https://www.liveaction.org/news/undercover-investigation-hormones-planned-parenthood-easy/An undercover reporter posed as a 16 year old seeking hormone therapy as a minor to Planned Parenthood clinics across the country. They specifically tested one party consent states (no parental consent)
7 of 33 locations offered hormone prescriptions on the first appointment, even virtually:
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“If it’s virtual, you’ll still meet with the doctor, and then go over, like, all necessary information, at the end, they will then be prescribing hormones that would then be prescripted out to, like, your local pharmacy,” the staff member told her.
Facilities in Minnesota and Oregon were willing to see patients within a few days, regardless of whether the patient was serious about receiving hormones. Planned Parenthood assured the caller that on the same day (or at the latest, the following day) of her first appointment, she would be able to receive the hormones from her pharmacy.
A Minnesota staffer told her, “Some pharmacies do take a little bit to get it together. But yeah, if not the same day, then more than likely the very next day.”
“The provider is gonna send the prescription to your pharmacy,” a New York Planned Parenthood staffer said, “the same day of your appointment.”
Another New York Planned Parenthood staffer said the teen could do a virtual visit, and that “at the end” of that single visit, the clinician “would then be prescribing hormones that would then be prescripted out to, like, your local pharmacy.”
5 of the 33 tested said she did not need proof of having undergone therapy, mental health clearance, or prior documentation as part of a mental health assessment before Planned Parenthood would prescribe cross-sex hormones. Basically no documentation required
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The undercover caller asked, “I don’t need any like, therapy or anything first? Like, you don’t need any record of that?”
“Not that I know of,” replied a New York Planned Parenthood staffer.
A Minnesota staffer told her that unless she had a certain insurance provider, she would not need proof of prior therapy.