Friday marks three weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended a federal right to abortion.
enact abortion bans. As CBS 2's Chris Tye reported Thursday, a new partnership has been launched between Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and Illinois to help women in the Midwest access abortion services in the latter state., with Roe overturned, a law from more than 150 years ago makes abortion a felony. Planned Parenthood saw this day coming and began to plan.
"Because of this partnership, we have been able to double our abortion provision at the Waukegan health center," said Kristin Schultz of Planned Parenthood of Illinois.More recently, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin began certifying staff to work in Illinois to be able to help with their patients crossing the state line for care. And they are crossing a lot.
In the nearly three weeks since the Supreme Court ruling, call volume into Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has doubled. Most of those calls and patients being routed to Illinois.
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