She said she also wishes she had had more notice about the closure, figuring she could have fought to fix the issues Planned Parenthood saw in the location to save it from closing.
COLORADO SPRINGS ERICK ERICKSON TWITTER PLANNED PARENTHOOD FULL
Suber doesn't believe that the community has seen the full extent of what that change will mean for demand for services and said she was disappointed they wouldn't have the chance to try to rise to the occasion to help now that the location is closed. Suber said the need in Steamboat is not that simple to qualify with a changing landscape across the country for reproductive rights. "We are needed in places across our region where healthcare and the gaps span along the racial and economic lines demand that Planned Parenthood are in the communities that need us most." "The facts of the data demonstrate that we are not needed in Steamboat Springs, where the population is 94% white, where the median income is upwards of $85,000 a year," Mansanares said. She said there is a population that is being left behind, and while there will be other providers in the Yampa Valley, they won't operate the way Planned Parenthood did. This does not sit well with Kelly Clapsaddle Suber, former health center manager for Planned Parenthood in Steamboat Springs.
"The vast majority of our clients are in their 20's"
"The population has been skewing older and higher income and so with our mission as a nonprofit healthcare organization, we take that into consideration," Mansanares explained. Mansanares said their decision was focused on two things: Staffing and demographics of patients they could serve there. "Over the past few years, we have had to make some really challenging decisions about where our footprint is physically." Those are the words of Adrienne Mansanares, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, discussing the closure of the physical address of the non-profit sexual and reproductive health clinic. "This is a tough choice, but it is the right choice." Steamboat Springs Planned Parenthood location closed 02:01
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