Dr. Colleen McNicholas is the chief medical officer for Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region. In addition to providing abortion care, family planning services, and advanced GYN care to patients in Missouri and Illinois, Dr. McNicholas oversees the operational aspects of the Regional Logistics Center including partnerships with abortion funds, independent clinics, and other logistical resources. She serves on the Government Affairs Committee for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
As one of the last abortion providers in Missouri, I was part of the fight to preserve reproductive freedom, a fight that was siloed, isolated and othered in the practice of medicine. Today, the same medical institutions that stayed silent on abortion are now the targets of attacks we, as abortion providers, long ago warned […]
