Two weeks ago, Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains announced that they would open a new clinic in Pittsburg this fall. Last night, speaking at the Pittsburg City Commission meeting several residents voiced their displeasure regarding the new facilities.
KRPS’s Fred Fletcher-Fierro has more.
When the new clinic opens later this year it will be the fourth that Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains will operate in Kansas, including locations in Overland Park, Wichita, and Kansas City, Kansas.
According to a press release issued earlier this month, Crawford County, where Pittsburg is located CHPPGP estimates that 37 percent of women are in need of publicly funded contraceptive services, and the county exceeds the state average for STI infection rates.
Shawn Osbeen last night spoke in opposition to the clinic.
“I would plead with our county commissioners to please do whatever you can not to allow that to happen. As a bible believing Christian as many others are I firmly believe that that the bible makes it clear that life begins at conception and we’re all going to be held accountable."
Also in the press release, CHPPGP cited that Crawford County voters support abortion rights as demonstrated by the 55% of residents who voted in favor of keeping the procedure available in Kansas in August of 2022.
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