As young adults prepare to leave blue states and head to historically black colleges in states where abortion is banned, they're getting ready to safeguard their reproductive health during college.
Nurse practitioner Arin Kramer prepares to insert a contraceptive implant under the skin of I'laysia Vital's upper arm, as physician assistant Andrea Marquez offers support. Vital will attend college at Texas Southern University in Houston, where most abortions are banned.Nurse practitioner Arin Kramer prepares to insert a contraceptive implant under the skin of I'laysia Vital's upper arm, as physician assistant Andrea Marquez offers support.
The change is a huge culture shock for Vital and some of her classmates, who, for the last four years at" is a bright purple building across from the football field and bleachers. The school's bulldog mascot is painted near the door. Onside, students can get free, confidential birth control consults and STI checks, and be back at their desks for fourth period math.
"Many students here are just totally floored when I tell them that these laws are different in the states that they're going to," says Arin Kramer, a family nurse practitioner at the Tech Clinic. Like many adults,"they can't believe that they can't get an abortion in this country."
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