The influx was expected, and “We’re not turning anybody away,” said Prager. But she’s noticed that it now takes longer for patients to be seen, and when they are, it’s often at a later gestational age.
“In my clinic, sometimes we’re booking people two weeks out, which used to not really happen,” she said. Delaying abortion doesn’t make it less safe, said Prager. But “it does become slightly more complicated as pregnancy progresses.”
It can also limit what kinds of procedures are available to patients. Medication abortion, which is used in more than half of abortions, is effective only up to 11 weeks into pregnancy.
Even in a state where
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