Attendees at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago and members of the public are being offered free abortions at a Planned Parenthood mobile abortion clinic.
The pop-up clinic situated just a few streets away from the venue where Kamala Harris is expected to be selected as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, has been offering free medical abortions both today and yesterday.
The chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Great Rivers told the New York Post: “There are going to be people traveling to Chicago from all over the country”.
As part of their promotion of the mobile abortion clinic, Planned Parenthood also teamed up with a local fast food vendor who said that everyone who attends the clinic will receive a coupon for a free hot dog.
The New York Post reports that the form previously said that the services would be provided “on a sliding-fee scale – pay what you can and get the health care you need”.
Abortion provider Planned Parenthood advises women having an abortion to do so in a comfortable setting and to take painkillers before a medical abortion.
Planned Parenthood explains that in a medical abortion, it is “normal to see large blood clots (up to the size of a lemon) or clumps of tissue during the abortion”.
Writing for the National Review, Haley Strack explains what having a mobile abortion clinic in close proximity to the DNC may mean: “Does Planned Parenthood expect women to go back to their Chicago hotel rooms, get comfortable, and take the abortion pill? What is the pre- and post-care offered at this week’s abortion pop-up? The DNC lasts for four days. All abortion appointment slots have been filled this week, Planned Parenthood said. It’s entirely possible that some number of women will be bleeding in the bathrooms at the DNC, as Harris brags about her pro-woman platform”.
Kamala Harris and abortion
Kamala Harris has been a long-time supporter of abortion and has a track record of using her political position and influence to promote it. If she is selected as the Democrats’ presidential nominee and wins the election in November, it is likely that the defence and expansion of abortion access will be among her priorities.
In selecting Tim Walz as her vice presidential nominee, Harris appears to have chosen someone who has taken an even more extreme position on abortion over the years than she has.
In June 2018 at a Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) convention, Walz said “My record is so pro-choice, Nancy Pelosi asked me if I should tone it down”.
Walz has made abortion a cornerstone of his legislative agenda while in office and has consistently voted for radical pro-abortion legislation, including against legislation that sought to prohibit abortion on the basis of the race or gender of the baby, as well as voting against legislation that would have required health care practitioners to provide the same medical care to babies born alive after an abortion as they would to any other baby born at the same gestation.
Spokesperson for Right To Life UK, Catherine Robinson, said “Planned Parenthood appears to be trivialising abortion by offering hot dog coupons, monopolising on the increased footfall from the DNC. Sadly, as has been pointed out, this means there may well be women having an abortion in the toilets of the Democratic National Convention venue itself, without any medical oversight”.
