The Darling of Anti-Choice - Health Care (lack) in Texas

[drfemoe]

Danze's Planned Parenthood clinic boycott backfires
—By Eleanor J. Bader, Z Magazine
April 29, 2004 Issue
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"This is about blacklisting, bullying, and harassing those you don't agree with," says Danielle Tierney, a Planned Parenthood spokesperson. Luckily, the women's rights organization quickly got the public involved and received a phenomenal response from supporters everywhere. "It has become the joke around here that Danze is the best fundraiser we've ever had," Tierney adds. "We exceeded our 2003 goal by almost 50 percent; our goal was $720,000 and we raised $1,078,000 by the end of December. We've also had calls from loads of contractors and subcontractors. They've flooded in, offering to work for us."
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Though construction of the Planned Parenthood clinic resumed in January after a delay of two-and-a-half months, Danze's boycott has taken its toll. Tierney adds, "Texas leads the U.S. in the number of uninsured people. A quarter of the people in Austin are uninsured and 93 percent of Texas counties have no abortion providers. The majority of our patients are Latina, uninsured, and between 18 and 34 years old. What is so appalling is the willingness of the anti's to declare victory at any cost." ...
http://www.utne.com/webwatch/2004_146/news/11205-1.html

http://www.zmag.org/ZMagSite/Apr2004/bader0404.html

[cjbuchanan]

1. Thanks for this article

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[Maine-i-acs]

3. Welcome to DU ...

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[Love Bug]

4. Planned Parenthood also provides basic women's gyn health care

such as exams and contraceptives. If you're so against abortion, and seeing how Texas is doing such a piss-poor job providing health insurance, surely you don't object to women getting birth control (even at a PP clinic) so they won't NEED an abortion, right?

[djeseru]

5. And when it's born...

...you choose to act like it doesn't exist. Adopt them all and help them all lead a quality life, such as yours.

[drfemoe]

6. in Texas

it is a child without health care for it or its mother. Texas fundies care a great deal for "children" before birth.
After birth, they're on their own.
Rather like advocating an increase in human suffering, doncha ya think?

[djeseru]

7. Just right in line...

...with my belief that they're trying to turn Texas into a third-world country.

[damnraddem]

8. Abortion is a choice. A birth leads to a child.

A child born in the U.S. becomes a citizen upon birth, not conception.

Under Roe v. Wade, viable fetuses (third trimester) are recognized as different than younger fetuses, in that states are allowed greater latitude in regulating, in some cases prohibiting, abortions.

[tandot]

10. arrowinthesky, Bush's choice was to attack Iraq and pregnant mothers

have been killed or lost their babies. So, in essence, Bush has sanctioned abortions and murder.

[cosmik debris]

12. Whose child?

It's not YOUR child. It's not YOUR choice.

[slutticus]

13. Hey genius...

...Pro-Choice does not necessarily mean termination.

It's just as it sounds....it's a CHOICE. Is having the child not a choice? Just because someone is pro-choice doesn't necessarily mean "abortions for all!!!", it just means that one should have the right to choose.

What's so difficult to understand?

[damnraddem]

9. Whatever became of 'unlawful actions in restraint of trade'?

Or does that not count against the RW? Or not apply in Texas?

[drfemoe]

11. Not familiar with the term ..

and I have been involved in construction work in Texas. I think it's best the former contractor quit the job.
WE should be publicizing their complicity in lowering the standard of living in Texas.

More from second link >
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Construction of the new Planned Parenthood clinic resumed in January—without press attention or public hooplah. This time Planned Parenthood will serve as general contractor for the facility. “We’ll hire all the subcontractors and oversee all the work ourselves,” says Tierney, “so that the project can be completed by late Fall 2004.”

Meanwhile, Danze and friends are likely gloating over the many ways that Roe has been impeded. In addition to the boycott, last year the Texas legislature passed stringent licensing requirements for clinics and imposed a 24-hour waiting period on women seeking abortions. Both went into effect on January 1.
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