{"id":280661,"date":"2022-12-03T11:42:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T17:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=280661"},"modified":"2022-12-01T23:06:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T05:06:37","slug":"kaiser-permanente-plan-expand-abortion-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/kaiser-permanente-plan-expand-abortion-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaiser Permanente announces plan to expand abortion in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A spokesperson for Kaiser Permanente in Colorado announced Monday that the health organization has decided to offer more abortions in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaiser Permanente is committed to providing comprehensive reproductive health care that respects and supports all of our members\u2019 rights to make, and act on, fully informed decisions about their fertility, family, and future. In short, we respect an individual\u2019s right to make decisions about their own health,” said<\/a> a company spokesperson. “We understand this is a complicated, sensitive, and divisive topic. We also believe that expanding services to ensure that our Colorado members have access to safe, timely, and appropriate care is consistent with our commitment to the overall health of our members.”<\/p>\n

The news comes as the Colorado abortion industry claims to have seen an increase in women traveling from out of state to commit abortions, which some say is increasing wait times.\u00a0\u201cIn 2021 there were about 1,500 out-of-state patients who traveled to Colorado for abortion care. In the last two weeks, we\u2019ve seen 500 out-of-state patients and in October there was nearly 900 out-of-state patients scheduling care,\u201d Jack Teter of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains said.<\/p>\n

Despite this statement, Live Action News has previously reported<\/a> that a Planned Parenthood facility in the state closed as recently as September due to a lack of demand.<\/p>\n