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Citing the lack of abortion services in the community, several local groups involved in a campaign for abortion access are hosting a March, Rally, Rage for Abortion Access in Geneva on Friday.

The Geneva Womens Assembly and the regional branches of the Party for Socialism and Liberation said that while New York continues to portray itself as a safe haven for women seeking legal abortions, much of rural New York, including Geneva, lacks the services the state claims to provide.

The groups claim researchers committed to expanding abortion access have contacted all local health facilities to inquire about what abortion services they provide, and the resounding answer has been that there is no abortion access in Geneva. This includes Finger Lakes Health and Finger Lakes Medical Associates, the major local health providers which operate both Geneva General Hospital and the health services at Hobart and William Smith.

As I called from clinic to clinic, asking what abortion services are offered, I was continuously met with uncertainty, and was frequently referred to Planned Parenthood, which is already at capacity and will be for months to come, reported Abbey Brown. I am baffled at the amount of womens health clinics, hospitals, and general healthcare facilities that do not offer abortion in the Finger Lakes.

In a news release, organizers state Fridays event, March, Rally, Rage for Abortion Access in Geneva, is meant to draw attention to the fact that, in our community, legal does not mean accessible.

Were New Yorkers without access to the same care the rest of the state has, Abby Hellauer Geiger explained. FLH and FLMA have a duty to provide abortion services to anyone who wants one in and around Geneva.

The Geneva Womens Assembly and the regional branches of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which are collaborating on this campaign for abortion access, encourage all who are outraged by this lack of essential services to come to Fridays march. It will begin at 6 p.m. in front of the Scandling Center on Hobart and William Smith Colleges campus and conclude at Geneva General Hospital.

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