“Evidence of wrongdoing at Brigham’s American Women’s Services facility in Fairfax is part of a clear pattern of repeated and serious misconduct that poses a significant threat to patient safety, and which cannot be allowed to go unchecked in Virginia," said Vicki Saporta, president and CEO of the National Abortion Federation.
Sounds bad for AmeriCorps if its volunteers have violated federal law by working as abortion clinic escorts, doesn't it? It also sounds precisely like an anti-choice talking point.
The presidential candidate has lined up supporters who have suggested that marriage equality may usher in a second civil war and compared Planned Parenthood workers to perpetrators of clinic violence.
“When it comes to a health-care provider’s ability to provide care in accordance with the most up-to-date medical research, no politician should ever interfere," said Dana Singiser, Planned Parenthood Action Fund's vice president of public policy.
At issue in the challenge of the election results is Article XI, Section 3 of the Tennessee Constitution, which states that amendments must be approved by a “majority of all the citizens of the state voting for Governor.”
A Planned Parenthood spokesperson said the Center for Arizona Policy "has for years endangered women's health and safety by colluding with extremist Republicans to erect as many barriers as possible between women and the health care they are constitutionally entitled to."
Once a person is detained, their loved ones will usually want to get them released so they don't have to languish in a detention center while their case winds its way through immigration court, which can take months, or even years.
