{"id":305096,"date":"2024-01-16T10:42:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T16:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=305096"},"modified":"2024-01-15T18:11:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T00:11:25","slug":"abortion-businesses-california-blocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-businesses-california-blocked\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Not in my backyard’: Many people want abortion to be legal… but they don’t want it nearby"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At Politico, reporter Rachel Bluth recently discussed the issue<\/a> of NIMBYism \u2014 “not in my backyard” \u2014 in California, of all places, regarding abortion. Though California prides itself on being an abortion haven<\/a>, it seems at a grassroots level, abortion facilities aren’t always welcome to set up shop there.<\/p>\n

Numerous citizens in various California cities have fought the opening of new abortion facilities. For instance, hundreds of people<\/a> protested when a new facility was set to open in Fontana, and community pushback caused an abortion facility in Beverly Hills to lose its lease<\/a>. Even Planned Parenthood abandoned plans for a facility in Visalia when residents complained<\/a>. Politico noted that another new facility planned for El Centro couldn’t open due to bureaucratic red tape.<\/p>\n

Billboards are now being erected around Los Angeles, paid for by the LA Abortion Support Collective and the National Institute for Reproductive Health, calling for the Beverly Hills facility to be allowed to open. \u201cIt\u2019s striking because here we are in bright blue California, and I think the perception from other parts of the country is that we\u2019re wildly supported here,\u201d Jon Dunn, the head of Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties, told Politico. \u201cThe Governor has been a champion for us, as has our legislature, but municipality by municipality, it can be very different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jess Fuselier, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Abortion Support Collective, added, \u201cLet Los Angeles serve as a cautionary tale: In a city and state with legal protections for abortion care, providers still cannot open the desperately needed clinics to provide the necessary abortion care later in pregnancy.”<\/p>\n

Yet what is not acknowledged is that people just don’t really like<\/em> abortion, even if they want it to remain legal.<\/p>\n