In the year since the Supreme Court dismantled Roe v. Wade, the quiet college town of Carbondale, Illinois, came to symbolize the shifting map of U.S. abortion access.
But during an appearance on the “Carbondale Crisis” webcast, Republican state Sen. Terri Bryant, who represents a portion of southern Illinois, predicted Illinois would only pursue more permissive abortion laws.On a sunny fall morning, Gallegos got out of her car and walked up to the Alamo Women’s Clinic, a one-story building set among small medical offices on the corner of a divided state highway.
By then, more than a dozen states had enacted near-total abortion bans. Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas – places where women might now look toward Carbondale. And that meant people seeking an abortion had to bridge longer and costlier distances. Afound that travel time for women in Texas to the nearest abortion facility increased by nearly eight hours.
“In Tulsa, the antis bought an empty lot across the street from the clinic. They put up a cross, a little shelter, a little prayer area. They were out there, 20 people at a time, screaming at patients,” he said. “It was pretty awful.” Already that day, Alamo was setting appointments for people coming from as far away as Texas and Florida.Finding a way to CarbondaleOutside her remote Illinois farmhouse, a distant drive from Carbondale – she's careful not to say exactly where – goats grazed on a cold December day. Inside, she scrolled through messages from women across the South: Jasmine from Texas. Kyler from Arkansas. Lesha from Georgia.
Dreith, who went to college in Carbondale, helps run the Midwest Access Coalition, a donations-and-grants-funded nonprofit that started in 2015 as state restrictions were already fracturing the abortion landscape. On this day, she was helping a 24-year-old woman in Arkansas who had an appointment at the Alamo clinic in Carbondale. It was 680 miles round trip. $150 gas, $40 food. A room at the Best Western in Carbondale.
Just a few days before Christmas, a blizzard was forecast to sweep across southern Illinois’ fields and forests. In December, as patients from across the country flowed in and out of Carbondale, employees at Choices Center for Reproductive Health kept up with their system. A whiteboard on one wall tracked each staffer's visit to each waiting patient.
In yet another was a young woman in a hoodie and sweatpants. She was nervous and kept an earphone in one ear. She said she wanted to be ready to care for a child.At Choices, the walls are dotted with encouraging artwork. Patient handouts give guidance on what to expect after taking abortion medication.
There would be cramping. Bleeding is normal. Watch for blood clots bigger than a lemon, they said. Call if she had concerns. And they stressed that once the pill is taken, there is no turning back. A series of anti-abortion speakers said the"bubble zone" proposal violated their constitutional rights and they threatened legal action. They said the decision was part of a larger question of the city’s identity. Supporters countered that women and clinic workers shouldn’t be bullied.
Anti-abortion speakers said the city council's plan for a protest buffer zone violated their constitutional rights. The ordinance passed.Curt Caldwell, a former teacher, had been going out with his wife, Connie, to pray outside the clinics. He said they were disappointed more residents weren’t actively involved.
Carbondale resident Stanley Tucker wrote to the local paper, saying he’d sat in his chair holding a sign reading"Choose Life" or"Protect the Unborn,” and complained about residents passing by and shouting obscenities at protesters. City officials confirmed a new clinic was set to open this year but wouldn’t say where, and some clinic operators stayed publicly mum about their plans.
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