Posted on Jun 29, 2022
Oregon’s only abortion clinic east of the Cascades braces for more patients
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While abortion remains legal in Oregon, many residents could still find it harder to access services once planned bans in other states go into effect.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to reverse the landmark Roe v. Wade decision has already led to 13 states imposing bans on most or all abortions, according to the Washington Post.
Planned Parenthood’s Bend location — the only clinic in Oregon providing abortion services east of the Cascades — is expecting an increase in traveling patients, further straining a limited number of resources available.
That’s on top of the surge in patients they’re already seeing from Idaho, where demand for reproductive health services exceeds availability.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to reverse the landmark Roe v. Wade decision has already led to 13 states imposing bans on most or all abortions, according to the Washington Post.
Planned Parenthood’s Bend location — the only clinic in Oregon providing abortion services east of the Cascades — is expecting an increase in traveling patients, further straining a limited number of resources available.
That’s on top of the surge in patients they’re already seeing from Idaho, where demand for reproductive health services exceeds availability.
Oregon’s only abortion clinic east of the Cascades braces for more patients
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..."Bend has one of three Planned Parenthood clinics in Oregon that provides surgical abortion procedures, Nozaki said.
When the majority of abortions become illegal in Idaho, many Oregonians could feel an impact as well. Nozaki said for many residents in Eastern Oregon, Idaho has often been the closest option for reproductive health care.
Those living near the state line in Ontario, for example, are an hour from the clinic in Boise, but more than three hours from Bend and Kennewick, Washington, the next closest clinics.
“There are Oregonians, for sure, that rely on Idaho for care that they’re no longer gonna have,” Nozaki said. “They’re gonna have to go elsewhere.”
Planned Parenthood has leased a building in Ontario, but has not provided any details on what services it will offer in the area. Nozaki said his organization is also looking at expanding to other areas of Oregon in the future, but he did not specify where."
..."Bend has one of three Planned Parenthood clinics in Oregon that provides surgical abortion procedures, Nozaki said.
When the majority of abortions become illegal in Idaho, many Oregonians could feel an impact as well. Nozaki said for many residents in Eastern Oregon, Idaho has often been the closest option for reproductive health care.
Those living near the state line in Ontario, for example, are an hour from the clinic in Boise, but more than three hours from Bend and Kennewick, Washington, the next closest clinics.
“There are Oregonians, for sure, that rely on Idaho for care that they’re no longer gonna have,” Nozaki said. “They’re gonna have to go elsewhere.”
Planned Parenthood has leased a building in Ontario, but has not provided any details on what services it will offer in the area. Nozaki said his organization is also looking at expanding to other areas of Oregon in the future, but he did not specify where."
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Since 65% of Oregonians live mentally in a Far-Left Loony Tune Political Fantasyland, I think all the Left-Wingers there will be just fine. Unfortunately, for the other 35% residents of Oregon who occupy 9/10's of the rest of the State (geographically speaking), it will remain business as usual.
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