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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnti-Abortion Group Protests Minn. Clinic That Doesn't Perform Abortions
An anti-Abortion group in Minnesota has been campaigning against a new Planned Parenthood in Richfield, Minn., even though the clinic doesn't actually perform abortions, Cosmopolitan reported.
The clinic opened at the end of June, and since then Pro-Life Action Ministries (PLAM) has been vigorously objecting to it. The group has started a petition, held meetings and are now distributing flyers around town.
They protested the grand opening and have kept a constant presence outside of the clinic to offer "sidewalk counseling," according to Cosmo. PLAM activists blasted the city's Chamber of Commerce for "advocating for abortion" by putting together a ribbon cutting for the building in which no abortions are performed.
Brian Gibson, executive director of Pro-Life Action Ministries, told Cosmo that the group only take issue with the clinic's role in providing abortions. The group argues that certain forms of birth control "can cause early abortions" and that emergency contraception drugs "function most often as abortion-inducing drugs."
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The clinic opened at the end of June, and since then Pro-Life Action Ministries (PLAM) has been vigorously objecting to it. The group has started a petition, held meetings and are now distributing flyers around town.
They protested the grand opening and have kept a constant presence outside of the clinic to offer "sidewalk counseling," according to Cosmo. PLAM activists blasted the city's Chamber of Commerce for "advocating for abortion" by putting together a ribbon cutting for the building in which no abortions are performed.
Brian Gibson, executive director of Pro-Life Action Ministries, told Cosmo that the group only take issue with the clinic's role in providing abortions. The group argues that certain forms of birth control "can cause early abortions" and that emergency contraception drugs "function most often as abortion-inducing drugs."
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Anti-Abortion Group Protests Minn. Clinic That Doesn't Perform Abortions (Original Post)
Capt. Obvious
Jul 2014
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It's obvious that pro-life Christians are somehow on the dole. How do they have so much time to
Sarah Ibarruri
Jul 2014
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Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)1. It's obvious that pro-life Christians are somehow on the dole. How do they have so much time to
protest freely? Do they not have jobs that they can malinger in front of medical offices and bother patients?
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)2. They're probably on the government dole
but think they deserve it!
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)3. Wouldn't surprise me! I've known right wing extremist GOPers on welfare.
And they STILL vote GOP, pieces of trash that they are.