From the Asheville Citizen-Times:
Western North Carolina’s only abortion clinic will close its doors Saturday, leaving the area without a provider of abortion services for at least six months until a new clinic is opened.
Dr. Lorraine Cummings, who owns the business and serves as its sole physician, put the building up for sale in March. The clinic opened in 1985 near downtown Asheville, and has been the city’s only provider of abortion services for many years.
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