Q: How does the service confirm residency/presence in NYC? A: Patients must attest to being in New York City at the time of the telehealth visit and must attest that they will be in New York City when they take the medication. The patient must provide an NYC address for medication delivery. We will verify that address at the time of registration. Q: How will it work? A: Patients in New York City will be able to reach out to a provider on demand by video or phone for a telehealth visit from the comfort of their own home. Services include: + Pregnancy options counseling and patient education. + Evaluation for clinical appropriateness of telehealth medication abortion and medication delivery if desired. + Connections to and facilitation of in-person care. + Follow-up care after an abortion. Q: How far along in the pregnancy can the patient be to access medication abortion?
A: Medication abortion is available to clinically eligible patients who are up to 10 weeks into their pregnancy. Q: Is there a minimum age for a patient to be prescribed abortion medication? Will parental consent be needed?
A: Telehealth medication abortion care is available to eligible, consenting patients who are 15 years of age or older through Virtual ExpressCare. Parental consent is not required. Additionally, patients of all ages will continue to have access to in- person abortion care within our facilities. Q: Why did we expand access to this service? A: NYC Health + Hospitals has been offering a full spectrum of medication and procedural abortion care at our hospital-based clinics for many years. We have been expanding our family planning and abortion services gradually, and with increased vigor since June of 2022, when Roe v. Wade was overturned. This service will help further expand access by providing telehealth services for counseling regarding pregnancy care options, along with the screening, assessment, and providing prescriptions for medication abortion. Telehealth is one tool that can overcome many of the social and structural barriers to care that our patients face. The political landscape around abortion care is constantly shifting, and access to abortion across the country is diminishing. As providers with the privilege of New York State protections for reproductive health rights, we are expanding access to abortion care within our health system. CONTINUED
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