With his abortion clinic under siege, Dr. David Eisenberg says, 'I effectively have become an instrument of state abuse of power.'
Dr. David Eisenberg is the medical director of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis region.
As legal teams spar, state officials are also requiring physicians to perform a pelvic exam at least 72 hours before every abortion — a step that critics say is aimed solely at deterring women from following through with the procedure. “We hoped we could move the needle in that direction and normalize the healthcare that we provide,” Eisenberg said.
But when they do come, they have a flurry of questions: How long will the clinic remain open? What’s going to happen in court? Will I be able to get an abortion next week? “She is terrified she’s going to be on the table and then the judge is going to say, ‘No, we’ve got to stop,’” said Kawanna Shannon, the clinic’s director of surgical services. “I told her that’s not going to happen. But this is hard on people. They’re stressed out.”spoken out
Many of Eisenberg’s patients would wind up just across the Mississippi River in Granite City, Ill., at the Hope Clinic for Women, where King is the executive director.
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