MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — Friday was Planned Parenthood’s last dayservingclients out of the Muskegon County Health Department.
“I think it’s important for people to have access to health care at lower rates,” said Megan Tallent as she stood in the parking lot of the health department on Apple Avenue.
Tallent is not a Planned Parenthood client herself, but she’s worried about how the population it serves will be impacted.
“Especially young people, who aren’t necessarily educated on the type of birth control options that are out there.”
Planned Parenthood said Friday it wants to maintain a presence in Muskegon, but the agency has yet tofinda new location.
For now, it’s directing the 1,500 clients it serves yearly to locations in Grand Rapids and elsewhere.
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