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How abortion clinics are preparing for Roe v. Wade to fall
1 month ago | By WGN TV
JACKSON, Miss. - Leaders of a Tennessee abortion clinic calculated driving distances and studied passenger rail routes as they scanned the map for another place to offer services if the U.S. Supreme Court lets states restrict or eliminate abortion rights.
They chose Carbondale in Illinois - a state that has easy abortion access but is surrounded by more restrictive states in the Midwest and South. It will be the southernmost clinic in Illinois when it opens in August.
“I think at this point, we all know the stark reality that we're facing in Tennessee. We are going to lose abortion access...
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