Planned Parenthood opens Illinois 'mega-clinic' secretly built to counter tough Missouri anti-abortion law
By Owen Daugherty - 10/02/19 08:37 AM EDT
Planned Parenthood announced the opening of a new 18,000 square-foot clinic in Southern Illinois on Wednesday after more than a year of secretly building the facility.
The new mega clinic in Illinois is just 13 miles from Missouri's last remaining abortion clinic, located in St. Louis.
CBS News reports that Planned Parenthood used a shell company to build the massive facility, leaving no sign as to who was behind the operation.
Colleen McNicholas, chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, told the news outlet that the facility was built secretively to avoid protestors and possible delays in construction.
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