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Planned Parenthood plans mobile abortion clinic in Illinois, close to Kentucky border

Abortion-Kentucky
Posted at 8:46 AM, Oct 04, 2022
and last updated 2022-10-05 08:41:29-04

(AP) — Planned Parenthood officials have announced plans for a mobile abortion clinic. A 37-foot RV will stay in Illinois but travel close to the borders of adjoining states that have banned abortions since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year.

The announcement Monday comes 100 days after the Supreme Court ruling that stripped away constitutional protections for abortions, allowing states to ban the procedure.

Illinois didn’t institute an abortion ban, but neighboring states like Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee did, along with several other states in the South and Midwest.

As a result, abortion procedures have increased dramatically at Planned Parenthood's clinic in Fairview Heights, Illinois.