Duluth Abortion Clinic Says Patient Percentage Is Now Higher Than Ever

WE Health clinic in Duluth, one of Minnesota’s seven abortion clinics has had patients calling and coming in more than ever since the overturn of Roe v. Wade. This is because the neighboring states to Minnesota (Wisconsin, North, and South Dakota) have banned abortion or soon will.

Kare 11 has done a story on the clinic and one of its employees, who is the lead patient educator, and what their day-to-day looks like now. Here is a link to their video.

While normally the clinic sees patients from northern Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, it is stated by Paulina Briggs, the laboratory supervisor at the clinic, that they “have seen an increase already from eastern Wisconsin and southern Wisconsin.” They have also had a couple patients from South Dakota and even one from Texas.

Kare 11 offers to say that the employees they interviewed have estimated “since the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade calls have gone up by about ten percent. Briggs says at the end of June the clinic had performed 300 abortions so far in 2022, compared to 228 during the same time period in 2021. She says WE Health Clinic is discussing adding another day each month to offer abortions.”

While this may be, Brings commented to Kare 11 that “she does not think the clinic has yet seen the full influx of women anticipated to come now that abortions are not available in their states.”

For more on the story visit here. All information is credited towards Kare 11 and its video and article. to visit We Health Clinic's website click here.