The violence at Peoria's Planned Parenthood came 2 days after Gov. Pritzker signed a new abortion bill protecting out-of-state patients and providers
Peoria's Planned Parenthood Health Center will be closed for months after it was vandalized with a fire accelerant.Health Center will be closed for months after it was vandalized with a fire accelerant.
The violence does not come as a surprise to abortion provider Mary Bowman. The nurse practitioner worked at Planned Parenthood's Edgewater clinic when the building's windows were shot out multiple times in 2021.Fortunately, no one was inside the Edgewater or Peoria clinics when they were vandalized.
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