Planned Parenthood Great Plains Expands to Southwest Oklahoma, Opens New Health Center in Lawton to Increase Access to Family Planning and Other Essential Care
Planned Parenthood Great Plains (PPGP) is excited to launch a new health center in Lawton, Oklahoma, marking the organization's expansion into the southwestern region of the state. The Lawton location brings access to reproductive health care much closer to home for patients in a part of the state where there is an identified need for sexual health. The clinic started seeing patients for a wide range of services including birth control, STI and HIV testing and treatment, emergency contraception (morning-after pill), pregnancy testing and services, and general wellness care.
Planned Parenthood Great Plains Receives Grant from Oklahoma City Community Foundation to Increase Access to STI Testing for Uninsured and Underinsured Patients
Planned Parenthood Great Plains (PPGP) is pleased to announce it received a $31,000 grant from the Oklahoma City Community Foundation and its Access to Health Care iFund grant program.
Planned Parenthood Great Plains on President’s Executive Order: Abortion Should Be Safe, Legal, and Accessible
Today, Planned Parenthood Great Plains (PPGP) applauded President Biden’s Executive Order Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Care Services including expanding access to contraceptives and safeguarding privacy. This Executive Order comes two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned 50 years of a constitutional right to an abortion, which immediately impacted much of the region PPGP serves.
Oklahoma Total Abortion Bans Challenged in Court
Today, abortion providers and advocates in Oklahoma filed a lawsuit in state court challenging two total abortion bans with criminal penalties for providers, one of which has been on the books since 1910. The 1910 “pre-Roe” ban prohibits abortion entirely and was revived by the Oklahoma Attorney General on June 24, 2022, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Planned Parenthood Great Plains to Arkansas County Prosecutor: Prioritize Patients and Victims Over Headlines
At a time when Arkansans are still reeling from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strip people of their right to access safe, legal abortion care, Benton County Prosecuting Attorney Nathan Smith doubled down on plans to enforce criminal actions against providers offering what should be considered basic health care in a letter to Planned Parenthood Great Plains (PPGP).
Planned Parenthood Great Plains Reacts to Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade; Ending Abortion Access in Majority of the Midwest
Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 opinion to overturn Roe, eliminating 50 years of protection for the right to safe, legal abortion.
Planned Parenthood Great Plains Names Emily Wales President and CEO, Launches Center for Abortion and Reproductive Equity (CARE)
Today, Planned Parenthood Great Plains (PPGP) board of directors announced Emily Wales has been named the organization’s president and CEO. To build on PPGP’s priority of expanding patient access, PPGP also announced the establishment of the Center for Abortion and Reproductive Equity (CARE), which will bring together PPGP’s expertise in lowering barriers to comprehensive care, with a commitment to addressing the structural challenges faced by marginalized communities in accessing health care.
Oklahoma Becomes First State to Entirely Ban Abortion
Today, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law H.B. 4327, a citizen-enforced total ban on abortion that took effect today immediately upon signature. Oklahoma is now the only state in the United States to successfully outlaw abortion while Roe v. Wade still stands.
Vigilante Abortion Ban Takes Effect in Oklahoma
Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court declined to immediately block a citizen-enforced ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy (S.B. 1503). The Oklahoma state legislature passed the ban on April 28 with anti-abortion lawmakers forestalling any debate or questions.
In The News
Abortion clinic that opened days after Roe fell is inundated
Nov. 4, 2022 • AP News
When Planned Parenthood decided four years ago to open a new clinic in a medically underserved working-class neighborhood here, it envisioned a place that would save women living nearby from having to take hourslong bus rides to obtain birth control, testing or an abortion.
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'It's almost like playing the lottery': Abortion providers struggle with high demand
Oct. 4, 2022 • KCUR
Kansas is one of a few states in its region where abortion is legal. Planned Parenthood Great Plains is struggling to keep up with demand as patients travel from as far as Texas and Louisiana to receive care.
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‘Eye of the storm’: Planned Parenthood in Kansas can’t keep up with abortion demand
Sept. 27, 2022 • The Kansas City Star
The new Planned Parenthood health center in Kansas City, Kansas, was designed to be brightly lit and friendly, a comfortable space for patients to have those often-uncomfortable conversations about their sexual and reproductive health needs.
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What the vote to protect abortion rights in Kansas means to the region, nation
Aug. 11, 2022 • ABC News
President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains Emily Wales outlines the significance of the vote in a region where access is shrinking.
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Kansas Abortion Vote Shocks Washington
Aug. 6, 2022 • MSNBC
This week, by a stunning 20-point margin, Kansas voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have given lawmakers the power to restrict or ban abortion in the state.
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‘We found common ground.’ How abortion rights were won in conservative Kansas
Aug. 4, 2022 • Los Angeles Times
For abortion rights activists, Kansas voters’ overwhelming rejection Tuesday of a ballot measure that would have allowed Republican lawmakers to restrict or outlaw the procedure is not just an unexpected victory in this conservative state.
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“The plan backfired”: Kansas voters fiercely reject an antiabortion ballot initiative
Aug. 3, 2022 • Vanity Fair
A ballot measure that would have stripped abortion protections from the state’s constitution resoundingly failed in Kansas Tuesday night in a major victory for reproductive rights. It was “a sign of just how unpopular overturning Roe v. Wade is nationally,” one election watcher said.
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'This is what a crisis looks like': Planned Parenthood official on abortion ruling fallout
July 26, 2022 • CNN
Emily Wales, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, says the amount of confusion is incredibly high as more states move to ban abortion.
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The threat to abortion access in purple states
July 2, 2022 • MSNBC
Several purple states like Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania are now under threat of having abortion banned if Republicans win the gubernatorial races there. MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin speaks to Oklahoma Senate Nominee Kendra Horn and Planned Parenthood Great Plains President & CEO Emily Wales on the future of abortion access in these states.
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