May 15, 2009
PRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup Poll, conducted May 7-10, finds 51% of Americans calling themselves "pro-life" on the issue of abortion and 42% "pro-choice." This is the first time a majority of U.S. adults have identified themselves as pro-life since Gallup began asking this question in 1995.
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March 27th, 2009 -
Organizers estimated that there were 900 people along Discovery Green. All of them were praying together for an end of abortion. "We want this administration to know that we don?t want to pay for the death of all these children," said pro-life supporter Sheila Theisen.
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January 27, 2009
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Right to life activists tried Tuesday to put pressure on Houston city council members over the growth of a Planned Parenthood center southeast of downtown.
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January 22, 2009
HOUSTON — A diverse group of Houston-area pastors gathered Thursday — the 36th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade — to condemn construction of what they said will be “the largest abortion clinic in the world.”
Sonny Foraker, spokesman for the Greater Houston Area Pastor Council, told the group of supporters and journalists, “We are standing here because [abortion] is a moral evil that destroys human life.” Referring to the skeletal frame of the building behind him, Foraker added, “We stand together as pastors to say this is not something we want in our community.”
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January 22, 2009
HOUSTON --
A group of area pastors aren't too happy about a new planned parenthood building in our area.
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September 9, 2008
Planned Parenthood's upcoming expansion into an existing six-story building on the Gulf Freeway has galvanized abortion opponents and led them to protest outside the site and the construction company that will carry out renovations.
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June 30, 2008
In two years, Planned Parenthood plans on leaving its 35,000-square-foot clinic and headquarters on Fannin, south of downtown, for the Gulf Freeway site, which is a former Sterling Bank building. Acquisition and renovation are estimated to cost $16.5 million.
The 75,000-square-foot location will have an updated interior, an additional surgical procedure room and seven additional examination rooms. Unlike the Fannin building, the freeway property will have its own parking lot, Durkin said.
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