A coalition of pro-life advocates and religious leaders plan to gather in Houston on Jan. 18 to oppose what is expected to be the largest abortion clinic in the country.
Planned Parenthood is renovating a former bank, turning it into a 78,000 square foot facility that will include a surgical wing equipped to provide late-term abortions.
“It’s an abortion super center,” Lou Engle, founder of the pro-life group The Call to Conscience, which is organizing the rally, told CNSNews.com.
Joining Engle at the “prayer march” will be Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, and Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. Religious leaders expected to attend include Bishop Harry Jackson, senior pastor of Hope Christian Church; Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention; Star Parker, president of the Coalition for Urban Renewal and Education; and Abby Johnson, the former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic.
Engle compared the fight for the rights of the unborn to another critical movement in America. “As Martin Luther King, Jr. said, ‘It is time to subpoena the conscience of America,’” he said.
Engle said he believes the clinic was strategically located in a part of Houston that is surrounded by black and Hispanic neighborhoods.
“We want to say that it’s not right to have an abortion super center that targets the minority community,” Engle said. He says Planned Parenthood actively markets its services, including abortion, to low-income, minority women.
Last month, Houston elected the first lesbian, Annise Parker, to hold the mayoral office in a major U.S. city. Until her inauguration this week, the director of Health and Environmental Policy for the mayor’s office was Elena Marks, chairwoman of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Attempts to reach Marks for comment on the clinic and the planned rally were unsuccessful.
Murder is murder...plain and simple.
To the "Christians" posting on here, I say this. How dare you. We were called to love those that do evil, not condemn them. Look it up. To those of you for abortion, I do not agree with your stance, nor will I ever. But I will be praying, and i harbor no ill will towards you. God Bless.
Logan, you are correct in the fact that God commands His children to love everyone, but it is wrong for me or any other believer to condone any evil that a person does. God loves man even when man sins. That does not mean God wants man to continue to do what he is doing - if it is sinning. Abortion is murder. I call it what it is. You should call it what it is. No one has the right to end the life of an unborn baby no matter the reason for the pregnancy. I do not understand your statment about Christians not condemning sinners. The politically correct term is now hate speech. Just because Christians speak up against what it wrong, we are considered to be involved in hate speech. Your post was confusing. Are you a Christian yelling at Christians for being upset at abortion?
This abortion clinic is appalling. I can not believe that there is a group of people who are searching out women to come in to have abortions. The buidling is enormous. I'm sure they plan to fill it on a regular basis. Very very sad.
It's rather of odd to proclaim that an abortion center is targeting minorities considering that minorities are statistically the least likely to opt for an abortion. It's also somewhat pointless to argue against abortion from a religious standpoint in a nation that separates church and state.
If you do not agree with abortion that do not practice abortion, teach your children to not practice abortion. And if you're worried about everyone else? Pray.
BK,
It's not odd for it to be targeting minorities. You are obviously not informed. Do some research on the founder of planned parent-hood before you make your generaliaztions.
Secondly arguing against aborting can easily be done without involving religion - that is if you believe morality should be involved in laws - which of course you do, since the majority of laws are based on morality.
Good luck with your research, you may be enlightened about the agenda.
EUGENICS- Culling the herd for a better tomorrow...
It's rather of odd to proclaim that an abortion center is targeting minorities considering that minorities are statistically the least likely to opt for an abortion. It's also somewhat pointless to argue against abortion from a religious standpoint in a nation that separates church and state.
If you do not agree with abortion that do not practice abortion, teach your children to not practice abortion. And if you're worried about everyone else? Pray.
Why would you people want children who aren't wanted in the first place to be born?
Go, Planned Parenthood; you're doing good.
Well, you may be right that their parents don't want them. However, I do want them. If I had the ability, I would take care of every "unwanted baby". And how can you say that just because they are "unwanted" they should be murdered? Think of the implications that gives. Should we kill you just because we don't want you around?
