Illinois’ rising profile as an abortion care ‘oasis in the Midwest’ threatens to place it squarely in the crosshairs of anti-abortion supporters, who will increasingly turn their attention to border clinics.
GRANITE CITY, Ill. ― One by one, the women walked into the Hope Clinic past a shouting man at the edge of the parking lot, past the security guard booth and through the code-secured front door.
Most made their way in the July heat up a flight of stairs and through another secured door before checking in for their appointment in a brightly lit waiting room decorated, in part, with rainbow and transgender pride flags.