The state's only three clinics are being forced to relocate in the wake of a near-total abortion ban, and they're scrambling to come up with a plan.
, a diaper and period supply bank in Shreveport. She said she doesn’t know how the diaper bank is going to meet demand now that the abortion clinics are closed. “It was already tough before, now it’s going to be next to impossible.”
Pittman said that while she hasn’t decided where Hope Medical is going to relocate, she’s consulting her attorneys and looking at all of the options in nearby states where abortion is still legal. She wants to go to a place that could still serve all the pregnant people from Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and Mississippi, who now live in abortion deserts. “I fear forcing people to continue pregnancies that are unwanted or they cannot afford, will drive them further into poverty,” she said.
Medical providers expect Louisiana’s new abortion ban, which has very narrow exceptions, to have a ripple effect on reproductive healthcare throughout the state. For example, many OB/GYN residents in the state trained at the embattled Shreveport clinic to learn about abortion procedures, which are also used to treat miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies.Dr.
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