Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade at the end of June, there has been a lot of information about abortion laws on social media. Not all of this information is accurate. Trigger laws were put into place when the decision on Roe v. Wade was released. These are abortion laws decided beforehand at the state level that would go into effect if and …
Abortion
Is Abortion Still Legal?
Yes, abortion is still legal in most states; however, each state will individually determine the restrictions and regulations for abortion. On June 23, 2022, the court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health effectively overturned the precedent set by the 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which affirmed that a woman has a right to seek an abortion up until the point that …
DIY Home Abortions
Due to restrictive laws and the current political climate, the number of DIY home abortions has been increasing. Unfortunately, these DIY abortions include purchasing black-market abortion pills, along with other dangerous, self-induced abortion methods. As access to abortions continues to change, the number of women put in dangerous situations will continue to rise. Typically an abortion is done under the supervision of a medical …
Risks Of At-Home Abortion Part Two
There are several things to consider if you are contemplating an at-home abortion, including whether or not you should be tested for your Rh status prior to having a medical abortion. Rh is short for Rhesus. Rhesus is an inherited protein that can be found in your red blood cells. If a blood test finds your blood to have this protein, you are Rh …
At-Home Abortions and Mental Health Risks
If you are considering an at-home abortion, it’s essential to understand the pros and cons along with other information you need to make the best choice for you and your baby. And while there is plenty of information avaialable about the risks of at-home abortions and the benefits, one less explored topic is the effect of abortions on your mental health. When you experience …
Risks Of At-Home Abortions Part One
At-home abortions may seem like they are a more accessible and less invasive option than an abortion done under the care of a medical professional. Still, the stark reality is that at-home abortions deprive you of the necessary medical consultations and care required for a safe and effective treatment. In addition, not having the proper supervision of a licensed medical professional can have dangerous …
Should I Get An Abortion?
This is a common question for many of our patients, and we have helped thousands of women successfully navigate this decision in Massachusetts. While abortion is one option, there are many options available to you beyond abortion, so understanding all of your choices and the risks associated with them can help you make an informed decision. What Is An Abortion? Abortion is a …
How To Support Someone Going Through An Abortion
Abortion rates are high amongst women experiencing unplanned pregnancies—the WHO found that 6 in 10 unintended pregnancies will end in abortion. What is troubling is that not all women know they have access to an abortion reversal if they change their minds, which could help if they decide to keep the pregnancy. How To Offer Support After Abortion Getting an abortion is an …
Abortion Pill Reversal After At-Home Abortion
With growing access to at-home abortions, understanding the abortion pill reversal treatment has become more critical than ever. But unfortunately, many women are getting abortions without knowing that they can reverse this process and keep their pregnancy. What Is An Abortion Pill Reversal? An abortion pill reversal is a procedure that is performed after the first dose of mifepristone has been taken. This process …
Are At Home Abortions Dangerous?
Many unseen dangers and risks of at-home abortions are easily dismissed with new restrictions lifted, allowing abortions without medical supervision. Unfortunately, while it might seem that this shift gives women more control of their health, the truth is just the opposite. Why At-Home Abortions Are A Problem Pregnancy affects not only the pregnant woman but also their family members, partner, and employer. If pregnancy …
Changes in REMS For The Abortion Pill
The FDA has recently made some significant changes regarding the restrictions of mifepristone, the abortion pill. Unfortunately, these changes can put women’s health at risk and provide less access to vital information to keep them informed about their pregnancy, choices, and risks. Here’s what you need to know. At-Home And Mail-Order Abortions Are Dangerous There are thousands of prescription drugs that require FDA approval, …
Unplanned Pregnancy Care in Springfield
An unplanned pregnancy can be scary but understanding what options you have can help alleviate your worries and provide you with the support and pregnancy care you need. Clearway Clinic in Springfield has several resources available to help you navigate an unplanned pregnancy, and we offer no-pressure consultations to support you, your pregnancy, and your choices. However, before considering your options, it is essential …
How to Respond to Unwanted Abortion Pressures
When you feel the pressure to make a decision you’re unsure about, it can be difficult to know how to respond. This is especially true with abortion. However, no matter how close someone is to you, it is your decision in the end. Abortion affects you physically and emotionally, and it’s a decision you can’t take back. For this reason, it’s important to be …
3 Facts about Abortion You Might Not Have Heard
Abortion is without a doubt one of the most controversial topics. There are passionate opinions on both sides of the argument, but abortion rights advocates use platforms and organizations like Planned Parenthood to promote their materials to a large audience. These groups hold significant political influence and fund most of the efforts to “normalize” abortion. However, many of the facts about abortion are either …
How Much Does Abortion Cost?
