Abortion providers across the country are bracing for serious fallout. As clinics are forced to shut down due to new federal funding restrictions, those that remain – particularly independent providers – are already experiencing a sharp influx of patients, delays in care, and growing pressure on already stretched staff. Independent providers now make up the backbone of abortion care in the U.S. – and they’re being asked to do more with less under increasingly dangerous political conditions. .
Dr. Allison Cowett, medical director at Family Planning Associates (Chicago, IL), on how Illinois clinics are becoming overburdened hubs for patients traveling from across the Midwest.
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