Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood of Illinois hosted a storytelling celebration Saturday in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility 2025. The event featured stories and art from the Bloomington-Normal transgender community and beyond.

Planned Parenthood of Illinois says it will close health centers in Bloomington and three other cities as it faces financial challenges. Appointments will end in March.

Chief Financial Officer Tonya Tucker will serve as interim CEO while the organization searches for a permanent replacement.

The wait time for phone calls to Planned Parenthood of Illinois also doubled in the days immediately after the election.

More than 16 months after a firebombing caused extensive damage, the Peoria Health Center on Knoxville is back open following a $1.5 million renovation.

Illinois has become a haven for abortion care, with nearly a quarter of Planned Parenthood patients coming from 41 states over the last two years, up from 3% to 5% of patients prior to the 2022 Dobbs decision.

It’s the latest move to expand access to abortion in Illinois as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether to block access to mifepristone.

The clinic at 2709 N. Knoxville Ave. doesn't currently offer surgical abortions, but it does have family planning, STI, and gender-affirming care services. The clinic does have medication abortion services available.

Planned Parenthood of Illinois' senior director of public policy and advocacy spoke at an event organized by the League of Women Voters of McLean County on Tuesday evening.

A Chillicothe man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison for the January firebombing of the Peoria Planned Parenthood clinic.