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profeminist · 2 years
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"California doctor is planning to offer abortions on a "floating clinic" in the Gulf of Mexico to circumvent state bans on the procedure.
Around half of U.S. states are expected to ban abortions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a bombshell ruling in June.
To help expand access to abortion in a post-Roe world, Dr. Meg Autry is spearheading the launch of a ship named "PRROWESS"—short for "Protecting Reproductive Rights Of Women Endangered by State Statutes."
The plan is for the ship to act as a "comprehensive" reproductive health clinic with a full team of licensed health care providers offering surgical abortions up to 14 weeks, contraception and other care to patients living in states where such services are restricted, according to its website.
"Those in the most southern parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas may be closer to the coast than to facilities in bordering states where abortion and reproductive health care are available," the website states.
Read the full piece or listen to audio here: https://www.newsweek.com/floating-abortion-clinic-proposed-us-coast-avoid-state-bans-federal-waters-1723213
LEARN MORE: https://www.prrowess.org/home
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A Bay Area OB-GYN is organizing an effort to bring abortion services and reproductive healthcare to several southern states bordering the Gulf of Mexico via a ship sailing on federal waters.
Dr. Meg Autry, who also works as a professor at UCSF, had already been working to bring this effort to life. But when Roe v. Wade was overturned, Autry said their plans were accelerated.
As first reported by KCBS, this plan called Protecting Reproductive Rights of Women Endangered by State Statutes (PRROWESS) aims to bring reproductive healthcare to states where abortions are banned, limited, or hard to access.
In an interview with NBC Bay Area, Autry noted that people living in southern parts of states with restrictive abortion rules like Texas and Louisiana, are actually closer to the coast than to nearby states with more abortion access. Additionally, it is less expensive to board a boat than buying a plane ticket to another state.
Autry has performed abortions for decades and refers to herself as "a lifelong educator, a lifelong career abortion advocate."
"It is my life’s work," she said.
"Part of the reason we’re working on this project so hard is because wealthy people in our country are always going to have access [to abortions], so once again it’s a time now where poor, people of color, marginalized individuals, are gonna suffer --and by suffering I mean like lives lost," Autry said.
She explained that this ship will operate on federal waters — nine miles from the coast of Texas and three from the coast of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi — where it can evade those states' abortion restrictions. PRROWESS will arrange for patients to be transported to the ship, which will vary depending on where they are coming from, once they pass a pre-screening process.
Autry and a team of licensed medical professionals will offer surgical abortions for up to 14 weeks of pregnancy. The PRROWESS team would also offer other point-of-care gynecological services such as testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
"The project is being funded with philanthropy and the patients care is on a needs basis, so most individuals will pay little to nothing for services," Autry said.
Stacy Cross, president of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, which offers services in California and Nevada, said it's not surprising that health care providers are teaming up to offer services on the seas.
Cross explained that the abortion service provider community has been preparing for the possibility of a post-Roe world for some time now and that, "over the years we’ve talked about things like boats on federal waters out past the 5-mile line."
"It's just it’s a testament to the time we’re in, because its really horrific that we’re having to think of these things in the United States of America, how to keep people safe," Cross said.
Several California Planned Parenthood chapters told NBC Bay Area that demand from out-of-state patients at California clinics has actually been up for months already due to policies in other states.
“I think people are going to be as creative as possible, the people who have the funds are getting on planes and flying, we’re seeing other people drive here,” Cross said.
Autry's organization is still raising money to secure a ship and retrofit it for medical use. Once that happens, she says they'll put the captain, crew and medical team aboard and set sail.
Autry and her team maintain the process is legal in federal waters. Still, they expect legal challenges from those states every step of the way. The PRROWESS team has already tapped multiple lawyers to help them as they continue with this voyage.
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reformed-misfit · 2 years
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authorkims · 2 years
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Also via @Teri_Kanefield
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/12/justice-abortion-task-force-gupta/
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/07/28/ohio-abortion-journalism/
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#Trafficking #ForcedBirth #ForcedPregnancy
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aaronstjames · 2 years
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Calif. OB-GYN Launches Project to Offer Abortions Aboard a Vessel Off the Gulf of Mexico
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don-lichterman · 2 years
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Floating Abortion Clinic Proposed Off Gulf Coast, Could Open Next Year
Floating Abortion Clinic Proposed Off Gulf Coast, Could Open Next Year
A California doctor has proposed a floating abortion clinic, to be moored in the waters off of the Gulf Coast, in an effort to serve patients from states where the practice has been made illegal, and could open as early as next year. Dr. Meg Autry, a gynecologist and obstetrician, recently founded the organization PRROWESS, an acronym for “Protecting Reproductive Rights Of Women Endangers By…
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ourendtimes · 2 years
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bllakcat-a · 4 years
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    ❛        i  like your  style  .   ❜        her   words   held  truth   within  ,   though   her  signature   smirk  is  tugging  at   the  corners   of   her  lips  .   /    the  similarities   between   the  two   could   not  be   denied  .
                      *   starter    call   .    /    @prrowess​  .
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sheresists · 4 years
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`   ◦   ✦   。 @prrowess​,   liked.
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     ❛   YOU DON’T HAVE     to do this  —  there’s another way,  there has to be.  ❜
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atlantisking · 5 years
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@prrowess said: how much does it cost to vacation in atlantis ?? asking for a friend. 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐊
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“   If you bring your own breathing device and bodysuit to protect you from  EXTREME PRESSURE  then that’ll cost you  nothing,  and then you’ll get the  XENOPHOBE LOCALS JUDGING YOU  added on for free.   “
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sonicanary · 5 years
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          “ There’s no way we’re not gonna touch the topic. ”      Dinah wasn’t mad, she was just... slightly offended. She kept it quiet for a while, until she had the opportunity to meet the cat again.      “ How come I wasn’t invited to the wedding ? ”     Hands rested on tight hips, brows quirked in a pretty grumpy way, as the blonde scoffed for herself but loudly enough for the brunette to understand her annoyance.     “ Is it because of Ollie ? I mean Bruce & Ollie are not the best of friends but still... they tolerate each other. Enough for you guys to invite us ! Babs was there, wait, did you invite Helena too ? “
starter call. @prrowess
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nightheroics · 5 years
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he feels a headache coming. And yet, it doesn’t stop him from offering up his arm to her as he’d shut the laptop close and pushed work away. 
    “ What did I say? “ Voice almost a rumbly growl he whispers in her ear as his hand slid around her back, hooking on the other side of her hip to pull her flush against him as he’d gotten up. “ None of that in public, honey. “  ——— @prrowess .
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bathvnt-blog · 5 years
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prrowess excuse young lady
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i’m going to find myself a big hunk to make out with around all of gotham
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herbounty · 5 years
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                    ❛    if you`re going to kill me , at least wait until i look good . i can`t go down looking like ass .    ❜  /  @prrowess
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preycowl · 4 years
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          ❝ — selina. ❞
     her eyes stay on the woman, stopping her in her tracks by reaching for her shoulder. undercover work was part of the job, with barbara gathering intel on a suspect for a stolen art piece, rumored to be going on auction that night. she didn't expect to run into the feline like this, so it begs the question:
          ❝ what are you doing here? ❞
@prrowess​​​ : // sc.
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quinaed-archivell · 5 years
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     POWER       bottom !
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