Clinic oklahoma city, the first new abortion clinic in the state of oklahoma in more than 40 years. given her work over the years, it is no wonder that julia has become a trusted voice on the show. our producers visited her clinic in wichita. now she is the founder of a group called health access that has plans to access another reproductive health care clinic in wyoming this summer, providing abortion services. wyoming is one of the many states by the way that recently passed was known as a trigger law, it is a law that would ban abortions in wyoming automatically five days after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. which given the news this week, could happen fairly soon. julia has been on the front lines of the battle for reproductive health in this country, and over again for more than 30 years. it is where she finds herself once again. joining us now, julie, the founder of the wealth health access, former ceo of the trust
Wichita had closed because of the continued harassment. but women s health care services did not. dr. george tiller and judy burkehart kept it open for nearly two more decades. despite if all. then on may 31, 2009, the only remaining abortion provider in the entire city of wichita, dr. george tiller, was shot in the head and killed by an anti-abortion extremist. and for about four years after the murder of george tiller, the 400,000 people of wichita had no abortion provider between them. other doctors were understandably scared off by threats and harassments. and the women s health care services clinic shut down. but in 2013, julie burkehart reopened it. because doctors didn t feel comfortable living in wichita give its violent history toward abortion providers, she flew them in. she later opened a second clinic oklahoma city, the first new abortion clinic in the state of oklahoma in more than 40 years.