Planned Parenthood the abortion humanitarian; 5,000 to protest
UPDATE, 1/19, 4:50a: Here’s MSM coverage of yesterday’s event. Note both news orgs interviewed repentant post-abortive mothers, which is good. First, from KHOU.com…
Then from ABC13.com…
Thousands of people from across the country are protesting at anti-abortion rally this morning near the site of a large Planned Parenthood facility on the Gulf Freeway in Houston.
The protesters are gathering for a prayer march targeting the facility which they describe as an “abortion supercenter.”…
The crowds, which are growing, are gathering in a parking lot… near the six-story PP building which is set to open this spring.
The protesters plan to march in a square around the neighborhood before congregating at PP for an early afternoon press conference.
PP officials today said 2 of the facility’s 6 floors will be for clinical space. Most of the building will be used for administration and family planning.
“Our new building on the Gulf Freeway will be the largest Planned Parenthood building in the US,” the organization said in a statement today. “It will be our administrative headquarters for 35 counties in Southeast TX and LA.”…
Officials with Planned Parenthood have described claims that the building will be the largest center of late-term abortions in the Western Hemisphere as “nonsense.”
No, that’s not what pro-lifers have been saying. They’ve been saying it will be the largest abortion mill in the Western Hemisphere. Can PP name a larger one?
[Photo via the Houston Chronicle]
UPDATE, 1/18, 11:40a: Fox Cable News is following the protest quite closely. Police just showed up. Crowd estimates per Fox are 3-4K pro-lifers and “a couple dozen” pro-abort protesters.
1/18, 10:24a: Fox Cable News just did a story on the pro-life protest today of Planned Parenthood’s new 6-story, 78K sq. ft. mega-mill in Houston, which I described last week.
The reporter read a statement by PP in response to complaints it is locating in the middle of a predominantly African-American, Hispanic area. Something in the statement grabbed my attention:
There is an increasing need for affordable health care in Houston and Harris County because we have more uninsured residents than any other area in the nation. Planned Parenthood is a vital part of the health care safety net. Women and men trust Planned Parenthood, and come from all over Houston and the surrounding areas for affordable care.
Savvy PR move. PP is attempting to shift blame for locating and aborting in generally minority neighborhoods on the excuse that they are uninsured. PP the humanitarian.
This sounds good, but even if true it makes no sense. Poor people have access to Medicaid and TItle X, both of which pay for everything PP peddles – from contraceptives to STD treatment – except abortion.
All this statement really does is reaffirm why PP wants abortion to be part of socialized healthcare – to cover their targeted clientele, thereby allowing PP to raise its prices, which it has been forced to keep artificially low for decades.
Meanwhile, 12 Fox is reporting as many as 5K pro-lifers are expected to converge on the new mill today.
Here’s a local ABC News report. Interesting that it leads off calling us “pro-life” and gives our side the bulk of the story’s time. PP’s script is well worn…
Here’s another news report from Fox 12 last night that is skewed almost totally toward the pro-life side…
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
I love that they say “reborn” for the old bank building becoming a PP clinic. Great play on words.
Immensely sad (and morally obscene) that human beings build or rebuild such structures to kill other human beings.
Tragic that our movement seems to have no way after decades to stop these unspeakable horrors.
I’d like to re-name this Planned Parenthood building and call it “Steps To Heaven” to honor the babies’ who die there.
Admin: I hope you don’t mind me being a grammar Nazi. Jill meant “EXCEPT abortion,” not “accept.”
Ack, thanks Kelsey!
I am wondering if anyone is handing out copies of Maafa21? The neighboring communities need to know that they are being targeted.
http://www.maafa21.com
John Piper twittered this about how to end abortion
Wave 1. Catholics say NO to abortion.
Wave 2. Evangelicals flood the land with CPC’s.
Wave 3. Blacks and Latinos bring it down.
Also, notice how the pro-life protesters gathering for the prayer march represents both female and male and represent a diversity of nationalities, creeds, educational backgrounds, etc, which is also represented here as well in the diversity of religious beliefs, educational backgrounds, and race. So much for the pro-choice stereptype that most pro-lifers are white men wanting to control women’s bodies :p
Let’s take Harry Blackmun’s advice and establish that the
fetus in the womb is a person worthy of 5th and 14th amendment
protections, so that the case for Roe will collapse!
Personhood now!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWNi2txEMG8&feature=player_embedded
GOD TV started the 4 hr replay of last night’s prayer meeting down in Houston at 2PM EST.
With this many people crying out to God in repentance, imploring God to end abortion and send revival, Heaven’s going to move.
You can watch it online at God.TV
Five-and-a-half minutes of reporting on abortion! Awesome.
Kudos to MY FOX Houston and ABC 13 News.
It was overwhelming. The sight of so many nearly moved me to tears.
The most amusing thing ever was the 25 or so pro-aborts who made a flimsy stance against the thousands of pro-life people. They made up for their lack of numbers with ridiculous insults, though….at least they were amusing.
If you want to see more pics, check out my blog. (Hope that shameless plug isn’t breaking any rules….)
Stephanie,
Plug away!
GREAT photos!! What an amazing group of strong, dedicated prolifers! Wish I could have been there too!
I love the one of the “other side!!” They look like they are a little unorganized. Maybe befuddled is a better word. And just where are all of the wire hangers???!! There is usually at least one in their crowd.
I have photos and videos, too, but it was not possible to capture much. It was too powerful.
Stephanie- Are we Facebook friends. Cause we should be!
Jill – Thanks for featuring our event. When planning began in August, we hoped we could find 900-1000 Houstonians to surround the abortion supercenter for a Bound4LIFE prayer siege for a few hours during the rally and march. We were absolutely BLOWN AWAY when over 4000 people stood with us during our SIlent Siege from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Monday. During this time an additional 10,000 people rallied and marched in the affected neighborhoods. We ran out of room on the sidewalk around the building and the city opened up the grass easement for us to stand on. The police were amazing. The total number of pro-aborts whose favorite chant was “keep your Messiah off my vagina. Vagina, vagina, vagina” (giggle, giggle, giggle) was about 15 to 20. They got tired and left at lunchtime.
Something is turning in the spirit and it manifested in Houston as 15,000 against abortion to 15 for it.
AMAZING!
Amy,
Is there any way to get copies of Maafa21 out to the neighborhoods? Show it on a screen outside? Blanket the neighborhoods with flyers about the Lies of Planned Parenthood??
Just thinking out loud. The people have a right to know they are being targeted by the nation’s largest abortion provider!!
I am sure the men in the proabort crowd loved shouting about their vaginas.
God bless you and your fellow warriors!!
http://www.maafa21.com