Abortion clinic that opened after Roe is inundated

(4 Nov 2022)
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Kansas City, Kansas – 12 October 2022
1. Dr. Elizabeth Brett Daily talking to patient Haley Ruark
ANNOTATION: One of the first abortion clinics to open in the United States after Roe v. Wade was overturned is inundated with patients.
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Kansas City, Kansas – 15 October 2022
2. Exterior of clinic with protesters
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Kansas City, Kansas – 12 October 2022
3. Protesters on sidewalk
ANNOTATION: This Planned Parenthood clinic in Kansas City, Kansas, was planned before the U.S. Supreme Court decision to fill a need for the surrounding community.
5. Various of clinic room
ANNOTATION: But it's now helping keep up with women needing abortions, some traveling from Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and even as far as Louisiana.
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Kansas City, Kansas – 15 October 2022
6. Exterior of clinic with protesters
ANNOTATION: The three Kansas clinics have been doing their best to deal with the demand, including extending hours, hiring staff and flying in physicians.
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Kansas City, Kansas – 12 October 2022
7. Pan of waiting room and workers
ANNOTATION: But the clinics are only able to take 10% to 15% of patients seeking abortions.
8. Pan of clinic room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Elizabeth Brett Daily, Planned Parenthood:
"That's insane. That's a lottery to get in to get basic health care. That to me is devastating."
ANNOTATION: Kansas is one of the few states in the region still providing abortions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
10. Nurse in clinic room
ANNOTATION: Haley Ruark waited two weeks for an appointment after deciding her family couldn't afford a third child from an unexpected pregnancy.
11. Various of Dr. Elizabeth Brett Daily talking to patient Haley Ruark
ANNOTATION: She agreed to tell her story to The Associated Press but didn't want her face shown on camera.
12. Two STILL photos of patient Haley Ruark
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Haley Ruark, Missouri Resident:
"I mean, I went back and forth on it, but there's just no way, like, there's no way to afford it, like, already. Like I said, with the two kids, like they're good, you know, ends are being met, but bring in another one into it. They're just so expensive. There's like there's just nothing."
14. Haley Ruark walking into room
15. Dr. Elizabeth Brett Daily talking to patient Haley Ruark
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15. SOUNDBITE (English) Haley Ruark, Missouri Resident:
"It was just idiotic for a law to be put in place that you can't do what you feel is necessary for your body and not even your body, but your mental health also."
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Overland Park, Kansas – 4 October 2022
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Emily Wales, Planned Parenthood Great Plains:
"The ecosystem is not even fragile, it's broken. I think there's a perception that if you are seeking care, you can find it somewhere. And that's not true. There are people who are going without care because they cannot get in or they can't get in on time and they can't figure out the travel."
ANNOTATION: Planned Parenthood leaders say a fourth Kansas clinic is among the options they are considering to increase access.
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Kansas City, Kansas – 12 October 2022
17. Shot of equipment in clinic
18. Exterior of clinic
STORYLINE:
Haley Ruark, of Platte City, Missouri, was able to get an appointment on a recent Wednesday after a two-week wait — longer than she wanted but better than driving hundreds of miles west to Colorado.
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