TAPE - 711

(Dialing, phone ringing)

CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was calling to say if you guys do abortions there.

CLINIC: Yes, we do.

CALLER: Okay. Do you know how much it cost?

CLINIC: It depends on how much you make.

CALLER: Oh. Well, I don't have a job. It's just I'm going to be 14 later on this month. And my friend said that ?? well, would you guys have to tell my parents? Because my boyfriend's 22, and he said he would take care of everything.

CLINIC: Well, you could get exempted eligibility, which is like Medi?Cal.

CALLER: Oh, okay. Well, would they have to tell my parents?

CLINIC: Hold on.

(Pause)

CLINIC: Yeah. We won't tell anyone. It's confidential, and you go through the Medi?Cal here.

CALLER: Well, my boyfriend said that he would pay for anything, so do I need that Medi?Cal thing?

CLINIC: Well, that way you don't have to pay for it.

CALLER: How much does it cost? He just doesn't want anyone to know about anything. So he just was going to pay for everything.

CLINIC: Hold on. Let me check the chart.

(Pause)

What was the date of your ??

CALLER: Of my what?

CLINIC: The first day of your last period?

CALLER: January 3rd.

CLINIC: January 3rd?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: So you're about nine weeks. Medi?Cal is the easiest way to go, and no one will know what it's for.

CALLER: Okay. So they wouldn't have to tell my parents?

CLINIC: No, no one would.

CALLER: But would my boyfriend have to fill out any forms?

CLINIC: No.

CALLER: Oh, all right.

CLINIC: You would just have to.

CALLER: Okay. Do you guys do pregnancy tests there just to make sure? Because I haven't had one yet.

CLINIC: Yeah. You can come in and have a pregnancy test.

CALLER: Well, is it any way that it would come up that I wasn't pregnant?

CLINIC: Well, if you weren't pregnant, it would come up that you're not.

CALLER: Do you think that it's possible that I'm not pregnant if I haven't had my period that long?

CLINIC: Anything's possible. But you should come and get a test.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Do you know where we are located?

CALLER: Well, my boyfriend does. But if it came out that I wasn't pregnant, could I get birth control there just so that we don't have to go through all this again?

CLINIC: Yeah. But you'd have to have an appointment and get an annual exam to do that.

CALLER: All right. How much does that cost?

CLINIC: You can get a little green card that pays for it being that you don't make any money. Okay?

CALLER: All right.

CLINIC: And the pregnancy test will be free too because we'll sign you up for one of the green cards.

CALLER: Oh, okay.

CLINIC: Okay? So just come in, and we'll do that for you.

CALLER: What time do you guys normally ?? what time are you normally open?

CLINIC: We close at 6 today.

CALLER: Okay. Well, let me call my boyfriend and call you back. What was your name?

CLINIC: My name's Chanel.

CALLER: Okay. Thanks.

CLINIC: You're welcome.

CALLER: Bye.

CLINIC: Bye.

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