Our administration doesn’t want our CHC to be known as an “abortion service”. If we introduce abortion services, how can I let my patients know about the availability of services without advertising?
When you take a sexual history of a new patient, or when you are doing an annual exam of your patients, you no doubt ask about contraceptive practices. It is quite natural to say something along the lines of, “As you know, contraception fails sometimes. If you ever have an unplanned pregnancy, I hope you will make an appointment with me right away so that we can discuss all of your options.” Sometimes it can also be raised when a patient is being unrealistic about her need for effective contraception. “Well, in case your partner doesn’t end up using condoms all of the time, I do provide abortion care here at the health center.” While office visits are short, patients often sit in the exam room for 10 or 15 minutes waiting for the clinician. Consider putting up prochoice posters along with all the other informational posters on the walls of your exam room, along with patient-friendly artwork. You can also place bumper stickers and buttons on your bulletin boards with slogans such as “Yo
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