A Dubuque clinic offering crisis pregnancy solutions will certainly take over space as soon as occupied by an abortion provider.
Clarity Clinic of Dubuque purchased the former Planned Parenthood building at 3365 Hillcrest Road earlier this month for $625,000.
Executive Director Kris Nauman said the building offers two times as considerably space as the clinic’s current location at 2100 Asbury Road, Suite 6. The lease for that location expires in December.
“That will certainly create the clinic to have the ability to expand our educational services and reach out to much more men and women in our community along with our free services,” Nauman said of the move.
DEMAND FOR SERVICES
Nauman said officials strive to be fully moved from the leased office in Dubuque and in to the brand-new clinic space sometime next month.
Clarity Clinic served 768 clients last year and nearly 300 clients so far this year, Nauman said.
The pregnancy focus offers specialized medical services, resources, education and referrals for those facing a crisis pregnancy. solutions contain pregnancy tests, limited obstetrical ultrasound by a registered nurse under the supervision of a physician, post-abortion counseling for men and women and chosen examinations for sexually transmitted diseases. The clinic additionally provides pregnancy and sex education outreach programs, too as free birth and delivery classes to brand-new mothers and fathers.
It is an additional compared to 1,100 Care Net-affiliated pregnancy centers across the U.S. The evangelical network provides marketing, progress and others support solutions to assistance clinics give women and men “along with realistic replacements to abortion,” according to its website.
Clients at Clarity Clinic of Dubuque are served free of regard to religious affiliation.
“Numerous of the young clients that come to us … are scared and are in a situation where they’re filled along with fear,” Nauman said. “We already know this, and we wish to transform that fear in to self-confidence by bringing clarity concerning their situation.
“The No. 1 we can easily do that is by providing a free ultrasound that shows them specifically what’s going on and shows them whether or not they have actually a viable pregnancy.”
Charles Hollensed, vice president of the crisis pregnancy center’s board of directors, said the location additionally gives the clinic higher visibility, provides much easier access for clients by being near Jule bus stops and helps the nonprofit build equity.
PRO-LIFE ‘VICTORY’ TOUTED
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland officials closed the organization’s Dubuque healthiness focus April 29.
A Planned Parenthood official told TH Media in January that stagnant Need for solutions in recent years combined along with growth in nearby Cedar Rapids prompted the closure.
“If Clarity Clinic patients experience anything others compared to a safe environment where they grab medically accurate, unbiased write-up on every one of options, they can easily be confident that they will certainly locate it at Planned Parenthood’s Cedar Rapids healthiness center,” spokeswoman Shelby Young wrote in an email to TH Media. “(Former patients) additionally have actually been informed that we can easily confidentially transfer their healthiness write-up to any type of Planned Parenthood healthiness focus or others provider of their choice, upon their request.”
Marian Bourek, executive director of Dubuque County Right to Life, heralded the news of Clarity Clinic’s relocate as yet another “Success for the community.”
“We still mourn the countless lives lost and the women scarred by abortion in Dubuque and across the nation, however are thrilled Clarity Clinic is in there to supply … life-saving counseling and every one of the crucial support woman will certainly have to carry their pregnancies to term and (have) support afterward,” Bourek said.
The Dubuque Planned Parenthood location performed telemedicine abortions, where doctors dispensed abortion-inducing pills remotely via a teleconferencing system.
Ann Straley, a former member of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland’s board of directors, told TH Media in January that the closure will certainly hurt women along with limited financial means that usage free or reduced-cost clinical services. Attempts to reach her Friday were unsuccessful.
Right-to-life advocates argue every one of the solutions Planned Parenthood available — others compared to abortion — are readily available elsewhere in Dubuque, including for those along with reduced income or that are uninsured.
Clarity Clinic is entirely funded by donations and launched a five-year capital campaign to pay off the debt undertaken from purchasing the building, Nauman said.
“I believe it’s wonderful to delivering a location in to this building that celebrates life and embraces support to families that are in need, especially addressing crisis pregnancy,” she said.
