- There's not just a riverdividing Missouri and Illinois,

there is world of differencewhen it comes to abortion.

Missouri is on its way to becoming

the first abortion-freestate in the country,

and Illinois is moving towardsbecoming the abortion capital

of the Midwest.

- Our hope is that Missouriwould ultimately become

the very first abortion-free state.

I think we are well, well on our way.

- They're getting all theirrestrictions off the book,

so it is as easy as possibleto get women access to abortion

and that includes taxpayerfunding of abortion

which we have here in Illinois.

- [Heather] Brian Westbrookand Mary Kate Knorr

both lead anti-abortion work

and face completely different challenges.

In Missouri, pro-lifers believe the state

may soon shut down its lastremaining abortion facility

in St. Louis.

The state health departmentwants to revoke its license,

citing four, quote, "failed abortions".

Westbrook says there'sbeen 70 ambulance calls

in the last 10 years.

- What's happened overand over and over again

is that women are leavingthis abortion facility

on a stretcher.

- [Heather] Over the years,the Missouri pro-life movement

has steadily grown.

Today, it boasts a pro-lifelegislature and governor,

seventy pregnancy centers around the state

that care for women in crisis,

and strategic thinkingthat's led to innovation.

Two years ago, the Archdioceseof St. Louis opened a convent

right next door to the state'slast abortion facility.

The sisters can literally watchthe women coming and going

from their kitchen window.

Their mission is to pray for them.

- We're praying for an end to abortion,

we're praying for the womenthat go in there and come out.

- [Heather] They're also prayingfor the sidewalk counselors

who greet Planned Parenthoodclients and employees

whenever the facility is open.

The counselors use a new approach,

which has become known asthe "St. Louis method".

- The St. Louis method is focused on her,

on the woman in that car.

A little bit on the driver,

but sometimes she's not the driver.

And so, it's about formingthat relationship right away

and it's about what I can offer her.

- [Heather] This offering of resources,

like free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds,

literally turns the cars around

and persuades one in 100 womento go elsewhere for help.

In the last nine years,

more than 2500 cars have turned around.

Just across the Mississippi, in Illinois,

it's like night and day.

Mary Kate Knorr faces a political climate

that has stripped mostabortion restrictions

and this year hopes to wipeout parental notification.

- This law is considereda checkpoint in the event

that girls, as young as 10years old, are being trafficked,

and brought into abortionclinics to continue that cycle

of trafficking by puttinga stop to their pregnancy.

- [Heather] Knorr and other pro-lifers

see the abortion industrypositioning Illinois

and other liberal statesfor a post-Roe world.

The thinking:

If the Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade,

abortion-friendly stateswill serve as regional hubs

and hope to attract pregnantwomen in abortion-free states.

For now, those states havebecome industry money-makers.

- Their strategy is theirgonna leverage Illinois,

New York, Virginia, amongstother states across the country

to make up for where they'reloosing their bottom line

in states like Alabama,Georgia, Louisiana, et cetera.

- [Heather] The latest example,

a Planned Parenthood facilityin Fairview Heights, Illinois.

Just across the river from St. Louis.

It opened last October,

after months of secretrenovations on a local property.

The news surprised andshocked many government

and business leaders in town,

who came out to protest the new facility.

- We just knew it was a medical facility.

They had done everything right,

but they kept it very undercover.

- [Heather] PlannedParenthood has announced

that it can see up to11,000 women a year, here.

The news has rallied Burgdorf

and other like-minded citizens.

They're quickly creatinga variety of services

for pregnant women,

and teaming up with their St. Louis allies

who have brought their sidewalk counseling

to Fairview Heights.

- We went into some pretty deep prayer,

spent a lot of time reflecting

and realized that thisis our neighborhood.

Illinois, Missouri, St.Louis is a broad region

that crosses the river.

And most of the womenwho are getting abortions

in the Fairview Heights, Illinois location

are Missouri women.

And so, if they can travelanother 30 minutes east of here,

we can drive that as well.

- [Heather] Driving acrossthe state line for an abortion

and to stop those abortions,

is new territory here.

But it could become the newreality across the country

if the nine justices in Washington decide

what pro-lifers hopethey will on Roe v. Wade.

Reporting in St. Louis,Heather Sells, CBN News.