Thursday, March 30, 1978
Abortion services available here
By BARB KOENIG Staff Writer
Staff Writer
A woman who is considering an abortion may think her problem is hers alone, but in Lawrence there are people and agencies who offer help.
For women seeking abortions in lawrence, local referral and medical and physical treatment.
Through the KU Dean of Women's office, Watkins Hospital and the Douglas County Health Department, women can be referred to qualified physicians for an abortion.
If a woman comes to one of these places seeking a referral and has not had a pregnancy test, the physicians and counsellors will ask her the test before deciding on a course of action.
THESE TESTS are free at Watkins
Hospital to students who have paid a health
fee or for $8 to those who haven't paid the
fee.
Pregnancy tests are also given at the Douglas County Health Department, 701 New Hampshire St. for $2 on a walk-in card. Physicians are available by two private physicians at their offices.
According to Lorna Grunz, assistant Dean of Women, counseling is available through the Dean of Women's office or the Human Sexuality Network.
The Human Sexuality Network is made up of eight professionals qualified to counsel someone about a problem in any area of sexuality.
A STUDENT may contact the network 24 hours a day by calling the KU Information Center. There is no number for the network, the Information Center will then call the counselor on duty to make sure he can be reached before giving the student that information.
If a woman seeks an abortion, Grunz said, the counselors will provide the student with information to help them decide what to do, or with a referral once they've decided. But, she said, the final decision rested with the student.
Martin Wollman, director of student health services, said the physicians at Watkins would give pregnancy tests and ultrasounds to patients in the hospital at the hospital. He said students usually were referred to the KU Medical Center or to two private physicians in Lawrence who
THE TWO physicians, who wanted to unidentified, said they performed a test on the patient.
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thought abortions were not necessarily a hospital procedure.
The ages of their patients range from early teens to early 45, they said, with the majority being less than 39 years old. One doctor estimated that roughly 60 percent to 70 percent of the abortions he performed were for KU students.
The cost of an abortion varies, with one doctor charging $105 and the other $150. These costs include a blood-type test, the physician's fee and the abortion itself.
Both doctors said they preferred payment before the abortion, but said they would not withhold treatment for anyone unable to pay. They did not give advice to help that person find financial assistance.
AT LAWRENCE Memorial Hospital abortions are available for $200. The abortion is performed by physicians on the basis of a preexisting written parental consent if they are under 21.
If the woman seeking an abortion is unable to pay for it, treatment will still be allowed and financial arrangements will be made. Guy Alneling, hospital control said.
Almeiming the woman would be referred to the hospital's social service
If the woman was unable to pay anything, Almeling said, there were some charity funds available through the hospital to cover the cost.
department and an installment or payment plan would oe set up.
ACCORDING TO State Rep. Mike Glover, D-Lawrence, a bill concerning state funding of Medicinal abortions passed in the Kansas House last week and was now in the Senate. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last June that abortions should be bound to finance non-therapeutic abortions.
Glover called the ruling "monumental" in favor of continuing the statusuo.
"Essentially," he said, "the state is not paying for abortions any different than they are now."
Glover said that according to the bill, Kansas would follow Health Education and Welfare guidelines. The guidelines provide for funding an abortion if the pregnancy endangers the mother's life, in the case of rape or incest if promptly reported to the authorities, if the pregnancy would cause harm to the mother, or in the case of an ectopic pregnancy, one occurring elsewhere than in the cavity of the uterus.
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