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Pro-choicers under attack: Planned Parenthood hoax videos have led to an increase in violence and intimidation against clinics; A new report shows violence and intimidation is up in response to the Center for Medical Progress hoax videos
Topic Started: Apr 5 2016, 02:35 PM (507 Views)
Dem4life

Back in July, an anti-choice group with the misleading name the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) started releasing “undercover footage” videos that they claimed showed that Planned Parenthood was strong-arming unwilling women into abortions so they could sell the fetal tissue on the black market.

Sounded like one of those Christian right urban legends and sure enough, it was. State investigations, journalistic inquiries, multiple congressional panels, and grand juries have all been convened and no evidence for this ridiculous claims has turned up. Indeed, the grand jury convened with the hope of filing charges against Planned Parenthood in Texas decided, after looking at the evidence, to charge the video producers for fraudulent behavior instead.

But, as the video-makers no doubt understood, truth never stands in the way when religious bigots want to get simultaneously titillated and outraged over xxxxamamie stories about the sex-havers being debauched weirdoes. The National Abortion Federation (NAF), a professional organization that advocates for providers of quality abortion care, has released its annual statistics on violence, harassment and intimidation of abortion providers. Sad to say, anti-choice lies about black markets and “baby parts” have done what they were no doubt intended to do: Invigorate the busybodies and sex police to dramatically increase abuse aimed at women seeking abortion and the medical professionals who help them.

The most obvious and frightening example is the three murders that were committed because of these videos in November, when Robert Dear killed three people and injured nine more during a killing spree at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood. The last anti-choice murder was in 2009, when Dr. George Tiller of Kansas was killed by an anti-choice fanatic.

But beyond the three murders, violence and intimidation was up across the board. Dear attempted murder on nine people (the survivors in the attack), up from zero attempted murders in 2014. There were four arsons and 67 vandalism attacks in 2015, up from one and 12, respectively. In 2014, there were nine suspicious packages/hoax bombs sent to clinics, but that surged to 35 in 2015.

But perhaps the biggest shift has been in the amount of intimidation that goes under the guise of “protesting.”

“Incidents of picketing at facilities, which had been decreasing in previous years, increased from 5,402 in 2014 to 21,715 reported incidents in 2015,” the NAF report reads, “a number larger than numbers reported for any other year.”

That’s a lot of people obsessing over the private lives of perfect strangers.

http://www.salon.com/2016/04/05/pro_choicers_under_attack_planned_parenthood_hoax_videos_have_led_to_an_increase_in_violence_and_intimidation_against_clinics/
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Dem4life

Americans should be more worried about the rabid right than Muslims. How can we keep these Christian extremists out of our country...
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Attaburnsinhell

It's time we call out the anti-abortion rights thugs for what they are - domestic terrorists
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Attaburnsinhell
Apr 5 2016, 05:11 PM
It's time we call out the anti-abortion rights thugs for what they are - domestic terrorists
You betcha...
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Mr. Tik
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This sounds like doxxing..where's esto?
You may be a conservative republican..if you are pro life until you get your mistress knocked up
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence.
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Attaburnsinhell

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Apr 5 2016, 08:45 PM
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Speaking of terrorist sympathizers, look who's back
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence.
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Dem4life

We should start treating those who attack PP as terrorists. Give them the Muslim treatment...
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Dem4life
Apr 6 2016, 09:56 AM
We should start treating those who attack PP as terrorists. Give them the Muslim treatment...
The politicians that force ultra sounds and insertion of unwanted devices in women, the people screaming at women at clinics, people who stalk doctors, they're terrorists and terrorist enablers and supporters
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Attaburnsinhell
Apr 6 2016, 10:21 AM
Dem4life
Apr 6 2016, 09:56 AM
We should start treating those who attack PP as terrorists. Give them the Muslim treatment...
The politicians that force ultra sounds and insertion of unwanted devices in women, the people screaming at women at clinics, people who stalk doctors, they're terrorists and terrorist enablers and supporters
I completely agree...
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