From one pro-choice author, who spend time observing at an abortion clinic an interview and clinic workers:
“Like many other nonprofit clinics, Urban [the name the author gave to the clinic discussed in her book] typically overbooked clients, especially at peak hours, to guard against the loss of revenues that would result from too many no shows. This meant, for counselors, a never-ending stream of clients in the waiting room…The clinic had to make the most efficient use of medical personnel, the highest-paid workers in the clinic, for financial reasons and for courtesy.”
Carole Joffe The Regulation of Sexuality: Experiences of Family-Planning Workers (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1986) 83
There are 2 things to take away from this quote. One, that clinics expect a certain percentage of women not show up. This shows that many women are ambivalent about having an abortion even after they make the appointment. The other is that it’s obviously hard to provide quality health care to women when there is such a high patient load. One can wonder how this compromises the quality of care at abortion clinics.
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