In October, Planned Parenthood opened the nation's largest abortion clinic — 22,000 square feet — in Aurora, Ill.
But that's last year's news.
Its Denver clinic, at 50,000 square feet, is under construction. And its new, six-story Houston clinic, which will dwarf the others at 78,000 square feet, will have an entire floor for abortions.
"Despite complaints from Planned Parenthood officials around the country about the closing of clinics, their strategy of opening larger, mega-clinics shows they are still well-invested in the killing of preborn life," said Dawn Vargo, associate bioethics analyst for Focus on the Family Action. "While their tactics may be changing, the number of abortions they do each year continues to increase."
In 2005, Planned Parenthood ended the lives of 264,943 preborn babies nationwide, according to its annual report. That was up almost 15 percent from 2002.
Planned Parenthood of Houston & Southeast Texas will open the abortion center in the fall, just outside the gates of the University of Houston’s main campus. It will be one of the few clinics in the state that, under law, can do late-term abortions.
Christine Melchor, director of Houston's Coalition for Life, said: "They like to be situated in some of the poorer, minority neighborhoods — that's exactly where this building is — and close to college campuses; there are several colleges in that area."
Prayer vigils and pickets are planned.
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