QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK OF AN ABORTION PROVIDER (PART 1)
Unfortunately, in certain parts of the country— especially if health care in general is scarce— you're going to get a "no" answer to many of these questions; or, if you get a "yes," it may not be the whole truth and nothing but the truth, as we'll discuss later. Certain things, like the need for emergency resuscitation equipment, are absolutely vital.
How experienced is the practitioner who is going to do the abortion? Has she/he done more than 100 of these procedures? (In most states it is not required that he/she be a board-certified OB-GYN in the U.S.—nor is there a formal cutoff number at which a practitioner should be considered "experienced." However, Dr. Richard Hausknecht of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, insists that the doctor's experience makes all the difference in the world. He has observed that the complication rate falls considerably after a practitioner has done more than 100 to 150 procedures. Since most doctors come out of medical school without any formal training in pregnancy termination, it's easy to end up in the hands of someone who's learning on you.
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