Health & Fitness
Women Head To Chicago Abortion Clinics All The Way From Texas
Planned Parenthood of Illinois said the majority of women are flying in, while others traveling are 1,000 miles by car.
CHICAGO (CBS) — Just days ago, thousands rallied in the Loop — demanding the continued right of women to have access to safe, legal abortions. It is a right that women in Texas who are more than six weeks pregnant no longer have, since the near-total ban took effect Sept 1.
“We started seeing patients within days of that law going into effect,” said Dr. Amy Whitaker, an abortion provider and the Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood of Illinois. The Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood of Illinois said the majority of women are flying in, while others traveling the 1,000 or so miles by car. Over time, they are seeing more and more patients making the difficult trek.
