With Roe at risk, a new Illinois nonprofit provides free aircraft flights for patients traveling to get an abortion

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Springfield-based Elevated Access in early June flew its first abortion patient from Oklahoma City to terminate a pregnancy in Kansas, its executive director said.

Nikki Tran of Washington, holds up a sign with pictures of Supreme Court Justices Thomas, Kavanaugh, Alito, Coney Barrett, and Gorsuch, as demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 2022, in Washington.

“Even before Roe ends, it’s not easy to access an abortion,” said the nonprofit’s executive director, who asked to remain anonymous for his safety, citing the heightened threat of violence surrounding reproductive rights as the Supreme Court ruling approaches. “While voting and giving money are important to try and stop this backslide of people’s rights in this country, doing something directly to try and help people get out of that burden is very important to me.

“People’s lives are complicated and getting them to their care isn’t always a straight shot,” she said. Instead, the patient left home at 8 a.m. to get to the airplane and then returned by 6 p.m. the same day, eliminating the need for multiday travel.“They were able to get back to their life and their kids,” the executive director said. “It was someone who had never flown before.”

The planes typically have a single-propeller engine and can fly one to three passengers up to 100 miles per hour, the website says. The aircraft take off and land at small, private airports, which can be more flexible to schedule and eliminate some of the bureaucracy of commercial flights; the experience also tends to offer more privacy compared with commercial airlines, the executive director said.

As of the end of May, over 150 pilots from around the country had expressed interest in volunteering and about a third have completed the vetting process, the executive director said.

 

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Thank you for doing this, I am a male and I do not think I have a right to tell ANYONE what they can do with their bodies, what is next, you drink thats bad, no more booze, smoke, nope take it away, take medicine for pain take it away (Well that one has already been done)

See, no problem.

While they're flying people around, can they fly some of Bidens millions to their home countries?

16 minutes until ShltLib MELTDOWN. commence on my mark 3..2..1. 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

Seems a bit extreme… How valuable is abortions? Who’s making bank on baby body parts?

you guys just love you some abortions, don't you?

Wouldn't the baby's life be at risk too?

Meet Margaret. Progressive Democrat, Founder of Planned Parenthood, Eugenics Proponent, Hitler Disciple, Wanted to Re-Engineer the Black Race:

Really disgusting

Oh please.

Maybe while they are on that flight they could give lessons on how to prevent getting pregnant in the first place.

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