The cost of getting an abortion has more than just financial ramifications. Abortions come with a hefty expense, but they also take a physical and emotional toll. If you’re considering abortion, you need to consider all three of these consequences before you move forward. Most of the time, the emotional and physical impact rarely gets addressed at abortion clinics, and even the financial cost …
Abortions at Home vs. Morning After Pill
Convenience and time-saving options are attractive, but often this can have dangerous side effects and repercussions. This is especially true when it comes to so-called “at-home abortions”. This kind of abortion is marketed towards women facing unplanned pregnancies in their first trimester. Similarly, the “morning-after pill” acts as an abortifacient in the hours immediately after unprotected sex. These two “options” have much more in …
After Abortion: Physical and Mental Recovery
While abortion is presented as a helpful option to those facing unplanned pregnancies, what happens as a result often goes unmentioned by abortion-rights advocates. In fact, many advocates speak out against any repercussions or even recovery issues at all. Despite this, abortion is major surgery. Recovery is a necessary consequence of surgery in general. Abortion recovery has several components, affecting physical, mental, and emotional …
Ethics and Abortion: Countering the Claims
Abortion has always been a hot-button issue, and for good reason. Passionate proponents exist on both sides of the argument, but for many anti-abortion advocates, the ethical dilemma that abortion promotes is often silenced or explained away. Women’s rights, access to healthcare, and opinions on the discussions on bodily autonomy are front and center in ethics and abortion talks. Although these arguments are cited …
Down Syndrome and Abortion
In recent weeks, several state legislatures, including Arizona and South Dakota, have gained increasing support for laws that would ban abortions for babies with a genetic abnormality diagnosis. This includes conditions like Down syndrome. In Denmark, for example, almost 98% of all babies with a Down syndrome diagnosis are aborted each year. In Iceland, only one or two babies are born with Down Syndrome. …
APR FAQ
If you have changed your mind after taking the abortion pill, there is a chance you can save your pregnancy. An antidote is available to work to stop the effects of the abortion pill. It’s not uncommon for a woman to have feelings of regret after taking the abortion pill. We can help you learn everything you need to know about the Abortion Pill Reversal procedure …
Considering An Abortion? Here’s the Information You Need
Are you pregnant or think you may be? If so, you may find yourself wondering what your options are. At this point, many people begin looking for abortion information and find an enormous amount of resources, creating a more stressful situation. Our goal is to equip you with facts about abortion to help you decide about your pregnancy. First, it’s essential to confirm that …
3 Reasons to Have an Ultrasound Before an Abortion
Before you decide to have an abortion, it’s important to understand what to expect and the repercussions. Abortion ends the life of your unborn baby, but it also changes yours forever. There’s no way to get around that. But if you choose to get an abortion without first confirming your pregnancy via ultrasound, you may experience unnecessary physical complications in addition to emotional stress. …
About Abortion Survivors and the Born Alive Protection Bills
One of the more controversial bills surrounding anti-abortion laws has to do with the Born Alive Protection legislature. This legislation seeks to protect the lives of babies born following a failed abortion. The discussion is similar to the arguments both for and against late-term abortions, although the instances for babies born alive are rarer than the latter. HOW MANY? Out of the total number …
How Proposed Expanded Abortion Access Law Affects You
As 2020 comes to a close, both state and local governments are making financial and budget preparations for 2021. However, in the midst of these decisions, abortion rights advocates lobbyed and were able to pass a major policy within the annual state budget. So far, the bill has passed through both the House and Senate, with the decision to approve the amendment ultimately up …
Why Women Get Abortions in Massachusetts
When faced with an unplanned pregnancy, women across the United States struggle with the life-changing decision to either bring their baby into the world or choose an abortion. Although there are solid alternatives to both of these options, many of them are not effectively presented or promoted. In 1987 and 2007, the pro-choice Guttmacher Institute published studies that revealed the primary reasons why American …
Why At Home Abortions Are So Dangerous
Abortions are risky procedures regardless of where they take place. You may have an abortion in a hospital, but it is still an invasive procedure. There are risks and side effects with every form of abortion, including medically induced abortions. However, at-home abortion pills, despite being illegal in the United States, are still sold online. While ordering abortion pills online may sound appealing to …
Had an Abortion? Your Feelings Are Valid. Support Services Can Help.
