“Many clinics are finding out … that blue states can often be almost as hostile to their presence as red ones.”The 2022 midterm elections should have been a bloodbath for Democrats. The consequences of President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan were still fresh in voters’ minds. People were facing record-high inflation, a spike in crime, and a growing crisis at our southern border.
The wrath from the Left continued to be felt in 2023 when Republicans in many states lost winnable races and pro-life ballot initiatives lost big.decision has had a negative impact on the abortion services industry. The ruling has made it far more difficult – and expensive – for abortion providers to do business – even in deep blue states.
As a result of the new challenges, the abortion industry, which “has always been a difficult business, with tiny-to-nonexistent profit margins,” is struggling.The Times recounted the story of two doctors who operated an abortion clinic in Washington, D.C. Convinced in early 2022 that the Supreme Court would overturnin June, the pair decided to open a new clinic in California.
In June 2023, “roughly two months after the protests began and about four months before the clinic was supposed to open its doors,” the landlord rescinded the lease, citing a clause which stated, “Tenant will not do anything in the Premises that unreasonably obstructs or interferes with other tenants or occupants of the Building.” The doctors had spent nearly $2 million and have since sued “both the landlord and the city of Beverly Hills.