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PPIL: More than 90 percent of Carbondale Health Center’s abortion patients are from out of state

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* Planned Parenthood of Illinois…

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, allowing individual states to ban or restrict abortion access, PPIL has seen a 47% increase in overall abortion care patients and an unprecedented number of out-of-state patients traveling from 41 different states making up nearly a quarter (25%) of PPIL’s overall abortion patients (before Dobbs it was 3-5%).

PPIL health centers located near the Illinois border have seen the highest percentage of out-of-state patients with the largest volume of patients traveling from another state coming from Wisconsin and Indiana. However, the largest increase of patients traveling from another state compared to before Dobbs are coming from Tennessee and Kentucky to the PPIL Carbondale Health Center, which opened in December 2023. […]

Since Carbondale opened its doors in December 2023, 75% of their overall patients come from another state, 88% of them come from a state with restricted access to abortion or gender-affirming care. The Carbondale Health Center has become a key access point for abortion care as over 90% of its abortion patients have traveled from 16 different states, with the top 7 being Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Indiana, Arkansas, Alabama, and Missouri. […]

Additionally, 36% of family planning patients have traveled from 18 states, with half of them seeking gender-affirming care. The Carbondale Health Center sees the highest percentage of out-of-state patients seeking gender-affirming care at 20% compared to 5% in other PPIL health centers. […]

Since the Dobbs decision, PPIL has provided over $3.6 million in financial assistance and practical travel support. Before Dobbs PPIL provided around $250 in support per patient, now the average amount is almost $500 spent on a patient in need. PPIL continues to expand its capacity for abortion care as additional states like Indiana, Iowa and Florida enact measures that severely restrict or outright ban abortion.

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Jun 10, 24 @ 12:34 pm

Comments

I wonder if people are moving to Carbondale or thereabouts because of access to care. I suspect so.

Comment by Dan Johnson Monday, Jun 10, 24 @ 12:55 pm
“I wonder if people are moving to Carbondale or thereabouts”

Probably some healthcare providers, anyway.

Comment by walker Monday, Jun 10, 24 @ 1:01 pm
I don’t know about Carbondale specifically, but I’m hoping Illinois becomes more attractive to residents of many red states. That’s the way freedom and democracy are supposed to work, anyway.

Comment by Jibba Monday, Jun 10, 24 @ 1:27 pm
The 90% number from Carbondale could be a little bit skewed because of the amount of out of state students at SIU but these numbers overall are quite telling. It’s no wonder that a Blue State Governor with a personal fortune would be pushing for ballot referendums in Red States. Especially a Governor with higher aspirations.

Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Jun 10, 24 @ 3:06 pm
I do not see the issue. This is exact what the liberal progressive wanted. are you surprise they came?

Comment by Cannon649 Monday, Jun 10, 24 @ 5:17 pm
===I do not see the issue===

Huh? It’s a numbers post.

Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Jun 10, 24 @ 5:23 pm