Have you had an abortion? Whether it was yesterday or decades ago, the physical and emotional side effects from an abortion are real. It’s perfectly understandable to struggle with feelings of grief, isolation and regret after an abortion, and you are not alone. If you are experiencing these intense feelings, talking through your circumstances could be beneficial for you. In fact, even if …
Men and Unplanned Pregnancy: How You Can Help
While most of our content addresses concerns from women, our team at Clearway Clinic supports men as well. Whether you’re a partner, family member or friend, you play an important role, especially during a shocking event like an unplanned pregnancy. In this post, we address several ways you can support the woman in your life who may feel like she’s run out of options …
Clearway Clinic and Planned Parenthood
If you’ve recently discovered Clearway Clinic, you’re probably wondering what makes us different from Planned Parenthood and similar clinics. Why should you choose us? What sets us apart and how does that benefit you? There are several ways in which our team at Clearway Clinic works diligently to provide a unique, caring, and safe experience for all of your clients – including you! This …
History of Abortion
In today’s political and cultural climate in the United States, abortion remains at the forefront of many discussions. The dangerous side effects of the abortion procedure, not to mention the ethical concerns, are effectively given the silent treatment in many areas of the country. The implications and outworkings of Roe v. Wade largely affects national and statewide policies. But how did we get here? …
Should I Use The Morning After Pill Or Birth Control?
Although they are different, birth control and the morning after pill do have some similarities. You might wonder if they are essentially the same thing; after all, the goal of both pills is to prevent pregnancy. There are side effects to each one and ultimately, they have specific effects that are not expressly mentioned in marketing materials. But what are some of the differences …
How Does the Morning After Pill Work?
The “Morning After Pill”. Plan B. No matter how it’s called, the purpose of these medications is for emergency contraception. How does it work? Is it similar to the abortion pill? What are the side effects? We will answer all of these questions and more in this blog post. HOW DOES THE MORNING AFTER PILL WORK? The Morning After Pill is not the abortion …
Alternatives to Abortion
If you are facing an unplanned pregnancy, it’s normal to feel scared, alone, and unsure of what options are available to you. That’s a big reason why Clearway Clinic exists. We want to help you discover alternatives to abortion if you feel parenting is not the best choice for you and your baby. WHAT IS ADOPTION? Put simply, adoption involves legally giving your child …
How do I deal with pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic has put all of us in a unique situation where access to certain services is restricted. If you find yourself worried that you might be pregnant during this time, you might be worried that you won’t be able to have an ultrasound done. You may also want to know if you can take a pregnancy test in a safe environment apart …
What is the abortion pill reversal?
WHAT IS THE ABORTION PILL REVERSAL? Are you considering an abortion but worry about what happens if you have second thoughts? What happens if you take the abortion pill and have regrets? Although surgical abortion is permanent, if you have taken the first dose of mifepristone, you might still have time to reverse the effects. WHAT IS THE ABORTION PILL? The “abortion pill” actually …
Loss and the Grief Cycle
Loss and the Grief Cycle // Grief comes when we have lost someone or something that was important to us. If could be something like loss of a loved one, job loss, losing a home or moving to a new place, the breakup of a relationship, chronic illness or other things that bring trauma or change to our life. Symptoms of grief also can …
Steps to Take Before You Have an Abortion
The best decisions are well-informed decisions, and before you consider terminating your pregnancy, you should have all the facts to determine the best choice for your pregnancy. Here are the steps to take before you have an abortion. Breathe. It’s going to be okay to give yourself some time to think and read up on all your options Find out if you are really pregnant. You …
Post-Abortion: Psychological Effects
Post Abortion: Psychological Effects // At first after an abortion, most women report feelings of relief after the pressure “to get it over with” and move on with life. However, lasting psychological effects of abortion experiences are regularly being documented and growing according to studies. Studies have shown there is an average of 5-10 year period of denial resulting from the trauma of the …
Why Have an Ultrasound if I Am Going to Abort?
