With access in peril, 2 women open a later-abortion clinic in Maryland

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Diane Horvath leaned across the table to read the latest list off her phone: operating room lights, waiting room furniture and a storage closet. An abortion clinic closing in Georgia offered to sell all of it, cheap.

Horvath, a physician, and Morgan Nuzzo, a certified nurse-midwife, are scrambling to amass secondhand medical equipment, raise money, hire staff and complete renovations in preparation to open a clinic in College Park, Md.

In the seven weeks since a leaked draft opinion showed the Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling legalizing abortion nationwide, Horvath and Nuzzo have been part of a nationwide reshuffling of providers, equipment and even buildings. The National Abortion Federation created an online members-only marketplace where buyers and sellers can connect.

“We know patients are going to have to leave the South to come up to Maryland, and maybe North Carolina, maybe Virginia,” Horvath said. “We are going to physically transport abortion care from the South to up here. We know patients are going to be relocating, so we’re actually relocating practices basically, which is …”

“Bittersweet,” Nuzzo interjected.

The clinic will be one of a handful of facilities in the country that prioritizes abortion later in pregnancy, a term that often refers to abortion after 21 weeks because of how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collects data on abortions, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).


https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/jun/26/with-access-in-peril-2-women-open-a-later-abortion/

[Hekate]

1. Blessings in their endeavors

[slightlv]

2. Women taking care of women;

as it should be. We understand. We nurture. We care. We are Sisters at heart. Blessings to them. I hope the GoFundMe and private donations fund them for as long as they are needed.

[Freddie]

3. The New Underground Railroad

It’s happening already. Let them try to stop us from traveling. Wish I could donate more.

[2naSalit]

4. +1

[lark]

5. Wonderful women!!!!

I salute them an would volunteer if they were anywhere near me.