The National Academy Of Sciences, HIV Screening of Pregnant Women and Newborns (1991) Reported:
HIV-infected pregnant women who elect to terminate their pregnancies may discover that their access to abortion services is restricted. Some areas report outright exclusion of HIV-infected women by abortion clinics. In an attempt to document the degree to which HIV-infected women were discriminated against in gaining access to abortions revealed that two-thirds of the abortion facilities contacted in the study:
• Canceled appointments made by allegedly HIV-infected women once their infection status was disclosed.
• Some of the facilities attempted a plausible response, such as their inability to handle that type of procedure.
Others:
• Changed the vacation schedules of the physicians or quoted inflated prices for abortion services to discourage those seeking care.
• Openly reported that their staff refused to care for HIV-infected patients.
This information was compiled by Life Dynamics at their website www.deathroe.com
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