NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--carafem, the nation’s most trusted provider of telehealth abortion care, announced today the expansion of its private, personalized abortion services across the state of New York. carafem will provide New Yorkers with a reliable and convenient telehealth option for abortion care, available any time of day or night starting online from their website at carafem.org.
“carafem is proud to provide confidential, affordable, and reliable abortion care with 24/7 access in the city that never sleeps. We are experts at providing this specialized form of health care that is responsive to the individual needs of the people we serve. With telehealth abortion care, we’re able to break down more barriers to access. From rural counties to one of the biggest cities in the world, people across New York can find easy-to-access, trustworthy medical care with carafem. We are proud to be able to offer this to the people of New York,” said Melissa Grant, chief operations officer and co-founder of carafem.
Founded in 2013, carafem has provided high-quality, client-centered sexual and reproductive health care to over 100,000 people, 99% of whom would recommend carafem to a friend. With carafem’s Immediate Evaluation service, people can share their protected medical information directly with carafem’s skilled physicians and request FDA-approved medications be mailed to them 24 hours a day. carafem clinicians will confirm that each person seeking care is medically eligible to receive it and if approved, medications are discreetly mailed to them, as soon as overnight if needed. Medication abortion consists of a combination of pills (mifepristone and misoprostol) used to end a pregnancy privately at home before 11 weeks of pregnancy. Costs vary from $0 to $249 with financial assistance options available.
carafem clients also receive access to Cara, a virtual assistant who accompanies clients throughout their abortion care experience. Cara answers questions and reminds carafem clients how to use their medications to receive the best results from the privacy of their homes. carafem staff are also available by telephone 24 hours a day, seven days a week as needed.
“As we expand into New York state, we hope our message continues to resonate across our country. Abortion care is health care and is universally needed by people of all backgrounds and across all states. While carafem is pleased to be able to expand into supportive states like New York, we see those who are losing access to abortion care in their own communities. We will continue to spread the awareness that abortion using medications is safe, supportive, private, and affordable,” said Grant.
carafem believes in a future where every single person can access personalized abortion care when needed, from every zip code in the US -- no matter the color of their skin, the language they speak, dis/ability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or ability to pay.
About carafem:
carafem provides convenient, modern, and professional abortion care as well as customized birth control options so people can control the number and spacing of their children. carafem is changing the environment of abortion care by making its services and information accessible, understandable, and supportive. carafem currently has health centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, and Chicago and provides telehealth abortion care in Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia.
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