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Pro-life advocates line sidewalk in peaceful protest near potential future home of Planned Parenthood

Leslie Thompson Argus Observer 17 min ago

ONTARIO — People stretched out from one end of the sidewalk to the other on the south side of the 600 block of Southwest Fourth Avenue on Saturday morning. The reason: a peaceful protest in front of the possible future home of Planned Parenthood.

The location at 640 Southwest Fourth Avenue is the former home of Four Rivers Health Care. The former clinic reportedly is going to be the new home of a Planned Parenthood clinic. Planned Parenthood offers an assortment of reproductive health care, including abortions.

While Planned Parenthood officials will not confirm the location or timing of opening such a clinic in Ontario, they have confirmed the desire to open a clinic here. The reason: abortions are poised to become illegal in Idaho except in certain limited circumstances, which means people from the Treasure Valley will have to travel farther away for services previously offered in Boise and Meridian. As abortion remains protected in Oregon, it is likely women will travel to Oregon for those services.

Currently the next closest Planned Parenthood is in Bend.

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