Protestors picket Columbia Planned Parenthood clinic

Columbia Missourian ^ | 7/28/15 | Sarah Fine

[Controlling Legal Authority]

The protest was part of a national event held by Women Betrayed, an anti-abortion organization that aims to eliminate public funding for Planned Parenthood. The location on Providence Road is officially called the Columbia Health Center.

The rally came two days before the center will begin taking appointments for abortions. Columbia Health Center will be the only abortion provider in mid-Missouri. Because of the 72-hour waiting period, the first day that abortions can be administered will be Aug. 3.

[Controlling Legal Authority]

Someone in PP parking lot adjacent to protest set off car alarms several times in obvious childish attempt to drown out speakers. Protesters told that stepping foot on PP property would be trespassing. Cop detained one attendee whose feet were on PP parking lot for about 5 seconds as she attempted to walk around people on public right of way.

[DoughtyOne]

Planned Parenthood...

Damned apparent Hoodlums...

[BeadCounter]

For some reason, I was under the impression that Missouri barely had any abortion clinics and that the one was in St. Louis but I must be wrong, a map I saw did make it look like one was in the KC area as well.

[Sequoyah101]

Some cops really are stupid.

[matthew fuller]

Planned Parenthood and the Democrat Party are the new American Nazi Party.

[Sontagged]

I'm curious about Women Betrayed, that is quite a lot of organizing to do (and so quickly!) in the current response to the Planned Parenthood outrage.

How did they organize so quickly?

I am not looking forward to a repeat of the Randall Terry Operation Rescue failures of the 1980’s and 90’s. Nor do I relish a repeat of the cultural division fomented in that time.

We have liberals freaking out about Planned Parenthood now, why would anyone revert to the old style abortion protest, which accomplished nothing?

IOW, I smell Establishment funded astroturf.

[onedoug]

Planned Parenthood

Certain ghouls.

[Prov3456]

Currently there is only one abortion clinic in Missouri, Planned Parenthood in St. Louis. The "Kansas City" facility is actually in Kansas, not Missouri.

The facility is this story was closed several years ago, and for a while has only referred women to the other two locations. Within the past few days they announced that they will begin doing abortions again. (The story mentions August 3, but the reporter isn't much of a writer....)

Thank you to everyone who stood at this abortion facility - and ALL facilities - today. May God hear your prayers and have mercy on our nation.

[DoughtyOne]

I agree.

[firebrand]

And thanks to those who get up early every Saturday and pray outside the mills, saving a few children—and mothers.