Abortion Cartel
Continues to Implode as Number of Abortion Clinics Drops
New research shows the number of abortion facilities in America
continues to decline, reports Operation Rescue.
That trend, says the pro-life group, is evident in data collected in
the past two months since Operation Rescue released a report that
showed that over two-thirds of the nation's abortion clinics have
closed in the past 18 years.
During the past two months, the group reports that five more abortion
clinics have closed.
When Project Daniel 5:25 was released last December listing every
abortion clinic in the United States, records showed 713 locations.
Since then five abortion facilities have closed, although two more have
opened, bringing the number down to 710.
Both of the new abortion mills are Planned Parenthood "super-centers"
built with the help of state and federal tax dollars and located in
Houston, Texas, and Portland, Oregon.
"It is very clear that the only abortion group expanding its business
is Planned Parenthood, and the only reason it can do so is with the
help of our tax dollars," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.
Newman said the news "emphasizes the need to defund Planned Parenthood
nationwide." "Without being artificially supported with our tax
dollars, Planned Parenthood would be closing clinics, not building new
ones," he said.
The protests directed at the new facilities suggest that they enjoy
little support in their respective communities. When the Houston clinic
opened last month, it was to a massive protest of several thousand of
pro-lifers. Also last month, over 3,000 pro-life supporters gathered in
the rain to protest at the new Portland office and were countered by a
mere 125 abortion supporters.
While recent pro-life efforts have at least temporarily blocked
tax-funded abortions in the health care system, Planned Parenthood
alone receives over $336.7 million dollars each year in federal tax
money through other programs. And that figure does not count funding
its affiliates receive from the states.
In recent months Planned Parenthood has come under fire for illegal
activity exposed by undercover sting operations in several states. Just
last week, a Planned Parenthood in Birmingham, Alabama, was placed on
probation for violations discovered and reported by Live Action Films.
In Kansas, the Planned Parenthood affiliate faces 107 criminal charges
for illegal abortions and falsifying records to cover them up.
"It is despicable that at a time of economic instability, when 71% of
the American people oppose tax-funding of abortion, that millions and
millions in public funds are going to bolster the bottom line of
abortionists, many of which are violating the law," said Newman.
"Once Planned Parenthood is stripped of its tax funding, we will see
their abortion clinics close down like a row of falling dominoes. That
is a short-term goal for the pro-life movement that is completely
doable and will save countless lives," said Newman.
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