Jennifer Pepper, the CEO of CHOICES abortion clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, spoke about her plans in an interview with St. Louis Public Radio: “When they announced the Dobbs case, we knew that meant that we were likely going to lose access to abortion in Tennessee within the next 12 months,” she said. “I stared at a map and it just kind of all came to me and (I) said to my team — ‘I think it’s this town, in Carbondale. Carbondale had this opportunity to be a critical access point for the entire southeastern United States.”
Abortionist Alan Braid, who openly defied Texas's Heartbeat law after it took effect earlier this year, also announced he plans to relocate to Carbondale.
Carbondale has an Amtrack station connecting it to various pro-life states south of Illinois. It's also a college town. Southern Illinois University has a campus in Carbondale that might draw abortion businesses to the location.
