We are sensitive to our teenage patients’ emotional needs and we want our patients to feel comfortable through every stage of their experience. First, we determine how long you have been pregnant, then you will meet with a trained female counselor who will discuss your abortion with you. Everyone in our office wants to make sure you are comfortable with your decision to have an abortion.
Our nurse or nurse practitioner answer all your questions, tell you about your anesthesia, stress the importance of gentle postoperative care, and offer birth control options.
All our nursing staff contribute to the gentle, supportive acceptance you — and all teens — will feel in our Bronx office.
Female counselors, trained in women’s health and crisis intervention will answer all questions and discuss any personal issues determining a patient’s decision. Teens are welcome to participate in a group counseling session or they can request a private counseling session.
Parenting at any age can be challenging, but it can be particularly difficult for adolescent parents. In 2014, just over 249,000 babies were born to teen girls between the ages of 15 and 19. Childbearing during adolescence negatively affects the parents, their children, and society. Compared with their peers who delay childbearing, teen girls who have babies are:
From the Office of Adolescent Health website (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
A teen who deciding whether or not to have an abortion is usually influenced by her financial situation, her family, her peers, and her commitment to personal or professional goals.
The Guttmacher institute tells us that a teenager most often gives these reasons for having an abortion:
Pregnancy interrupts your life, your educational plans, and your future earning potential. Teen motherhood often means that both you and your child will grow up poor.
Teen mothers are significantly less likely to complete high school than their peers; less than 2% of teen mothers who give birth before age 18 go on to earn a college degree by the time they turn 30.
In comparison, teens who choose abortion are more successful in school and are more likely to graduate and pursue higher education.
Research indicates that relief is the most common emotional response following abortion, and that psychological distress appears to be greatest before, rather than after, an abortion. There are undoubtedly some women who, in hindsight, wish that they had made different choices, and the majority would prefer never to have become pregnant when the circumstances were not right for them. When a wanted pregnancy is ended (for medical reasons, for example) women may experience a sense of loss and grief. As with any major change or decision involving loss, a crisis later in life sometimes leads to a temporary resurfacing of sad feelings surrounding the abortion.Women at risk for poor postabortion adjustment are those who do not get the support they need, or whose abortion decisions are actively opposed by people who are important to them.
Learn more about post-abortion issues at prochoice.org
Parental or spousal consent is never required. All patients are assured that their privacy is completely guarded and the physicians and their assistants maintain strict and total confidentiality.
Our New York Abortion Office has been providing abortions for teens – without parental consent – since abortion was first legalized in New York. Bronx Abortion is an accredited provider of first trimester (up to 12 weeks) and second trimester (from 12 weeks to 24 weeks) abortions. Our low fee includes: