{"id":224390,"date":"2020-05-27T12:55:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T17:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=224390"},"modified":"2020-05-27T12:55:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T17:55:21","slug":"pro-lifers-protest-illinois-planned-parenthood-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-lifers-protest-illinois-planned-parenthood-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of pro-lifers protest Illinois Planned Parenthood that opened during pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As Live Action News previously reported<\/a>, while businesses across the country shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, Planned Parenthood opened a brand new facility in Waukegan, Illinois, on May 12th. The center’s location was reportedly chosen because the county is the third largest in the state, has the fifth highest population per county of uninsured or underinsured patients, and has seen an increase in sexually transmitted infections, according to the Daily Herald<\/a>. The center aims to reach patients from multiple counties, the greater Chicagoland area, and Wisconsin. The center’s website notes that the location offers the abortion pill up to 11 weeks gestation (one week past the FDA’s safety protocol for the drug), and surgical abortions through 19 weeks and 6 days.<\/p>\n

According to WORLD<\/a>, local pro-lifers learned from the Chicago Tribune<\/a> about the center’s opening only a few weeks in advance, due to Planned Parenthood’s pattern of using shell companies to secretly purchase or build new facilities. Just last October, Planned Parenthood opened a mega center in Fairview Heights, Illinois, near the Missouri border.<\/p>\n