What Closing Missouri's Last Abortion Clinic Will Mean For Neighboring States
As the last abortion clinic in Missouri warned that it will have to stop providing the procedure as soon as Friday, abortion providers in surrounding states said they are anticipating an uptick of even more Missouri patients.
At Hope Clinic in Granite City, Illinois, just 10 minutes from downtown St. Louis, Deputy Director Alison Dreith said Tuesday her clinic was preparing for more patients as news about Missouri spread.
“We’re really scrambling today about the need for increased staff and how fast can we hire and train,” Dreith said.
And at a Trust Women clinic in Wichita, Kan., that already has to fly in doctors, staff didn’t know what it would mean for their overloaded patient schedule.
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