ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Midwest Reproductive Health, which offers abortion services, is set to open on Maray Drive on November 20th.
The clinic will offer services ranging from birth control consultations to medication abortion, with a focus on patient comfort and accessibility, including same-day appointments .
The facility is set to open in the former Animal Emergency Clinic, at 4236 Maray Drive, and is owned by the Madison, Wisconsin-based Rockford Family Planning Foundation.
“The clinic is committed to providing confidential care to all patients with a goal of helping people make informed choices, ensuring everyone has access to the reproductive healthcare they need and deserve,” said Ali Kliegman, Executive Director of Midwest Reproductive Health. “In the face of increasingly restrictive policies in our surrounding states, our clinic offers education, options and support for individuals seeking affordable, compassionate and dignified abortion care
In 2022, Dr. Dennis Christensen, a Milwuakee-based doctor who once operated an abortion clinic at 1400 Broadway, said he bought the property.