The picture shows them two years ago when both had full time jobs. Pat was getting a steady supply of insulin and Sue her humira for arthritis. But things have changed. Pat lost his Wal Mart job and is only now moving up at his Target job that gets him work three days a week unloading boxes. Sue is on Medicaid to get her humira.
"This abortion law, banning it past four weeks, and the clinic thing..." Pat starts to explain. He is 55 and never planned to have more kids. She is in her mid forties and they never planned to marry. He has an adult daughter who is currently pregnant. He boyfriend left and she is living in their basement. And Sue also has a grown son. He seems to have got someone pregnant just weeks ago, but they live in Illinois.
Visiting her son in nearby Edwardsville, the family was gathered to examine the situation and there the Illinois couple has a Planned Parenthood clinic in nearby Granite City. Sue's son Mark is considering all options, even moving to Chicago that they hate, for jobs and healthcare. He too has no full time job and they have Obamacare. They would pay 6000 dollars to have a baby.
The Illinois options got the older couple thinking. Sue and Pat still have full intercourse a few times a month, though both have now had to learn other skills as well. When they have sex, they drive for the weekend to Illinois and stay at Motel 6 to have sex.
Pat wears a condom and Sue is on the pill, just in case. "We can't bring another child into the world in our situation. Our car is 15 years old and the house needs a lot of work. If we get pregnant, we will just go to the Illinois clinic and tell them the baby was conceived in Illinois and they should take care of it for free."
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