Dr. Tiller's "Trust women" has so much meaning with this case

[ck4829]

"Yesterday I noted that the explanation for why Texas bus driver Edwin Graning refused to transport a woman to Planned Parenthood keeps changing.

First he said that his wife called the facility and heard a message directing callers to call 911 in case of abortion complications and so he refused to go. Then he said that he called the facility and heard abortion listed among the services they provide, so he refused to go. Both of those claims turned out to be demonstrably false, as no such messages exist.

So that left Graning's ACLJ attorney with no choice but to admit that his client really had no idea what reason this woman may have had for wanting to go to Planned Parenthood, but he assumed it was for an abortion, so he was justified in refusing to transport her.

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) represents Edwin Graning, a former driver for the Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS), which is a nine-county transit service that often provides transportation in rural areas surrounding Austin, Texas. Senior attorney Edward White tells OneNewsNow the driver was dispatched in January to transport two women to a Planned Parenthood clinic.

"He called up his supervisor and said, 'You know, I'm an ordained minister...and Planned Parenthood does abortions. And I don't know if this lady's going there for an abortion. However, if she is, I want nothing to do with that,'" White accounts. "And so in effect, he was asking for his supervisor to just get one of the other CARTS drivers to pick up this woman."

Graning's own attorney admits that he had no idea why the woman was going to the facility, but he decided not to take her because she might be going to have an abortion. Of course, she might have been going to get a pregnancy test or abstinence education - the point is that Graning had no way of knowing, as his attorney freely admits."

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/omniscient-bus-drivers-reserves-right-refuse-service-based-entirely-own-imagination

This new Christian Right hero automatically assumed that this woman was getting an abortion, she didn't tell him this, and she shouldn't have to either.

If you think you need guardians protecting you from yourself (Even if you're an adult), then go ahead and support the Christian Right and those people they like.

[ceile]

1. "Former driver"?

I wonder if he got fired for this?
I'm quite surprised something like this happened in Austin....

[NeedleCast]

2. Austin may lay in one of the bluest counties in Texas, but it's still in Texas

Austin city proper is pretty liberal. The outlying suburbs and countryside...not so much.

[TheWraith]

6. Yes, he got fired for this. nt

[kestrel91316]

3. As a driver for a PUBLIC bus system he had no business inserting his

personal beliefs into the equation. If he were running a private transportation company I suppose he would. But he wasn't.

[Heidi]

4. If he's got a problem like that, he ought to be a full-time minister,

and leave dealing with the public to people skilled in that area.

[RainDog]

5. it is none of his business where ANYONE who takes public transport goes

if he is an ordained minister, he could be driving people to a liquor store or bar or... gasp... dance hall - or bingo parlor - or to get a haircut (this is forbidden for women in the N.T.)

aside: I wonder if his wife has ever had a haircut? I fear for her soul, if so.

the xtian fascists need to secede from the U.S. because they do not understand simple concepts like - IT'S NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS.

[Heidi]

7. :kick:

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