Other rules, they say, needlessly complicate the process of getting an abortion to the point that it interferes with patients’ constitutional right to bodily autonomy. Patients must correctly print and sign a consent form 24 hours before their appointment — on white paper, in black ink, in 12-point Times New Roman font.
As many as 1 in 4 patients make some mistake, Planned Parenthood Great Plains staff say, often a minor formatting error. When that happens, providers are forced to turn them away.
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