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Mobile abortion vans could be rolling into your town and setting up shop near your neighborhood or church, now that the Supreme Court has overturned 50 years of legalized abortion put in place by Roe v. Wade<\/em>. These abortion businesses on wheels, among the latest efforts to expand abortion, are likely unregulated and potentially dangerous for women.<\/p>\n

Abortion delivered<\/strong><\/p>\n

In what has been dubbed “Abortion Delivered,” the virtual abortion pill<\/a> organization\u00a0Just the Pill<\/a>\u00a0is converting commercial vans into a fleet of mobile abortion facilities<\/a>\u00a0to perform first-trimester abortions on the road in secret locations and neighborhoods. They plan to eventually expand into committing on-the-road second<\/em> trimester abortions at a later time.<\/p>\n

“Through its initiative Abortion Delivered, Just the Pill has been establishing mobile clinics that can deploy to the borders of states where abortion is illegal. The clinics will remain in states where abortion is legal but position themselves as close as possible to state lines to cut down on travel time for patients,” Mother Jones\u00a0reported<\/a> in July.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Julie Amaon<\/a>\u00a0formerly ran the North Austin Planned Parenthood but is now medical director at the online abortion pill dispensary Abortion Delivered (Just the Pill), and openly<\/a>\u00a0ships pills to minors.\u00a0The company\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0corporate name<\/a>\u00a0is JTP Professional Service Corporation, and\u00a0<\/span>records<\/a>\u00a0on file with the IRS show<\/span>\u00a0an address of\u00a02038 Ford Parkway 444, Saint Paul, MN, 55116. Additional online information\u00a0lists<\/a>\u00a0Brooke Bailey<\/a> as JTP\u2019s executive director,\u00a0<\/span>but little information about Bailey is given.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Just the Pill fleet of abortion vans (Image: Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n

“An anonymous donor kicked in funding so Just the Pill<\/a> could purchase two mobile clinics of its own \u2014 one to provide surgical abortion procedures and one for dispensing medication abortion pills,”\u00a0Wisconsin Examiner reported<\/a>, noting that the mobile clinics are unmarked on the outside.<\/p>\n

“On the inside, says Amaon, ‘It\u2019s beautiful.’ Like any doctor\u2019s office, each mobile unit has a sink and chairs, an exam table with a curtain that can be drawn around it,” the media outlet added.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we are currently fundraising for a fleet,\u201d Amaon said.\u00a0\u201cAll of our mobile clinics are bulletproof.”<\/p>\n

According to Cosmopolitan<\/a>, “each single room van will have a staff of at least four: a clinician, a medical assistant, a driver, and a security guard.”\u00a0 Building out these mobile abortion vans takes at least eight months and a minimum budget of $375,000, the magazine noted.<\/p>\n

“Each single-room van will provide up to 16 procedural abortions per day. Eventually, the group hopes to have an entire fleet of mobile clinics on the road full-time in Colorado, and it\u2019s eyeing New Mexico, Illinois, and its home state of Minnesota next. Also in the works is a larger abortion bus, with two procedure rooms and a dedicated recovery space. This will allow the group to perform second-trimester abortions as well,” Cosmopolitan reported.<\/p>\n

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Abortion Delivered Mobile Abortion Van<\/p><\/div>\n

The organization is also seeking to bring mobile abortion vans to the Texas border, according to a published<\/a>\u00a0fundraising effort.<\/p>\n

Just the Pill advertises through Google ads, and 85% of patients find the group online, Amaon told<\/a>\u00a0the Wisconsin Examiner. According to Minnesota Monthly<\/a>, \u201cAmaon plans to grow the mobile clinic\u2019s services to include gender-affirming care, IUD and nexplanon placement, suction abortion procedures, and other primary-care services for rural areas, where access is limited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood<\/strong><\/p>\n

In October of 2022,\u00a0Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri (PPSLRSWMO) announced<\/a> the “launching [of] Planned Parenthood\u2019s\u00a0first-ever mobile abortion clinic in the country<\/a>. It will serve the border regions of southern Illinois to meet patients closer to where they are.”<\/p>\n

According to NPR<\/a>,\u00a0Planned Parenthood is “reviewing data to determine where patients are coming from and looking at healthcare facilities, churches<\/strong>, and other locations as potential stopping-off points.” (emphasis added)<\/p>\n

“The mobile clinic will begin offering consultations and dispensing abortion pills later this year. It will operate within Illinois, where abortion\u00a0remains legal<\/a>, but will be able to travel closer to neighboring states’ borders, reducing the distance many patients travel for the procedure,” NPR wrote.<\/p>\n

The “mobile facility” which is “set up inside of an RV” will include “a small waiting area, laboratory, and two exam rooms” and will “offer surgical abortions, likely beginning sometime next year,” NPR also reported.<\/p>\n

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Planned Parenthood mobile abortion van (Image: Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n

In a virtual press conference<\/a>, Planned Parenthood described its 37-foot “mobile abortion clinic<\/a>” as offering the abortion pill so “more people with low incomes” can access abortion. The RV<\/a> has been retrofitted with a lab, waiting room, and two exam rooms which can be converted to surgical abortion rooms, Planned Parenthood’s spokesperson claimed, adding they it could potentially see up to 30 clients daily.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood said they hope this will be a model that can be replicated in additional states, and they are working with “other partners” on similar efforts.<\/p>\n