For Tisch senior Sam Del Rio, Planned Parenthood’s Manhattan clinic was where she went during her sophomore year when she needed STI testing and prevention services. Only three blocks east of the Paulson Center, the clinic was an accessible alternative to NYU’s Student Health Center — where she struggled to schedule appointments due to high demand and was met with large, out-of-pocket costs for gynecological services without NYU’s health insurance.
“I thought that I came down with something, and then got tested negative, and I went consistently for around a month,” Del Rio, who co-founded the Feminist Theatre Company at the Tisch School of the Arts, said. “That’s something I don’t think I would be able to do at NYU, just because we have so many students. The insurance is a big barrier for a lot of students.”
Now, after 36 years of providing low-cost services to NYU students and New York City residents alike, Planned Parenthood’s sole Manhattan location will no longer see patients starting Nov. 1, the organization told WSN…