“Since the attacks on Planned Parenthood, there’s been this uptick in attacks on clinics – vandalism and attempted arson and now three murders”, said Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Democratic member of the select committee who also called the shooting a “terrorist attack” in an interview with BuzzFeed News.
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Senate GOP aides say pressure has been high from the anti-abortion community to approve the reconciliation bill and they anticipate getting enough support to pass it. “And this was a man who they said prior to this was mentally disturbed”, Trump said.
According to Governor Haley’s Press Secretary Chaney Adams, SLED and homeland security partners have assured the governor there are no known threats to Planned Parenthood clinics in the South east. “And since that time, Republicans in Congress have made it their mission to defund Planned Parenthood, which would irreparably damage this health provider’s care”.
Gov. John Hickenlooper, one of the state’s strongest voices for reducing gun violence, said he believes a “quilt” of relatively small-scale changes will likely be more effective than any major effort.
“So, my humble suggestion as a Congresswoman from Colorado is that we all take it down a notch”, DeGette said.
In that climate, a panel of MU Health Care staff voted in September to discontinue the clinical privileges granted to McNicholas, effectively stripping the clinic’s ability to provide abortions.
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“The issue of abortion invokes much depth of emotion and passion; I understand this”, Foley said in a statement.
Otter’s office did not immediately respond to comments on Tuesday.
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Authorities in Colorado have not said publicly that the issue of abortion was what motivated accused killer Robert Lewis Dear, but a law enforcement official has been widely quoted as saying the suspect said “no more baby parts” following his arrest. Having access to safe and legal abortion services is a necessity for many women. Speaking in Paris, a city which recently experienced a coordinated terror attack that left over 130 dead, Obama said these type of “mass shootings” don’t occur in other countries. “The fact that Planned Parenthood Southeast doesn’t participate in tissue donation programs in Alabama underscores that this investigation is all about political grandstanding, not facts”. She said it is detrimental to the dialogue between both sides, adding that it seems like a “no brainer” to classify the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism.
