Killing Places:

Planned Parenthood: Sarasota Health Center
736 Central Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236

YOB: July 1968

Newest Skill for Future Ob-Gyns: Abortion Training

By Linda Villarosa
Published: June 11, 2002

Like just about every fourth-year medical student, Nicole Fanarjian recently made the rounds of hospitals in search of a residency program that would train her for her specialty: obstetrics-gynecology. This spring, she visited 13 programs, and in nearly every interview, she asked this direct, but sometimes eyebrow-raising question: ‘“Do you provide residents with abortion training?”

“I am planning to be an ob-gyn, and I intend to provide the full range of reproductive services, including abortion,” said Ms. Fanarjian, 33, who will begin her residency at the University of South Florida in Tampa next month. “I want to be exposed to the procedure, because I strongly believe that if you go into this specialty, you should feel comfortable providing abortions.”