Abortion provider braces for jump in patients from restrictive states

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Physicians in Illinois say they are preparing for a surge in patients seeking abortions and possible legal battles after neighboring Missouri's trigger laws immediately restricted legal abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

The exterior of the Planned Parenthood-Fairview Heights Health Center is shown in Fairview Heights, Illinois, on June 16, 2022.Physicians in Illinois have said they are already preparing for a surge in patients seeking abortions and possible legal battles after neighboring Missouri's trigger laws immediately restricted legal abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Dr. Colleen McNicholas, the chief medical officer with Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region said clinics in Illinois are preparing for a jump in patients from other states.McNicholas' preparation comes in the midst of anti-abortion rights lawmakers in some states looking to crack down on out-of-state abortions.

"She just went down the list and called clinic after clinic...next clinic, next clinic. So she got all the way to us before she was able to get that care. Twenty minutes later, she had her abortion medication, got back in the car to drive another nine hours back to Houston," McNicholas said. Missouri Republican State Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman wants the state to prohibit abortion providers from sending patients to other states to get an abortion."I don't want to see commercial activity in the state of Missouri that is aimed and designed to avoid the laws of the state of Missouri," Coleman ABC News.

Coleman added that there needs to be "a culture that supports women," and for more resources to pregnant women. She acknowledged Missouri's high maternal mortality rates and said she has petitioned the federal government for more funding for programs and resources for mothers.

 

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