Clinic Fire Deals Blow to Abortion Access on California-Arizona Border
Clinic Fire Deals Blow to Abortion Access on California-Arizona Border
The Planned Parenthood clinic was the only abortion provider in California’s Imperial County and a haven for out-of-state patients.
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Although the cause of the fire is unknown, the loss of the clinic is a stinging reminder of another recent fire at a Southern California abortion clinic. On March 13, 2022, Planned Parenthood’s Costa Mesa Health Center in Orange County was firebombed with a Molotov cocktail. Last month, charges were announced against a third man for his alleged involvement in the attack. “Officials allege that Batten, along with two other men, including a U.S. marine, conspired to attack a women’s health clinic because it had provided reproductive health services,” The Guardian reported.