This is why it's so hard to open a new abortion clinic
, despite being in a state that has recently liberalized its abortion laws, the organization was still compelled to operate in secret in order to construct their new facility:
Since August 2018, Planned Parenthood has used a shell company to construct the facility, leaving no public trace that the former medical office would become one of the largest abortion clinics in the country. CBS News first visited the site in August, while it was still being built. Colleen McNicholas, the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, said the facility was built in secret to avoid protestors and delays. Other Planned Parenthood projects had run into problems once the public realized the construction was for an abortion provider. In one instance, a communications company had refused to install telephone and data lines; in another, a cabinet maker never delivered an order, McNicholas said.
But it’s not just protesters and leery contractors that are the only challenges that abortion providers confront when attempting to open a new clinic. The costs of building and running a new clinic have also jumped in recent years, thanks in part to
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