“When I started out 30 years ago, there was plenty of money for counselors as well as medical care providers. Counselors are very experienced and expensive. My observation is that that's where a lot of the cuts have been made. For patients who have other kinds of emotional problems, there's less counseling staff to spend extensive time.”
“Planned Parenthood is a health care provider, first and foremost. The wonderful day should come at some point when all of our concerns would be about providing the best quality of care, not fighting people who want to eliminate family-planning programs.”