Planned Parenthood to launch first-of-its-kind mobile abortion clinic in Midwest
BY PGF
2 years, 2 months ago
In the next couple weeks, a Planned Parenthood branch will launch a mobile clinic in Illinois: A 37-foot-long RV with a waiting room, a standard lab and exam rooms.
The clinic will offer medication abortions, and hopes to later offer abortion procedures. The mobile unit is the first of its kind for Planned Parenthood in the nation, according to Yamelsie Rodriguez, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri.
The mobile clinic plans to be operational by the end of 2022, and Planned Parenthood will analyze patient travel patterns along the southern Illinois border to determine the routes the RV will take.
In the 100 days since the Supreme Court’s decision to repeal Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood’s location in Fairview Heights, Illinois, which is approximately 20 miles from the Illinois-Missouri border, has seen a 340% increase in people from outside Missouri and Illinois seeking abortion services and wait times for abortion services has increased from four days to two and a half weeks, according to a press release from the organization.
“When Roe fell 100 days ago, we doubled down on our commitment to patients. Today we march forward, expanding access to family planning in Missouri while we take abortion care on the road in Illinois,” Rodriguez said in the release, which added that the clinic could help reduce travel distances, wait times and other barriers to accessing abortions.
There’s more at the link if you can stomach it. There are mobile spay and neuter RVs in my area. We suppose this is the next logical step; after all, we are but animals evolved from a puddle of ooze, and our nearest cousins are dumb chimps. We’re reminded of a coming dystopia every teen should read about in RebelFire: Out of the Gray Zone by this gal who dropped off the radar on purpose some months ago. We hope she is well.
If you’re interested in what the Holy Bible has to say about this topic and missed it last week, that post is here.
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