According to the Huffington Post and the Associated Press, Operation Rescue is looking at purchasing Dr Tiller’s old clinic! I was in so much shock that I had to search several other papers to see if it was true. And it is! Newspaper after newspaper said that the anti-choice group has been making plans to purchase the recently closed clinic.Troy Newman, the president of Operation Rescue, says that the organization is having discussions about buying the recently closed clinic and converting it into “a center for life.” Dr. Tiller’s clinic should not be used as the headquarters for a group that so vehemently opposes women and tirelessly works to destroy women’s lives.
If the group succeeds in purchasing the building, which would be horrifying, the building would stand not as a “center for life” but rather as a constant reminder of the battle for reproductive rights in the United States, and how far our society still needs to go. There are still fake clinics . There are still women that do not have the options that are legally given to them. Abortion is legal, but until there is access for women, there is still work to be done.
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If the group succeeds in purchasing the building, which would be horrifying, the building would stand not as a “center for life” but rather as a constant reminder of the battle for reproductive rights in the United States, and how far our society still needs to go. There are still fake clinics . There are still women that do not have the options that are legally given to them. Abortion is legal, but until there is access for women, there is still work to be done.
Questions? Feedback? Contact us at campusteam@feminist.org
4 comments:
This is a perfect example of the power of the enemies of reproductive freedom and womens rights. Operation Rescue will call this a victory.
No time for Common Ground.
http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2009spring/2009spring_publisher.php
Operation Rescue purchasing this building would be so disrespectful to Dr. Tiller's memory and what he worked for throughout his entire life...blasphemous.
Is there anything we can do to mobilize against this? There may be legal channels, there may not be... but there have to be other (nonviolent, obviously -- I'm worried about the way this will come across) ways we can stop this.
It's disgusting, but it's not going to happen. The Tiller family still owns the building, and there's no way they'd ever sell it to those crazies. It's just a publicity stunt on the part of Troy Newman...and, clearly, a successful one.
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