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Peoria police investigate fire at Illinois Planned Parenthood as arson

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs House Bill 4664, a bill that will further protect reproductive health care providers and patients who are seeking care in Illinois, on Jan. 13. (Pat Nabong | Sun-Times)

A fire at a central Illinois Planned Parenthood clinic is being investigated as arson, Peoria police said Tuesday, days after the state enacted sweeping abortion protections.

Officers responded to a report of an “unknown person throwing a Molotov cocktail” into the Peoria clinic building at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, police spokesperson Semone Roth said.

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