info on abortions

i didnt know where to put this seens the thread where it should go is a private one and i just wanted some quick info so please feel free to move it if it needs to mods.

I think my bro has been scamming my nana for money and i just wanted to get some info.
His new Gf got preg and they wanted to go get an abortion and it was all planned then he ends up ringing and asking for money so nana gave him a few hundred.
how much does it cost?

I am just thinkin that he is scaming her because i know of a few young young people that have had it done and not wanted their parents to know so i am thinkin that it couldnt cost too much.

i know it all prob sounds stupid but i just found out the same day they were ment to go get it done he happened to get his tounge pirced so he obviously has money so it has p'd me off.

An elective first trimester abortion can cost between $250-$300 I think, so he could easily be telling the truth.

I wouldn't know what it is now, but it was just under $200 about 10 years ago, and just under $300 5 years ago, although I heard of someone else borrowing $400 for one in about 2005 (sorry, sketchy details, based on friend of a friend type stuff)

It's possible. But the tongue ring, that is bad form. No wonder you are p'd off. I would tell your nan. Because I'm a cold-hearted bad sister. (I have dobbed in my sis for doing something similar)

In SA it doesn't cost a cent.

It depends where he lives. Up here, you can be looking at $400 + depending on where you go, it's cheaper if you go south. Around $300 I believe in Brissy.

Also, random but true, if you live in vic and have a healthcare card, and even sometimes a student card, you can get a discount...and certain days can be cheaper too...

In NSW it is around $300

Is there a medicare rebate for it as well because he should be able to go to medicare and get the rebate so he can pay back your Nan ASAP ... I don't know much about it but I know that lots of medical procedures, even elective and contraversial ones (like circumcision) have a rebate.

I would be annoyed about the tongue ring too if he is borrowing money. Some places that do body piercing take money when you book though (I imagine they would lose a lot of money from people deciding not to otherwise) and he may have already had it booked and paid for before he knew that his gf was pg.

A friend of mine had one here in Newcastle last year and it cost her $350. I was her support person for it and I was shocked at the price.

It's $300 in vic

hth

im an RN at gold coast hospital and abortions are illegal in QLD unless its for medical reasons the loop hole is they say the mother will mentally suffer if the pregnancy continues and as of a month ago they will not even do it for medical reasons anymore eg. down syndrome or trisomy's, unless life threatening to the mother. Not many ppl are aware of this but if you dig deep through QLD government policy you will find it. So if it is true they would need some money to get over the border to NSW to get it done as an elective abortion. i hope it works out and he isnt scamming.

:o wow! I didnt't know any of the states charged for it unless you went private, of course.
I thought it was covered by medicare!
but from my experience (14 years ago) it didn't cost anything, there were girls there at the time from VIC and QLD, so I guess that makes sense....

If you search google for Abortion in Queensland there is a link to children by choice website. There are prices listed on that website. The legislation for abortion in each state is also outlined.

In NT it is free, not sure about others sorry,.

You pay in NSW & there can be a huge difference in prices depending on where you go. I have no idea if there's a medicare rebate or not. Had no idea all states were different either..

we r in NSW. this would of been her 2nd. she had another a bit after her son was born and he is 18months.

If they do get money back from medicare they wont give it back they never do. he is always gettin money off her to go to the doc and he never gives back the rebate from that.
It is always the poor (insert name) he cant afford things so i wont make him pay it back.
It just p's me off cause she pays for his rego, his phone bills and elect bills cause he always leaves everything till it has been cut off then goes complaining to her but goes out and get a new tattoo every few weeks or pircing. he swaps/buys a dif car every about 6months and goes further and further backwards each time. at the mo he has a car that he wouldnt get 2k for and has a 30k loan.

it is just his attitude more then anything that annoys me.