But another barrier awaits them once they reach the clinic in one of the country’s most abortion-friendly states. Anti-abortion advocates in neon hazard vests frantically try to wave passersby down at the gates, hoping to talk them out of what they are about to do.
With 10,000 abortion patients expected this year at the clinic, there’s talk of opening on Sundays. Staff developed an emergency plan that would convert some patient rooms, normally reserved for birth control consultations or vasectomies, to make more room for abortions. A recreational vehicle has been retooled into a mobile clinic that can travel along the state line for doctors to provide abortions.
Now, about 70 women call the center every day for help getting to an abortion clinic in southern Illinois, said Kawanna Shannon, the director of patient access at the Planned Parenthood clinic. When they reach the line, a navigator first goes over what they can pay toward their abortion.
After reading the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion last May, Andrea Gallegos, the director of the Alamo Clinic, said she hopped on Google and started looking for liberal-leaning cities in rural, southern Illinois.
I know this is a serious issue but I really wish Chicago people would stop refering to anything south of Joliet as 'Southern Illinois.'
Next Up: MAGA states pass the Fugitive Woman Act and empowers armed civilian volunteers to cross state lines and drag them back by their hair.
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The Underground Femaleroad is already happening. handmaidstale
If we pay women (especially poor ones) a one time payment of 10000 to get their tubes tied we would solve so many problems
Why did you post a photo of a female doctor? Why encourage the doxxing of anyone?
IL needs to get with the times
Women and their partners need to stop having unprotected sex if they don’t want babies! How hard is that? Abortion is being used more as a form of contraception than a health measure. Everyone knows this! If you don’t want a baby, don’t make one. It’s as simple as that.
New book title: The Killing Fields of Southern Illinois.
If I was graduating from college today, I would be looking for jobs in states that have policies in place to protect my health. Young women should think twice about moving to red states where your life will be in danger because of extreme republican politics.
I call bullshit on this.