As South bans abortion, thousands turn to Illinois clinics

[RandySF]

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Dr. Colleen McNicholas is fresh off performing two abortions when a ringing phone quickly stops her.

“Oh, ugh,” she said, eyes widened, before she darted off to another room.

Just the day before, 58 women had abortions at the Fairview Heights’ Planned Parenthood clinic, 15 miles east of St. Louis. But the new day is still stacked with appointments; as many as 100 abortion and family planning patients might walk through the doors.

Every day is busy now.

Hundreds of women travel each week to the southern tip of Illinois to secure an abortion, something that is no longer available to millions living in a 1,800 mile stretch of 11 Southern states that have mostly banned pregnancy terminations since the Supreme Court stripped away constitutional protections for women to end pregnancies.


https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/south-bans-abortion-thousands-turn-illinois-clinics-98119305

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I am grateful that Planned Parenthood can and does help all those desperate women.

My anger at those who would stop them knows no bounds.

[roamer65]

2. Abortion legal states need to pass severe anti-harassment laws for the clinics.

Make it a felony to obstruct the operation of a clinic or harass any staff or patients of it.