"Planned Parenthood's upcoming expansion into an existing six-story building on the Gulf Freeway has galvanized abortion opponents and led them to protest outside the site and the construction company that will carry out renovations.
Protesters outside the building Monday said they were especially rankled because Planned Parenthood will carry out late-term abortions there than at the organization's current facility on Fannin.
"We are letting the community know who the general contractor is," said Christine Kaster, a program coordinator for Houston Coalition for Life. "We believe the majority of Houston residents don't want the largest center of late-term abortions in the Western Hemisphere in Houston."
Peter Durkin, president of Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, said the new building will be big: six stories and 75,000 square feet. He described the claim that the building will be the largest center of late-term abortions in the Western Hemisphere as "nonsense."
Only one of the six floors will be for clinical space, he said. Most of the building, he said, will be used for administration and family planning.
Renovations on the former Sterling Bank building on the Gulf Freeway near the University of Houston will begin in November, and Planned Parenthood likely will relocate in early 2010.
Terice Richards, a member of Mothers Outraged About Abortion, said, "Not only will they be doing abortions early (in a pregnancy), they will be doing them late term."
On its Web site, Texas Families Against Planned Parenthood says Planned Parenthood will perform abortions through the 25th week of pregnancy at the new site........."
"The Third Ward is a predominantly African American community. As of 2011 over 13,000 people live in the Third Ward.....
....The Third Ward is in Texas's 18th congressional district. Its representative as of 2008 is Sheila Jackson Lee......
Nov 2011: The head of the Texas-based Planned Parenthood abortion business facing accusations of massive Medicaid fraud related to billing for abortions and birth control retired this past weekend. On Saturday the president of Planned Parenthood flew to Houston to participate in a swanky gala for retiring Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast CEO Peter Durkin.
As LifeNews.com reported yesterday, a former employee of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast has filed a whistleblower’s complaint with the Attorney General of Texas and the U.S. Department of Justice. The PPGC employee alleges that the abortion business engaged in an elaborate Medicaid fraud scheme.
According to a report on the Culture Map website, Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and daughter of the late former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, flew into Houston from New York to participate in a farewell bash for Durkin. Houston Mayor Annise Parker issued a proclamation declaring the day as Peter J. Durkin Day in Houston and the event featured a presentation by pro-abortion U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
Durkin will eventually retire in April, but pro-life blogger Jill Stanek, who first noted the whistleblower lawsuit related to the Medicaid fraud, says he has numerous questions to answer now.
“After 26 years as CEO of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Peter Durkin has announced he will retire in April 2012,” she said. “The timing works out well for Durkin to avoid publicly having to deal with a complaint filed by former PPGC employee Karen Reynolds alleging massive Medicaid fraud.”.................
Planned Parenthood says, #BlackLivesDontMeanNuffin.
Of course, they aren’t too keen on #WhiteLives, #HispanicLives, #AsianLives, or #AnyOtherLives, either.
#DespicableIsAsDespicableDoes.