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==Healthcare== {{See also|Abortion in Illinois}} [[File:Littleegyptmap.PNG|thumb|upright|Southern Illinois is near the Southern United States.]] Carbondale did not provide [[abortion]]s from 1985 to 2022, but after the ''[[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization]]'' court ruling in 2022 paved the way for many US states to prohibit abortion, Carbondale experienced a sharp rise in the number of abortion providers thanks to it being the closest town with legal abortion access to many southern U.S. states such as Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi, with the Choices abortion clinic moving there from [[Memphis, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2023/06/04/carbondale-illinois-abortion-clinics/70180040007/|title=One year on the new front line of America's abortion fight|last=Kenning|first=Chris|date=June 4, 2023|website=USA Today|accessdate=July 5, 2023}}</ref> Carbondale's location in [[Southern Illinois]], south of the [[Missouri River]] to the west, and north of the [[confluence]] of the [[Ohio River]] and the [[Mississippi River]], makes it a central geographic area with close proximity to the [[Southern United States]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/abortion-bans-illinois-clinic-south-travel-demand-a30afcbd022cdeeb92b9aa5788421687|title=As the South bans abortion, thousands turn to Illinois clinics|first1=Amanda|last1=Seitz|date=March 25, 2023|access-date=February 28, 2025|website=Associated Press}}</ref> Carbondale is along the [[City of New Orleans (train)|''City of New Orleans'']] train, whose route extends between Chicago and New Orleans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2023/06/04/carbondale-illinois-abortion-clinics/70180040007/|title=How one quiet Illinois college town became the symbol of abortion rights in America|quote=Most important, though, was the location. Wedged between states likely to limit or ban abortion, it was in a spot where the Ohio and Mississippi rivers dipped the Illinois border toward the American south. Carbondale was closer to Tupelo, Mississippi, and Huntsville, Alabama, than it was to Chicago.|date=June 4, 2023|access-date=February 28, 2025|first1=Chris|last1=Kenning}}</ref>
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