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Outside that improvised clinic, the masses devoured oranges, juices, and even beers. The National Guard dished out thick beef stew for the competitors, and the loudspeakers echoed through the room with calls for runners to come up and receive their awards...
Stacy has seen the pamphlets before. "It didn't seem to bother some women who sat in the waiting room reading them," she says softly. On the other hand, the pamphlets are "very disturbing" to the clinic's patients, according to Director Barbara Methvin, 39, "but by the time the women come to us they've made up their minds...
...eighth-floor clinic's waiting room, Stacy can feel the tension. "Most of the women are just like me, scared," she says. There is a quiet murmur as the women-of all outlooks and incomes -huddle with their friends. A young man in blue jeans nervously opens a bag of coffee grounds and, thinking it is instant coffee, tries to brew a cup. His long-haired girlfriend sits motionless near by, her face blank. ABORTION CAN BE LONELY, reads a wall poster. From a loudspeaker comes the Beatles' Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. At intervals a small...
Each day more than 60 women pass through the clinic. Almost half are under 22, all but a third are single, more than a third are Catholics who come despite their church's adamant opposition to abortion. They wait, go for blood and urine tests, and wait some more. For most, the visit takes four to five hours, the abortion itself only two to three minutes. It costs about...
...first trip to the clinic a nurse "started lecturing me on how much it costs to raise a baby," Stacy recalls. "She sounded just like a mother." This time there are no long discussions. Stacy is called in for "the procedure," during which "the tissue" will be removed. Most women choose to be put to sleep with an intravenous injection of Brevital. "They have your legs just like you're going to have a baby," says Stacy...