Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling could limit clinics in PA. A look at where centers are located

James McGinnis, Bucks County Courier Times
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Accessing abortion services in Pennsylvania can be difficult depending where in the state a woman lives.

With the verified leak of a draft opinion by the US Supreme Court in a major abortion case, some worry about further limited access, but the court has said the draft does not represent its final view.

Nearly half of all women in Pennsylvania live in a county without an abortion clinic, according to the international Guttmacher Institute. Some 85% of Pennsylvania counties have no such clinic, the institute reported.

In 2019, the CDC reported 31,260 abortions conducted in Pennsylvania with 57% reported in women ages 20 to 29. Less than 8% abortions involved teens. In 88% of cases, female patients were unmarried.

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Under Pennsylvania law, a patient must speak with a counselor and then wait 24 hours before terminating a pregnancy. Government-funded health plans only cover the cost of abortions in cases of rape or incest. It is illegal to terminate a pregnancy after 24 weeks except in cases that threaten the life of the mother, under state law.

Here is a list of family planning centers in Pennsylvania. The majority of locations provide some form of medically induced abortion or surgical abortion. Others can offer abortion services via telehealth visits.

  • Allentown Medical Center ‒ 29 N. 9th St., Allentown

  • Bensalem Medical Center ‒ 2035 Galloway Road, Bensalem

  • Bridgeville Medical Center ‒ 533 Washington Pike, Bridgeville

  • Coatesville Health Center ‒ 1001 E Lincoln Highway, Coatesville

  • Greensburg Health Center ‒ 125 Nature Park Road, Greensburg

  • Harrisburg Medical Center ‒ 1514 North 2nd St., Harrisburg

  • Norristown Abortion Center ‒ 1221 Powell St., Norristown

  • Locust Street Surgical Center ‒ 1144 Locust St., Philadelphia

  • Far Northeast Surgical Center ‒ 2751 Comly Road Philadelphia

  • Pittsburgh Abortion Services ‒ 933 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh

  • Quakertown Health Center ‒ 401 West Broad St., Quakertown

  • Susie and John Stanley Health Center at Reading ‒ 1920 Kutztown Road, Reading

  • Warminster Medical Center ‒ 610 Louis Drive, Warminster

  • West Chester Surgical Center 8 S Wayne St., West Chester

  • Wilkes-Barre Medical Center 101 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre

  • York Medical Center 728 South Beaver St., York

This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling could limit PA abortion clinics