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Summer of Mercy 2.0 sponsors accuse Carhart of lying, refer to clinic as ‘modern-day Auschwitz’

By | 07.29.11 | 3:22 pm

Leading up to the Summer of Mercy 2.0, a nine-day protest against Dr. LeRoy Carhart’s late-term abortion practice in Germantown, Md., which begins Saturday night, anti-abortion rights organizations sponsoring the event have recently labeled the abortion provider a liar.

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Operation Rescue takes credit for criminal investigation hearing against Kansas Planned Parenthood affiliate

By | 07.18.11 | 12:48 pm

A four-year pending criminal case against a Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park, Kans., has been scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Oct. 24-27 to determine whether evidence supports 107 charges (including 23 felonies) against Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, reports the Kansas City Star.

Kansas’ Brownback appoints former Operation Rescue attorney to regulate abortion providers

By | 07.09.11 | 12:40 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed a former attorney for the anti-abortion rights group Operation Rescue to a position that would have him regulating abortion providers. Operation Rescue has said publicly that they believe there is “no such More…

Abortion-rights groups to demonstrate solidarity with targeted abortion doctor during ‘Summer of Choice’

By | 07.06.11 | 1:07 pm

Many abortion-rights groups believe Dr. George Tiller’s 1993 shooting and eventual murder in 2009 was in part provoked by a 1991 summer event held in protest of Tiller’s late-term abortion practice. As The Florida Independent recently reported, that event is having a 20-year revival: Summer of Mercy 2.0 will

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Stalker case illuminates issue of naming abortion providers

By | 07.06.11 | 10:59 am

After plastering one abortion provider’s face and name on “Wanted”-style posters all over Charlotte, N.C., anti-abortion rights activist Philip “Flip” Benham is not even allowed to repeat the doctor’s name thanks to a lawsuit brought on by the physician targeted on the posters, which reportedly read: “Wanted … By Christ, to Stop More…

Anti-abortion-rights coalition calls for FDA warning labels on abortions

By | 06.27.11 | 1:41 pm

Recently, several anti-abortion rights groups have rallied against recent ordinances in Baltimore and New York that require so-called “crisis pregnancy centers” to post labels on their doors stating they do not offer or refer for abortion services. Americans United for Life has argued on behalf of the Baltimore CPCs that More…

Operation Rescue smears doctor who wants to open abortion clinic in Kansas

By | 06.24.11 | 4:19 pm

In about six days, the number of operating abortion clinics in Kansas might shrink from three to zero, due to a recently passed law (PDF) relating to the licensure of abortion clinics. But just as anti-abortion-rights groups have been rejoicing, a family physician from Wichita is moving forward with her More…

Operation Rescue conducting massive research project to identify every abortionist in the country

By | 06.23.11 | 12:56 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Troy Newman, president of the radical anti-abortion rights group Operation Rescue has announced that the group will be conducting a “massive research project to identify every abortionist in the country.” Newman says he needs fellow anti-abortion advocates to contribute any information they can about abortion providers where they live.

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Operation Rescue seeks to expose the ‘abuses of the abortion-cartel’

By | 05.19.11 | 6:48 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Image by Matt MahurinLast week, radical anti-abortion right’s group Operation Rescue told Life News that the Texas Medical Board has continued to investigate the group’s claims that women’s health clinics providing abortions in Texas More…

Radical anti-choice group targeting new abortion provider, previously went after George Tiller

By | 05.17.11 | 3:57 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Yesterday, radical anti-abortion rights group Operation Rescue sent out a press release announcing its “Summer of Mercy 2.0” in Germantown, Maryland. #


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