Already GoneThe visual remnants of an abortion clinic already shut down in El Paso, TX after the passage of Texas Senate Bill 8. The bill banned abortions as early as five weeks after the start of a patient's last menstrual cycle, effectively banning abortion in the state, with very limited exceptions.Date | Location: October 2021, Austin, TX
Light < TunnelThe grounds of a then-recently-closed clinic, after Texas lawmakers passed legislation (the Texas Heartbeat Act) in May 2021, banning abortions as soon as fetal cardiac activity can be detected. Date | Location: October 2021, El Paso, TX
One Way St.Anti-abortion propaganda material stapled to a telephone pole outside of a Planned Parenthood in New Orleans, LA. After Texas banned abortion, New Orleans clinics were flooded with out-of-state patients who had their bodily autonomy rights stripped. Louisiana has since also outlawed abortion.Date | Location: May 2022, New Orleans, LA
Legislation GamesSignage outside of a now-closed abortion clinic in Austin, TX; because nothing makes a medical facility feel more inviting and safe than immensely threatening legal warnings upon entering the parking lot.Date | Location: May 2022, Austin, TX
I Didn't Think This Was A PrisonThe extensive fencing, barriers, and walls outside of a still-practicing Planned Parenthood that no longer is providing abortion services in Austin, TX - a truly inviting and peaceful environmental experience for patients. Date | Location: May 2022, Austin, TX
Access DeniedThe extensive levels of security barring entry to a women's health center in Austin, TX, including but not limited to: electric gates, substantial video surveillance, and a bridge over a stream, utilized as a modern interpretation of a medieval moat. Date | Location: May 2022, Austin, TX
And Forgive Those Who Trespass Against UsOne of many signs throughout a clinic parking lot overlooking the picnic area on the other side of the stream that naturally creates a protective barriar through means of a naturally-formed moat. Date | Location: May 2022, Austin, TX
Modern Day MoatingThe modern day protective measures via landscaping made to ensure physical safety for the staff and the patients at a (now-defunct) clinic in Austin, TX.Date | Location: May 2022, Austin, TX
Friend Or FoeThe view from inside the parking lot of a clinic in Austin, TX. The fencing acts as a first layer of protection (in addition to security cameras & a gated bridge) blocking the parking lot from view of the busy road its entrance is on.Date | Location: May 2022, Austin, TX
We're Watching YouOne of the many necessary measures abortion clinics have to take to ensure the safety of their patients and their staff. There have been 42 bombings and 186 arsons committed against clinics since 1977, as well as 17 attempted murders.Date | Location: May 2022, Austin, TX
Last/Lost House In MississippiMississippi's Pink House, the last, and now lost abortion clinic in the state of Mississippi. The former Jackson Women's Health Organization was purchased the pink-stucco building known as the Pink House shortly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, to be turned into a consignment shop.Date | Location: May 2022, Jackson, MS
Required For Staff SafetyThe (unfortunately necessary) warning sign outside of a clinic in New Orleans, LA. Signs like these are often found outside of clinics due to the high freqency of threats leveraged against them.Date | Location: May 2022, New Orleans, LA
Sidewalk ArgumentsThe visual reminders of the ongoing argument outside of a clinic in New Orleans, LA. After talking to a clinic employee, I learned that Louisiana was seeing an overflow from other southern states as a cascade effect from women crossing state lines to get the treatment they seek. Abortion is now outlawed in Louisiana.Date | Location: May 2022, New Orleans, LA
Do You Have An Appointment?The sad reality of needing layers upon layers of security, for both staff & patient safety. Imagine if you needed to be buzzzed in or provided a security code in order to access your medical care - doesn't this sound insane to you yet? Taken in New Orleans, Lousiana.Date | Location: May 2022, New Orleans, LA
Holding On To HopeThe glimmer of sunset over the walls around a Planned Parenthood in Austin, TX, a visual representation of the concurrent loss of hope and attempt to maintain hope in dire circumstances. Limitations and restrictions run rampant, but optimism in the face of darkness.Date | Location: May 2022, Austin, TX
Right Outside The StateThe outside of a clinic in Santa Teresa, NM, just on the other side of the Texas/New Mexico border. After Texas initiated their abortion ban, clinics like this became a safe haven for pregnant persons seeking termination outside of Texas's jurisdiction.Date | Location: October 2021, Santa Teresa, NM
Harassment Available In All LanguagesA remnant that remains from past protestors outside of a clinic in New Orleans, Louisiana, Even when they aren't standing outside the clinics, their harassment and propaganda is ever-present.Date | Location: May 2022, New Orleans, LA
A Brazen Act of BraveryA doctor emblazoning their name on the outside a clinic in Omaha, NE - an act of bravery and defiance, while also painting a target on his back. Because nothing screams "pro-life" like threatening and murdering medical professionals for honoring this healthcare, like has been done countless times to abortion providers.Date | Location: April 2023, Omaha, NE
Just A Dr.'s Office The entrance of a Planned Parenthood in Austin, TX; the clinic is still providing women's health services and actively practicing, but no longer providing abortion services to Texas women. Date | Location: May 2022, Austin, TX
Closed For BusinessThe (now for sale) building that was formerly an abortion clinic in El Paso, TX. After Texas lawmakers passed legislation (the Texas Heartbeat Act) in May 2021, essentially outlawing abortion, many clinics were forced to shutter their doors. Date | Location: October 2021, El Paso, TX
All Day, Every DayThe scene I've watched play out over and over again outside so many clinics across this country. Why is a patient's right to safety and privacy not actually respected in this country? Date | Location: May 2022, Baton Rouge, LA
New Kind Of Noise ComplaintSince protestors are not allowd to physically cross onto the clinic property, some take it upon themselves to bring their own speakers, through which they scream obsenities and sexist terms at, or to read biblical texts and passages to patients on the other side of the wall. Taken May 2022.Date | Location: May 2022, Jackson, MS
Hiding In Plain SightWhite fake abortion clinics can blatantly and flagrantly display their promotional propaganda and deceiving decoys, some clinics go the route of being as undetectible or unidentifiable as possible. Taken in Atlanta, GA.
Bans Off Our Bodies IIIThe consistent signage seen outside of abortion clinics throughout the country, a perpetual plea for respecting bodily autonomy.Date | Location: September 2023, Atlanta, GA
Bans Off Our Bodies IThe consistent signage seen outside of abortion clinics throughout the country, a perpetual plea for respecting bodily autonomy. Date | Location: September 2023, Atlanta, GA
Bans Off Our Bodies IIThe consistent signage seen outside of abortion clinics throughout the country, a perpetual plea for respecting bodily autonomy. Date | Location: September 2023, Greenville, SC