Abortion Counseling at the Boulder Valley Clinic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11240948 |
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| Authors | Linda R Weber (0009-0005-7221-6112, corresponding author), Linda Weber, Roger Wade, Loren Weinberg |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 34 |
| Publication date | 1976-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers A Journal of Women Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-9009 • E-ISSN: 1536-0334 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3346067 |
| OpenAlex | W2335164206 |
| Language | EN |
The Boulder Valley Clinic is a private, nonprofit corporation organized in 1973 by citizens of Boulder, Colorado. The Clinic was set up to provide safe, low-cost abortions to women who need them, and to do so in a humane, supportive, and dignified manner. The Boulder Valley Clinic is unique in that the psycho-social aspects of the procedure receive as much attention as the medical. Each woman who comes to our Clinic is accompanied and assisted throughout her stay by a counselor, who helps her discuss her feelings about pregnancy and abortion, explains the procedure in detail, and counsels her on birth control. Separate counseling is provided for women who need help in deciding whether to have an abortion or continue the pregnancy. Men are also given an opportunity to talk to a counselor, a male counselor, to explore their feelings and to learn about birth control. It is the Clinic's
Abortion · Biology · Family medicine · Pregnancy · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Technologies
| Highly cited | No |
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