It’s never been a scarier or more critical time to be a physician providing abortions in the United States—let alone a human being trying to exist and care for loved ones during a literal pandemic.

The list of things keeping Dr. Erin King up at night grew longer as we spoke last week by phone.

But the most important thing the executive director of the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Illinois, wants readers to know is this: “We are health-care providers, and are following all of the guidelines that expert health-care infection control providers are putting out about how to safely administer essential outpatient care. Pregnancy-related care, which abortion is, is essential, and we are following [the guidelines] just like other clinics across the country.”