{"id":57119,"date":"2014-12-18T21:02:33","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T02:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=57119"},"modified":"2016-09-06T15:28:14","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T19:28:14","slug":"many-minorities-dont-get-support-to-keep-their-babies-former-clinic-worker-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/many-minorities-dont-get-support-to-keep-their-babies-former-clinic-worker-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Many minorities don\u2019t get support to keep their babies, former clinic worker says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>From a former abortion\u00a0clinic worker, Rayna Rapp, who is still pro-choice:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Many minority women, even if they are not poor, cannot count on support for their pregnancies, and pregnancy related decision-making, from their healthcare providers. Frankie Smithers, an African-American schoolteacher, told me that when she got her positive pregnancy test results back at City Hospital, she was delighted, but the nurse automatically directed her to make an appointment for an abortion. It took considerable complaint to persuade the woman to schedule a\u00a0prenatal care visit instead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2014 Rayna Rapp <em>Testing Women, Testing the Fetus: the Social Impact of Amniocentesis in America<\/em> (New York: Routledge, 1999)\u00a0164.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a former abortion\u00a0clinic worker, Rayna Rapp, who is still pro-choice: Many minority women, even if they are not poor, cannot count on support for their pregnancies, and pregnancy related decision-making, from their healthcare providers. 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