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Minnesota abortion clinic braces for tide of out-of-staters

Laurie Casey, executive director of WE Health Clinic, poses for a photo, Thursday, July 7, 2022, outside her office in Duluth, Minn. (AP Photo/Derek Montgomery) Clinic escorts deploy umbrellas and their bodies to block the view of anti-abortion protester Tom Schaer, center, wearing dark glasses, as he shouts at a woman entering the clinic, Thursday, July 7, 2022 at WE Health Clinic in Duluth, Minn. (AP Photo/Derek Montgomery) The Women's Care Center is seen, Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Duluth, Minn. The Women's Care Center is located at the same intersection as WE Health Clinic. Workers at WE Health Clinic say the Women's Care Center uses deceptive advertisements and misinformation to steer women away from health services like abortion and that the decision to open the building on the same intersection was intentional and meant to sew confusion. (AP Photo/Derek Montgomery) WE Health Clinic obstetrician Dr. Judith Johnson, right, talks with third-year University of Minnesota medical student Rachel Richards, Thursday, July 7, 2022, at WE Health Clinic in Duluth, Minn. Richards was on her first rotation and remarked how excited and in love she was with the work she was doing. On this day, Johnson and Richards were talking about abortions between appointments. (AP Photo/Derek Montgomery) Anti-abortion protester Jeff Asmussen, center, attempts to talk to a clinic escort, Thursday, July 7, 2022, at WE Health Clinic in Duluth, Minn. Protesters like Asmussen are often seen outside the clinic during days when abortions are taking place. "I want to be a witness to the dignity of human life," Asmussen said. "We're rallying the troops out here and offering women going in there a true choice." (AP Photo/Derek Montgomery) WE Health Clinic obstetrician Dr. Judith Johnson, right, talks with third-year University of Minnesota medical student Rachel Richards, Thursday, July 7, 2022 at WE Health Clinic in Duluth, Minn. Richards was on her first rotation and remarked how excited and in love she was with the work she was doing. On this day, Johnson and Richards were talking about abortions between appointments. (AP Photo/Derek Montgomery) Lab assistant Sydni Hanson prepares a suction machine for use between appointments, Thursday, July 7, 2022, at WE Health Clinic in Duluth, Minn. (AP Photo/Derek Montgomery) Anti-abortion protester Jeff Asmussen, left, attempts to talk to a clinic escort, Thursday, July 7, 2022, at WE Health Clinic in Duluth, Minn. Protesters like Asmussen are often seen outside the clinic during days when abortions are taking place. "I want to be a witness to the dignity of human life," Asmussen said. "We're rallying the troops out here and offering women going in there a true choice." (AP Photo/Derek Montgomery) Anti-abortion protester Tom Schaer, right, stands outside WE Health Clinic, Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Duluth, Minn. Protesters like Schaer are often seen outside the clinic during days when abortions are taking place. (AP Photo/Derek Montgomery) A clinic escort outside WE Health Clinic in Duluth, Minn., awaits the arrival of patients, Thursday, July 7, 2022. The clinic escorts protect patients from protesters as they approach and enter the clinic. (AP Photo/Derek Montgomery)