In a surprise move during Tuesday night’s meeting, four members of the Gillette City Council voted to remove $30,000 in Optional 1% Sales Tax funding from Gillette Reproductive Health, stripping the allocation from the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

This followed claims by Mayor Shay Lundvall that the clinic’s website had previously hosted links to groups that advocated for abortion and listed adoption/abortion counseling on their list of services in previous editions of the website.

The clinic has proven popular with many Gillette residents and is the only local provider of low-cost birth control and emergency contraceptives in Campbell County. The clinic also provides STD testing for men and women, among other services, often at reduced cost.

Those who voted against funding the

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