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Mishawaka, Elkhart, and Niles (MI). The location on 3527 Lincoln Way West would <br /> be their twelfth office in Indiana and seventh office in Michiana. <br /> Women's Care Centers INC have a history of opening offices adjunct or within <br /> close proximity to OBGYN clinics through out Indiana. In South Bend, the Women's <br /> Care Center on highly visible Ironwood drive is a two minute walk from the now <br /> closed Women's Pavilion in secluded Ironwood circle. The Women's Care Center in <br /> Mishawaka is located 2.8 miles from the Planned Parenthood clinic on Grape road. <br /> In Elkhart, the Women's Care Center operates across W. Marion street from the <br /> Planned Parenthood clinic. <br /> Additionally, there are two Women's Care Centers on the westside and downtown <br /> located on Norte Dame avenue and Chapin street. The distance between the <br /> existing Women's Care Centers and the new <br /> property on 3527 Lincoln Way West property is <br /> at most a 10 minute car ride or 30 minute bus <br /> ride. <br /> In 2016, Women's Care Center moved into a <br /> property next door to the Bloomington Planned <br /> Parenthood, which had been purchased for 'Women's Care Center <br /> them by anti-abortion foundation for a recorded <br /> $1 ,050,000. In Michigan City, a Planned <br /> Parenthood clinic and a Women's Care Center = Planned Parenthood <br /> Bloomington Health_.. <br /> are a little more than a half-mile apart. This t` <br /> trend continues in Indianapolis, <br /> Merrillville, and Fort Wayne. <br /> Public Safety Concerns <br /> Women's Care Centers attract and allow <br /> protestors to gather or display graphic <br /> signage to harass OBGYN patients on <br /> their way to access medical care. <br /> Images collected from OBGYN clinics <br /> across the state and here at home show <br /> a constant stream of clinic harassment <br /> activity along busy streets and quiet <br /> Graphic picket signs line S. College Ave in <br /> neighborhoods alike. These protestors Bloomington between Women's Care Center and <br /> disrupt traffic, cause nuisance calls to Planned Parenthood. <br /> police, and create an unsightly <br /> environment. _ <br /> I <br /> Research Brief on 05-18 lr.rosclay. l ebniary 20. 2018 FEB 2 0 2 <br /> AREA PLAN,'...... OMMISSION <br />