Bathroom walls become message board in Fla. Planned Parenthood
The women reading the messages in the bathroom will now be turned away from getting an abortion if they’re six or more weeks pregnant due to Florida's new law.
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The women reading the messages in the bathroom will now be turned away from getting an abortion if they’re six or more weeks pregnant due to Florida's new law.
One year ago when bans started to come into play across the country, the Jacksonville Planned Parenthood restroom became a place for words of encouragement.
"All of the messages are empowering and focus on women supporting women and people being there to support each other," a Planned Parenthood supervisor said
As abortion laws have become stricter across the nation, especially in the South, following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the bathroom walls of one women's healthcare clinic in Florida have become a refuge for women seeking care. Around one year ago, patients at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Jacksonville started leaving messages of support for each other on the walls of the bathroom in the clinic's lobby, according to Morgan Daniel, the health center supervisor at Planned Parenthood Jacksonville. Daniel said staff members noticed the messages after a few were left initially on t...