The grit of Central Texas builders opposed to the construction of a Planned Parenthood facility has the national abortion provider on the defensive and concerned the defiance could be replicated across the country.
"Help us counter an outrageous episode of anti-choice intimidation now taking place in Texas," reads an "urgent alert" posted on Planned Parenthood's website. "Anti-choice fanatics across the country are watching closely. ... Right now they are preparing to export this blackmail scheme to other areas of the country. This is a chilling development that has the potential to seriously disrupt the delivery of reproductive health care."
As part of a "mobilization campaign," the national organization is soliciting donations to raise the remaining $300,000 needed to build a $4.2 million health center in Austin, Texas, plus finance a "bold national campaign" to thwart opposition to abortion...
