Planned Parenthood quietly built massive 'megaclinic' in Illinois near Missouri border

[Arkansas Granny]

This article is from 2019. I don't recall seeing this before. It sounds as though they were planning ahead for a time when Roe would be overturned.

The 18,000-square-foot clinic which will open later this month in Fairview Heights, Illinois and is equipped to provide services to 11,000 patients, Planned Parenthood announced Tuesday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/planned-parenthood-secretly-built-massive-mega-clinic-illinois-near-missouri-n1061716

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. To the Greatest Page for this important post, my dear Arkansas Granny! ♥

[demmiblue]

2. Sooo, they finally finished the Abortionplex!

(I hope someone gets the reference... lol!)

[ellie]

12. I love it!

Another Onion gem

[ck4829]

16. Ha

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[Lovie777]

3. These red states want to put up blocks for roads, buses, trains, plans, trails, etc.......

to stop women from their right of choice concerning their bodies. Fuck them.

That rape and incest is ok with the GQP, and the gawd damn shame that GQP women agrees.

[niyad]

4. KNR

[nycbos]

5. Illinois has been a de facto provider of abortion care to Missouri women for awhile.

Even both for the horrific Supreme Court decision the entire state of Missouri only had one clinic to my understanding.

Ever since Pritzker took office in 2019, Illinois has been making it a priority to expand abortion access.

We have been preparing for this for awhile even though we hoped it wouldn't happen.

[IL Dem]

15. That is correct.

The only clinic in the state of MO was in St. Louis. My niece, a Nurse Practitioner, worked there for a time a few years ago.

[Hekate]

6. Very, very encouraging

[Joinfortmill]

7. 👍

[leftieNanner]

8. This is great, but....

Missouri will put up literal road blocks to keep women from accessing this care.

Hope I'm wrong.

[Arkansas Granny]

11. I don't see any way state governments can restrict travel for pregnant people.

That would be a step to far for most voters to approve.

[leftieNanner]

13. I wouldn't put it past them

These people are crazy.

[BlueSpot]

14. There are lots of bridges. :)

[tekriter]

9. A little geography information

The new clinic in Illinois is about fifteen miles east of the St. Louis PP clinic. The St. Louis clinic had already greatly reduced abortion procedures, due to local and state interference.

The Illinois clinic is still considered to be part of the St. Louis municipal area, and is in a fairly populated county. For all the worry about roadblocks, police interference - well, there’s just too much cross-border traffic for that to be possible.

[sarcasmo]

10. Forward planning saves the day.

[Wounded Bear]

17. K & R...nt

[Novara]

18. If any of you buy from Amazon ...

... you can have them donate a portion of everything you buy to Planned Parenthood (among other entities).

It's called Amazon Smile. Google it and then sign up.

All together, $383,622.44 has been donated to PP as of June 2022 (no, that's not all me!).