On Wednesday morning, a security guard paced the gated perimeter of Planned Parenthood’s South Claiborne Avenue clinic, where staffers were preparing to treat patients for the first time in roughly a year.
“We’ve only been open for about an hour. So it’s a little quiet so far, but we have a full schedule and are excited to see patients,” said associate medical director Lori Williams, APRN.
Last September, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast shuttered its two Louisiana clinics after more than 40 years in the state, amid what Planned Parenthood Great Plains CEO Emily Wales called “political attacks.” Those included federal Medicaid funding restrictions and opposition from officials such as Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, who described Planned Parenthood as “a business (built) around promoting death.”…