Texas anti-choicers are protesting the exact thing that they wanted, and got

[PeaceNikki]

That they oppose abortion is a given. But short of that, this is exactly what they wanted. The building will be a state-of-the-art ambulatory surgical center, designed specifically to meet the state’s 2013 stringent abortion laws. It’s the kind of facility that state lawmakers, and those who oppose abortion, have said will help keep women safer in Texas if they choose to have the procedure.


But now abortion opponents are in a tizzy that a surgical center is getting built at 2140 Babcock Road, right in the medical center on the city’s Northwest Side. One resident who lives near the facility in Dreamhill Estates has sued, so far unsuccessfully, over alleged zoning violations. Abortion opponents frequently protest outside the building and down at City Hall.
....

Perhaps the expectation was they would close. After all, compliance doesn’t come cheap. Planned Parenthood is spending millions to build this surgical center. That kind of expense is exactly why abortion clinics across the state have shuttered, which is exactly why some women will now travel hundreds of miles to San Antonio for abortions.

...
In a recent letter, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller said he was “deeply troubled by Planned Parenthood’s abortion center.” He worried that it and another abortion provider could make San Antonio “the abortion center of South Texas.”

Yes, that could happen since, you know, there are no longer any abortion providers west and south of San Antonio.

More at link: http://m.mysanantonio.com/opinion/columnists/josh_brodesky/article/Abortion-foes-protesting-what-they-created-6178026.php?utm_source=nar.al

Oh wait, no, they really just wanted them to close and remove all access to services.

Assholes.

[guillaumeb]

1. They framed their law to protect women.

They were concerned about womens' health. THAT is what they said. Hope they are happy.

[niyad]

2. what I LOVE about the "protecting women" nonsense is the implication that women are too stupid,

too ignorant, too weak-willed, to make their own decisions, to take care of themselves without the "protection" of the state (the same state that these pukes want out of THEIR business)

[AuntPatsy]

3. Irony and ignorance displayed is an every day event amongst our so called protectors here in Texas

This state has no idea what it's inhabitants want as a whole nor care since only those that benefit are the ones that ensure they stay in power to make the rule of law that obviously only the 95 percent must obey....

[niyad]

4. one does wonder what passes for "thinking" amoung them.

[AuntPatsy]

5. echo chambers...nothing more nothing less as long as the dividends remain in our favor....

[daleanime]

7. If the wind slows down....

as it moves from one ear to another, that's the best they can hope for.

[ismnotwasm]

6. Good for Planned Parenthood

I hope to see more of this kind of response

[PeaceNikki]

10. Sadly, they will be few and far between due to the millions it takes to build them.

Despite the anti-choicers real go of getting them all to close, PP will not give up, but access is severely restricted.

[beam me up scottie]

8. Hey Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller,

fuck you.

Why don't you and your church spend your time and money taking care of the children that are already here?


Because we're not fooled, you and your ilk don't care about women, we're just a means to an end.

[PeaceNikki]

9. We're no more than broodmares to these assholes

[jtuck004]

12. No. Broodmares have value. I don't think they acknowledge any here. n/t

[PeaceNikki]

15. Touché

[beam me up scottie]

31. This is true. We're more like cheap disposable incubators.

Unfortunately (for them) we've developed loud voices and our own opinions about bodily autonomy.

[Johonny]

30. +1

[Bluenorthwest]

11. Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of course.

nt

[drm604]

13. Calling their bluff.

Good for them.

[Brickbat]

14. An actual Abortionplex! BRING THE DAY!

http://www.theonion.com/articles/planned-parenthood-opens-8-billion-abortionplex,20476/

[PeaceNikki]

16. lol, that crossed my mind as well.

[niyad]

17. the sad fact is that there are those who do not realize that the Onion is satire.

[Brickbat]

18. Including members of congress.

http://literallyunbelievable.org/post/17153265749/how-exactly-did-you-get-elected

[niyad]

19. oh my freaking god!!!

thanks for that site, by the way. going to need a lot of caffeine, or strong drink, to get through it.

that clueless twit is a DOCTOR, and, big surprise, southern baptist.




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Fleming is a businessman who owns thirty-six Subway sandwich shops in North Louisiana[11][12] and Fleming Expansions, LLC, a regional developer for The UPS Store, with outlets in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.[11]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/congressman-s-restaurant-refused-to-serve-muslim-couple

Rep. Fleming talks possible Senate run
Adam Duvernay, [e-mail] 8:57 p.m. CST January 13, 2015
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Shreveport’s fiscally conservative and military-might-minded Christian-values Congressman wants to graduate if the time is right.

This week, Rep. John Fleming, a doctor and a businessman in Northwest Louisiana, looked into the future of Louisiana politics he considers most bright — one with sitting U.S. Sen. David Vitter at the helm in Baton Rouge, his own House of Representatives seat vacated and his vote in Congress’s upper house.

“I absolutely will run if Sen. Vitter is elected governor,” said Fleming. Vitter hasn’t said who he plans to appoint to his seat if he does follow Gov. Bobby Jindal, and Fleming said he’s not trying to jump the gun — but he believes he knows which way the state is turning.

“Louisiana is becoming a redder and more conservative state, and you see that reflected in the legislature as well as Congress and the governor’s seat,” Fleming said.

. . . .

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2015/01/13/rep-fleming-talks-possible-senate-run/21718595/

[Buzz Clik]

20. They want these facilities to be better hidden to avoid being recognized when...

... they take their wives and daughters to get an abortion.

[PeaceNikki]

21. mm hmmm. Have you ever read this piece?

"The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion" When the Anti-Choice Choose

[Buzz Clik]

22. No. And thank you. I like this one:

"I have done several abortions on women who have regularly picketed my clinics, including a 16 year old schoolgirl who came back to picket the day after her abortion..."

Wow.

[PeaceNikki]

23. The author, Joyce Arthur, is one of my heroes.

She's a fierce advocate for choice. "Choice Joyce". I adore her.

She also wrote this piece which I quote often: http://www.democraticunderground.com/115253

[BlueJazz]

24. It's been said a thousand times but if Men had to get abortions, these clinics would be EVERYWHERE..

...and they would be free and probably have a sport bar in the lobby...plus GO-GO girls dancing on poles...plus a card room and a betting place with Nascar races on the TV.

OK..OK..I'm getting a little silly but....

[msanthrope]

27. If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. nt

[PeaceNikki]

29. lol, it's true. Plus loyalty cards, tax subsidies and open 24/7.

[progressoid]

25. They were hoping the cost would close PP down.

If I had a few million bucks lying around, I donate it to PP for more facilities.

[PeaceNikki]

26. Yup. And you and me both.

[TeamPooka]

28. Go Planned Parenthood! Fuck them with their own laws. nt

[AndyTiedye]

32. The Tx Legislature will Change the Rules Again to Place the New Facility Out of Compliance

They get to do that, as often as they like, and all PP can do nothing but spend even more money trying to comply.

[blkmusclmachine]

33. Republicans are pathological LIARS. Don't believe anything they say.

[wolfie001]

34. It's so hard debating......

.....lying sacks of shit. Also, a big waste of time. Let these replugs reap what they sow. Go Planned Parenthood!