Planned Parenthood is opening a new abortion facility in Houston reputed to be the largest in the nation and the second-largest in the world. CNS News reports that workers are busy remodeling a six-story office building into a 78,000 square foot abortion mill, complete with a surgical wing for late-term abortions. Lou Engle, founder of The Call to Conscience, a pro-life organization, describes the enterprise as "an abortion super center."

Religious leaders and pro-life activists will rally outside the building on Monday, January 18, to oppose its opening. They chose the date to coincide with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to emphasize the need to protect the rights of unborn children. Engle quoted King in his CNS News interview as saying, "It is time to subpoena the conscience of America," and he said the same applies to the fight to end abortion.

Another significance of the date relates to minorities targeted by abortion activists. Bound 4 Life is another pro-life group participating in the January 18 rally, and its website accuses Planned Parenthood of specifically targeting minorities in the spirit of that organization's founder, Margaret Sanger. Bound 4 Life quotes Sanger as calling black Americans "human weeds" and "reckless breeders" and says that Sanger started a movement called The Negro Project in 1916 to "eliminate the ones she thought were undesirable."

Bound 4 Life explains that the new Planned Parenthood facility is located in the midst of four minority communities, three of them 85 percent Hispanic and one 80 percent African-American. This latest facility, at 4600 Gulf Freeway, is the fourth in a string of new Planned Parenthood minority-targeting "super centers" in the United States. The others are in Colorado, Illinois, and Florida, but the new center dwarfs even the largest of these. In fact, the only larger one in the world is in China. Bound 4 Life claims that 76 percent of Planned Parenthood's facilities are strategically located in minority communities.

Last year, on January 22, marking the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, pro-life activists rallied at the same location in Houston to protest Planned Parenthood's decision to renovate the former Sterling Bank Building. At that time, the Texan reported that community leaders also accused Planned Parenthood of targeting college students, since both the University of Houston and Texas Southern University are nearby. But they worried that their concerns would go unnoticed since the director of Houston's Health and Environmental Policy Office, Elena Marks, was also the national chairwoman of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Marks still holds both positions, though the recent election of a new mayor for Houston could change her status with the city.

It is uncertain whether this year's rally will provoke reaction from the new mayor. CNS News reports that other pro-life groups are planning to attend the January 18 rally, including the Family Research Council, the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, the Coalition for Urban Renewal and Education, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, and Hope Christian Church (from the Washington, D.C. area). Another notable activist planning to attend is Abby Johnson, who served as director of a Planned Parenthood clinic. The evening before the rally these activists plan to gather at Grace Community Church in Houston for four hours of fasting and prayer for the success of their efforts.

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Bonnie said:

Now THIS is racist "This latest facility, at 4600 Gulf Freeway, is the fourth in a string of new Planned Parenthood minority-targeting "super centers" in the United States." Abortion is murder. Targeted murder is genocide. Planned Parenthood should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. May GOD have mercy on us!

January 06, 2010

Flu-Bird said:

The Houston death house So now the citzens of houston who are prolife will be stuck with a house of murder and death while the same goverment spends millions of protecting rare mice and lizards DISTURBING AND DISGUSTING

January 06, 2010

Jhan said:

... "they refused to repent of their murders" - the Book of Revelation

January 07, 2010

Abouthadit said:

the shame of the Lone Star State Now Houston, and Texas can claim the shame of the 2nd largest baby killing machine in the world. I bet Debra Medina as the next governor of Texas would close the murderers down. Shame on you Houston.

January 07, 2010

rich said:

Pro-life listen to my pro-life song, "Mommy, Mommy" at: http://www.youtube.com/user/goldieshome#p/u/26/8A7tftOfLdg rich from pittsburgh, pa

January 07, 2010 | url

Flu-Bird said:

You know your a liberal You know your a liber when you have a window sticker reading KEEP ABORTION LEGAL and bumper stickers reading SAVE THE REDWOODS,SAVE THE RAINFORESTS

January 11, 2010

Narrator 1 said:

Houston, we have a problem with this. A big problem.

January 12, 2010

forgiven said:

the lack of knowledge lord forgive us and our nation for allowing this to happen lord we plead that you help us .. give us the strength to stop this massacre.. lord forgive us ..

January 18, 2010

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rebecca.morales said:

... lord forgive us and our nation for allowing this to happen lord we plead that you help us .. give us the strength to stop this massacre.. lord forgive us .. please stop these criminals dont let them do this to these children there are still people who would love to hold a blessing of a child in there hands please dont do it god gave you a chance please give these angles a blessing please dont do it repent and ask god for forgiveness please may god bless you

January 19, 2010

In the middle said:

In The Middle of It I am neither for, nor against abortion. In certain circumstances, abortion is necessary. But to each their own, so that is my opinion, and all of you have your's.

January 26, 2010 | url

Carol Dickinson said:

Because God said so... Listen to God... 6th COMMANDMENT: "Thou shall not kill". What part of "Thou shall not kill"... do the murderous greedy abortion mills not understand! Apparently they approve of killing... because they love money more... than innocent little babies. It's not the babies fault. It's a child... not a choice. But the abortionis will tell you otherwise. Watch the film put together by an ex-abortionist called the Silent Scream...which proves babies even at early stages feel pain... and recoil from the abortionist probing sharp murderous tools and knives! The babies come out with their arms and legs cut off with blood everywhere! The film WILL change your mind. Theses are not blobs of flesh... these are little precious babies... with fingers and toes at just 1 month and 21 days in the womb. God is with you. Don't be afraid. Pray for God's peace and He will give it to you. Look on the internet for Maternal Assitance places or Life Advocate places... they will walk you through the WHOLE pregnancy and encourage you. They will even help with you keep the baby or put it up for adoption... either way. They will give you all kinds of help... even a place to stay if need be. God loves those babies... and YOU will LOVE that BABY too!!! Don't listen to Planned Parenthood... even there name is a deceptive... where is the parenthood in aborting a baby. There is no parent... or child there. Satan is a liar and a thief. He wants you to kill that baby... and steal the joy of knowing YOU'RE precious baby... a baby who can never come again! If you can't keep your baby... I will adopt it... or point you to a place that can help you keep it. My name is Carol Dickinson. I love you! Call me at (832) 529-3039. God loves you. Jesus loves you. Everything will be ok. It really will be OK!! OOOXXX Much love in Christ Jesus, Carol Dickinson

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