Planned Parenthood has clinics all over the state that provide services like discounted birth control, STD testing, and abortion medication. Springfield’s facility switched locations this spring, and it was just announced surgical abortions will also be provided there, making it the only Planned Parenthood in
central Illinois to do so – and only the third in the state.
Interim CEO of Planned Parenthood Illinois, Linda Diamond Shapiro, joined us to discuss the new development: