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We all make sure to let patients know they are always welcome back in our clinic. I usually discharge patients from recovery and say something simple such as, “You know we are always here if you need us!”
My whole staff emphasizes this point, and certainly to patients who seem apologetic when they come back to us again, that they can come as many times as they need to and we will give them the same excellent care every time.
I think it is the ethos of our clinic/staff who truly get the complexities of people’s lives, contraception efficacy, nonconsensual sex, choosing to not use contraception etc.
We meet everyone with the same nonjudgmental care no matter if they are there for their first or 5th abortion!
~Leah Coplon, Maine Family Planning