Why Have an Ultrasound if I Am Going to Abort? // If you think you may be pregnant and are thinking about terminating it is important to get a pre-termination exam (positive pregnancy test and ultrasound) beforehand to ensure your own health. Why? You may have an STD and not know it. If you have a sexually transmitted disease, and it is not treated before …
Know Your Rights: Seeking Legal Abortion
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Seeking Legal Abortion You need to protect your own health and your own legal rights! There are laws in place to protect you. You have the right to: Insist that your abortion be performed by a licensed physician only To know the medical malpractice history of a physician To know if the doctor has an insurance policy that protects you …
One Too Many?
ONE TOO MANY? Do you already have children and are you considering abortion? Are you thinking things like: I just don’t know if I can go through another pregnancy. Do I have enough energy to take care of another one? What will my boyfriend think when I tell him? Will I have enough money to support another child? I was just beginning to …
Abortion Pill Reversal
Abortion Pill Reversal Your right to choose includes the right to change your mind. WHAT IS A MEDICAL ABORTION? There are two types of abortion: surgical and medical. Surgical is the procedure (surgery) in which a doctor goes in to physically remove the baby from the womb, terminating it’s life. Medical abortion is a more recent option in which pills (known as RU-486) are …
Mail Order Abortion Pills – What You Need to Know
Mail Order Abortion Pills – What You Need to Know Medical abortion is a recent method in which a licensed medical professional (doctor/clinic) prescribes specific pills to terminate a pregnancy. It is important for you to know that any type of procedure performed or medication taken must be under the supervision of a legal medical provider for your own safety. Unfortunately, there is …
Post Abortion Syndrome (PAS) – How At Risk Are You?
Post Abortion Syndrome (PAS) – How At Risk Are You? Up to 70% of women who have had an abortion fall into high risk for PAS. PAS is a type of post-traumatic stress and is defined as the stress reaction experienced by women after having an abortion. The following are factors that can determine how severely a woman experiences PAS symptoms: A crisis surrounding …
Possible Symptoms After An Abortion
Possible Symptoms After An Abortion For some women, they have an abortion and move on with life. However, for many women, they experience a wide range of not only physical complications – but also emotional symptoms. Every woman is different. Most medical articles and websites will focus only on the physical symptoms after an abortion, so it is wise to be educated on the …
Men and Unplanned Pregnancy: Risks of Abortion
Men and Unplanned Pregnancy: Risks of Abortion You may know women who have had abortions, managed their feelings well and gone on with their lives. You may feel that terminating the pregnancy is the best decision for both you and her. Abortion seems like an easy and legal solution but it does have significant risks that you may not understand. That is why it …
Abortion: Does the father of the baby have rights?
FATHER OF THE BABY: MEN AND ABORTION In the state of Massachusetts men have no legal right in a woman’s abortion. However, studies have revealed that a father has significant influence in the decision regarding the life of his unborn baby. A decision affects all three (mother, father and child) Both the mother and the father can leave feeling powerless, upset, and scared …
Someone I know wants an abortion – what should I do?
Someone I know wants an abortion – what should I do? Your friend, sister, or daughter just told you she is pregnant. You may be uncertain how to best support her. Think about how she is feeling too. She is facing an overwhelming situation and needs you right now! Perhaps she has told you she is considering an abortion or is seeking out an abortion. …
4 Steps To Take Before Abortion
4 Steps to Take Before Abortion You think you might be pregnant and you’re not sure what to do. Even though emotions may be running high, it’s important to get the information you need. Especially if you are considering an abortion, there are certain steps your medical provider should take in order to prepare you to make the best decision for your future. 1. …
Managing Stress When Looking for Abortion Options in Worcester
Facing an unplanned pregnancy when you’re not anywhere close to being ready to be a parent is unbelievably stressful. If you’re looking for abortion clinics in the Worcester area because you feel like abortion is the only option you have, now your stress is compounded. There are so many options online, from big name clinics to private women’s centers. The number one question is …
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