Well, you may be right that their parents don't want them. However, I do want them. If I had the ability, I would take care of every "unwanted baby". And how can you say that just because they are "unwanted" they should be murdered? Think of the implications that gives. Should we kill you just because we don't want you around?
This "news story" is an exact copy of what can accurately be described as a press release of the Media Research Council, a group that certainly has its own agenda. KETK should be embarrassed that they are presenting this as objective reporting.
God help us --- the USA may exceed those third world countries we accuse of `human rights violations`. The slaughter of pre- born humans is an abomination. We may need to apologise to King Herod; we thought his slaughter of babies was atrocious.
Alyssa,
If you ever get a serious disease such as cancer and are fighting for your life (as my husband has) I would hope you would get a different perspective on how precious life really is. You would then see who is really in control of life....not you, but God. There are so many couples wanting to adopt that can't have children who would LOVE to have a baby and not consider it a burden. People having sex need to be responsible in not getting pregnant in the first place if they don't want a child....not using the excuse to choose a "method" to take care of the "problem" after the fact. This is absolutely horrid news.
Why do we have so many children waiting to be adopted if there are so many wanting to adopt? If you are a true christian then you should know that those who commit sin will be punished by God. Also I should remind you that a sin is a sin carries the same punishment no matter what the sin is be it abortion, homosexuality, adultry, telling the American People that Iraq has WMDs that could reach American soil in 45 min.,Corruption such as receving campaign donations from corporations who stand to gain large profits from TOLL ROADS BUILT WITH TAX MONEY....and on ...and on....and on. all of these sins carry the same punishment according to the king james version of the Holy Bible.
Wonderful news! Planned Parenthood is an organization we should all be proud of. They defend women's rights and I thank them for that. Abortion is a woman's right. I'll defend it until the day I die.
THANK YOU Planned Parenthood.
And thanks to not being aborted, you had the chance to actually BE alive. Lets all say thanks to NOT being aborted. Now i wish you would just die. Stupid Womens rights activists. You HAVE rights, stop trying to defend them. The more you say you dont have any rights the more you have to fight to get them back. You want equal rights? Then dont bitch when you are told what to do. Do whatever you want, but dont push your retarded agenda on people who respect all forms of life. this is you; "I support the decimation of the human race through means of assisted suicide." hooray! also if you dont want a kid, use a condom and take some pills. Not being a sex addict helps too, and PLEASE use a separate drinking fountain.
"You HAVE rights, stop trying to defend them."
wtf are you smokin? I don't agree with abortion; I honestly think it's disgusting. But it's definitely a freedom of choice and no one should be telling some one else what to do. If some one wants to go through the internal torment of killing their unborn baby, let them do it. It doesn't affect you at all so you shouldn't care. Be proud that you're a responsible human being. Preaching to someone who says they're going to defend abortion till the day they die isn't going to have their mind changed by one comment by one person (i.e., you) over the internet.
Disgusting!
This is one of the largest growth industries in America and I am so ashamed that Texas has built this monument to abortion. It was not enough that our leadership supports abortion in the healthcare bill, but now they want those that are religiously against it to help pay for the murder of innocent children.
We are in so much trouble in America and where is Kay Hutchison, Rick Perry on this business in Houston. I know where Debra Medina stands.
"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34
I don't know how God can bless America when we haven't given Him any reason to.
Katie how will you be paying for any abortion through the healthcare bill? Haven't you been watching the news? The Senate bill does not allow any federal funds to be used for abortion!! I am glad to see the religious leaders come out against it though. It is the RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN AND CITIZENS THAT ABORTION IS WRONG NOT THE GOVERNMENTS.
Houston must be so proud of the new mayor and now this. Disgusting.
Dan,
haven't you been watching the news? The Senate bill does not allow any federal funds to be used for abortion!! I am glad to see the religious leaders come out against it though. It is the RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN AND CITIZENS THAT ABORTION IS WRONG NOT THE GOVERNMENTS.
Wake up people. This is as business move to generate funds from you and I (the tax payers). Thank you obama and your health care plan. God bless America