So my immediate local area has been without an abortion clinic for the last decade. I thought I blogged about it back then, but I couldn't find the post about why it closed down, but I found other posts about the clinic on my old blog.
10 years ago the clinic shut down because of serious health violations. rusty tools, no way to sterilize tools, no nurse on staff, and just nasty and filthy. The doctor and owner ultimately decided to shut down permanently - The fine was much cheaper if he just shut down vs trying to stay open and fix the violations.
So for the last 10 years, there has been no clinic here. The nearest one is 70 plus miles away. Yep, that's right, people here have to travel and have been traveling for the last decade 70 plus miles for an abortion.
I'm sure many of you have seen the maps and Illinois is basically an island and basically the only "abortion friendly" place in the midwest. As a result, not surprisingly, a doctor wants to open up a clinic here. I shouldn't be surprised, but the doctor that wants to open up a clinic is the SAME doctor who owns and operated the nasty, dirty, unsafe place I mentioned above. Yes -- that doctor wants to open up a new clinic.
Putting aside my personal views on abortion I'm appalled that anyone would be happy about this particular doctor opening up a new clinic. His track record has shown he's unsafe for women! No nurse, filthy environment, rusty tools, no machine to sterilize equipment, etc.
10 years ago the clinic shut down because of serious health violations. rusty tools, no way to sterilize tools, no nurse on staff, and just nasty and filthy. The doctor and owner ultimately decided to shut down permanently - The fine was much cheaper if he just shut down vs trying to stay open and fix the violations.
So for the last 10 years, there has been no clinic here. The nearest one is 70 plus miles away. Yep, that's right, people here have to travel and have been traveling for the last decade 70 plus miles for an abortion.
I'm sure many of you have seen the maps and Illinois is basically an island and basically the only "abortion friendly" place in the midwest. As a result, not surprisingly, a doctor wants to open up a clinic here. I shouldn't be surprised, but the doctor that wants to open up a clinic is the SAME doctor who owns and operated the nasty, dirty, unsafe place I mentioned above. Yes -- that doctor wants to open up a new clinic.
Putting aside my personal views on abortion I'm appalled that anyone would be happy about this particular doctor opening up a new clinic. His track record has shown he's unsafe for women! No nurse, filthy environment, rusty tools, no machine to sterilize equipment, etc.
There is a local Democratic candidate running for local office and when I pointed that out to her the response I got was that it was basically the fault of the pro-life protestors. That the protestors make it so good abortionists do not want to work in our area; that the protestors make it too much of a hostile environment. Yes, it's somehow the fault of the protestors the place this doctor ran was just nasty, filthy, dirty, on the inside.
I pointed out this doctor's track record to a local liberal who on their TikTok expressed wanting help. They wanted people to gather around the women that want to use this new clinic when it opens (if it opens), to protect them from the pro-life protestors. When I pointed out that I wouldn't use this doctor or any clinic associated with this doctor her response was "that's your choice, but I'm going to help women get access to what is their choice" -- or something to that effect. Totally disregarding the fact that my concern is how this particular doctor has a horrible track record on keeping a clean, sterile, healthy environment -
These two women are angry and appalled that women (or children) have to travel out of state for care. They are appalled that rights are being taken away, they are angry over all the stories of care being denied, medication being denied, and appointments being canceled, but yet have no anger or disgust for the way this doctor ran his clinic 10 years ago, have no anger and disgust that he may open up a new clinic.
I pointed out this doctor's track record to a local liberal who on their TikTok expressed wanting help. They wanted people to gather around the women that want to use this new clinic when it opens (if it opens), to protect them from the pro-life protestors. When I pointed out that I wouldn't use this doctor or any clinic associated with this doctor her response was "that's your choice, but I'm going to help women get access to what is their choice" -- or something to that effect. Totally disregarding the fact that my concern is how this particular doctor has a horrible track record on keeping a clean, sterile, healthy environment -
These two women are angry and appalled that women (or children) have to travel out of state for care. They are appalled that rights are being taken away, they are angry over all the stories of care being denied, medication being denied, and appointments being canceled, but yet have no anger or disgust for the way this doctor ran his clinic 10 years ago, have no anger and disgust that he may open up a new clinic.