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Planned Parenthood reports abortions up 54% in Illinois as bordering states enact laws protecting the preborn

Updated: June 20, 2023 at 8:57 pm EST  See Comments

Tue Jun 20, 2023 – 8:02 pm EDT

(LifeSiteNews) — The Illinois branch of Planned Parenthood says its abortion facilities have seen a drastic influx of abortion-seeking women after a bevy of Republican-led states nationwide have enacted laws to protect the lives of preborn babies. The phenomenon is part of the ongoing “abortion tourism” trend in which women in pro-life states travel for abortion.

Planned Parenthood of Illinois, which operates 17 facilities across the state, told local ABC affiliate News Channel 20 that the rate of women coming to them for abortions has spiked by 54% since the rollback of Roe v. Wade last year by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that ended the nationwide “right to abortion,” states neighboring Illinois, including Wisconsin, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana, have passed or begun enforcing strong laws banning abortions and providing felony penalties for doctors who violate the law. Indiana’s ban has been temporarily blocked pending resolution of a court challenge.

But abortion-seeking women aren’t just coming from states that share a border with Illinois. 

Planned Parenthood of Illinois reportedly told the outlet that pregnant moms have traveled from more

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