close Video Planned Parenthood CEO claims pro-life movement is ‘completely consistent’ with segregation Planned Parenthood CEO claims pro-life movement is ‘completely consistent’ with segregationist movement on MSNBC’s ‘The ReidOut’ NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! A New York town has denied a permit for Planned Parenthood to set up a proposed abortion clinic within their borders. Residents of Henrietta, New York , reacted passionately when a Planned Parenthood location was pitched for their town. Protests and arguments from both sides dominated the Town Board as the abortion provider sought real estate in a local plaza.
The application was denied in a narrow 3-2 vote. The proposed Planned Parenthood clinic reportedly would have been established and operational by 2023. “We were originally looking for space in the Brighton-Henrietta area, and we identified a location in Brighton to put a building, but they decided they were going to have to completely demolish the building and rebuild it,” Planned Parenthood of Central & Western New York CEO Michelle Casey told local outlet WHEC 10 .
“And so the cost escalation from just remodeling to completely demolishing and building the building made it cost-prohibitive for us to move in there. ” MICHIGAN PREGNANCY CENTER VANDALIZED, NEARBY BUSINESS ALSO DAMAGED Volunteer clinic escort Kaleb Masterson poses outside a Planned Parenthood location in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 12, 2021.
(Reuters/Gaelen Morse) “We did a market analysis and it really showed that Henrietta was the place to be because you get traffic from Livingston County,” Casey told WHEC 10 . “So people in the southern areas have better access to care and the demographics of Henrietta are much younger. ” Abortion – always a contentious issue in national and state politics – has rapidly become the most prominent topic in U.
S. politics as a Supreme Court decision threatens to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Protesters pray outside a Planned Parenthood location in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 12, 2021. (Reuters/Gaelen Morse) The anticipation for a ruling in this case has already led to protests outside the Supreme Court and the homes of several justices, as well as an attempted murder charge against a man who allegedly plotted to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
BRETT KAVANAUGH ATTEMPTED MURDER SUSPECT NICHOLAS ROSKE PLEADS NOT GUILTY This was all sparked by the publication of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito that, if published as the court’s opinion, will overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate the recognition of a constitutional right to abortion . Pro-choice advocates protest outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on May 11, 2022, in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The case came about after Mississippi passed a law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, blatantly going against the standard set by Roe that prohibited bans prior to fetal viability – understood to be at about 23 weeks. The ensuing litigation now puts the Supreme Court in a position to review whether a pre-viability ban should be allowed. Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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