that abortion is her answer .before vtie" clinic will accept iher for the procedure ' ' If yoii decide on abortion, an appointment is set up usually within one week, f he-technique he-technique the clinic uses is. suction aspiration and takes -only 5 minutes.. You are kept under the clinic's care for another. 45 , minutes of , recovery , time. At that time, , more , counseling is. . given regarding what methods of birth control would be suitable for you. A return to the clinic in 2 weeks for a follow-up exam is set up before you leave. The cost of ' the entire preogram of |
