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prolifecorner.com/node/921 (Note–there are photos in this article that will be offensive to Christians.)
The man who owns this facility is extremely wealthy. He will no doubt pay the fine, fix the violations, and re-open. But at least, thank God, no children will die at the hands of abortionists, at least for a few days, maybe longer, in our city.
And the local media is covering this story, in a small way, so the people in the area are learning just what kind of facility this really is. I work in a hospital (in the lab), and frankly, whenever I am near the NIWC, I am shocked at how filthy and run-down it looks, and at the window signs and decorations.
When I go to a doctor’s office, I expect some decor. My doctor is a fisherman, so he has all kinds of crafty little cute things of fishing and cabins and boats up in his office. But this guy has rubber chickens hanging in the windows (which I consider racist, BTW), and hand-lettered signs up accusing the regular protesters (using their names) of foul things. He also posts blasphemous versions of Bible verses. One of the ickiest things in the windows is an effigy (a statue) of the owner holding a gun–the pose is the classic Uncle Sam “I Want You!” pose–frightening. I can’t see how anyone could go to such a place for a serious medical procedure.
And I don’t understand how the things in his windows haven’t been declared either obscene or hate-speech, or both, by the City Council, and forbidden, especially the accusations against real people in our community.
It used to be worse. The owner has loudspeakers wired up all over the clinic to the outside, and he used to scream at the protesters and play loud music. The neighbors (yes, this clinic is on a street near a residential neighborhood) finally convinced the City Council to stop this, since it was noisy and disturbing to the peace.
The alderwoman in that ward is totally in support of the facility, and is constantly trying to stop any attempt by those opposed to abortion to protest, sidewalk counsel, pray, etc. Her ward is one of the poorest, most crime-ridden in the city–I don’t understand why she doesn’t see that this facility is contributing to that, not helping. Wouldn’t her ward be better served by expanding the reach of the city’s free clinic?
(There is a nice free clinic fairly close to the abortion facility, BTW. Our city has a fantastic free clinic system with great doctors, nurses, and other staff; the lab that I work for is contracted, and we do a good job doing all the tests from this clinic. The rich of the community pay for this clinic, holding fundraisers throughout the year to raise funds. So the poor in our city do have good health care options.)
Quite a few of the medical doctors in our city DEFEND this place and the doctors who work there (they are from out of state, BTW). Shocking and so twisted. Why don’t the doctors call upon the owner and the doctors that he employs to use some of his profits to clean up his “clinic” and hire a decorator to make the place look like a real professional “clinic”?
I read several women’s magazines, which are definitely biased towards the “choice” option. I don’t understand why, whenever these magazines do stories about abortion clinics, they always show neat, pleasant-looking facilities. Why don’t they come here and show pictures of a clinic that gives women a “choice?” Some choice
I wonder how people with cancer would feel going to a facility that had a picture of Jesus giving people the finger? Or how a dialysis patient would feel going to a facility that has signs up that say, “Protected by Smith and Wesson”? Eugh.
Anyway, I and many others hope that the NIWC stays closed forever. It’s a disgrace to our city.
The man who owns this facility is extremely wealthy. He will no doubt pay the fine, fix the violations, and re-open. But at least, thank God, no children will die at the hands of abortionists, at least for a few days, maybe longer, in our city.
And the local media is covering this story, in a small way, so the people in the area are learning just what kind of facility this really is. I work in a hospital (in the lab), and frankly, whenever I am near the NIWC, I am shocked at how filthy and run-down it looks, and at the window signs and decorations.
When I go to a doctor’s office, I expect some decor. My doctor is a fisherman, so he has all kinds of crafty little cute things of fishing and cabins and boats up in his office. But this guy has rubber chickens hanging in the windows (which I consider racist, BTW), and hand-lettered signs up accusing the regular protesters (using their names) of foul things. He also posts blasphemous versions of Bible verses. One of the ickiest things in the windows is an effigy (a statue) of the owner holding a gun–the pose is the classic Uncle Sam “I Want You!” pose–frightening. I can’t see how anyone could go to such a place for a serious medical procedure.
And I don’t understand how the things in his windows haven’t been declared either obscene or hate-speech, or both, by the City Council, and forbidden, especially the accusations against real people in our community.
It used to be worse. The owner has loudspeakers wired up all over the clinic to the outside, and he used to scream at the protesters and play loud music. The neighbors (yes, this clinic is on a street near a residential neighborhood) finally convinced the City Council to stop this, since it was noisy and disturbing to the peace.
The alderwoman in that ward is totally in support of the facility, and is constantly trying to stop any attempt by those opposed to abortion to protest, sidewalk counsel, pray, etc. Her ward is one of the poorest, most crime-ridden in the city–I don’t understand why she doesn’t see that this facility is contributing to that, not helping. Wouldn’t her ward be better served by expanding the reach of the city’s free clinic?
(There is a nice free clinic fairly close to the abortion facility, BTW. Our city has a fantastic free clinic system with great doctors, nurses, and other staff; the lab that I work for is contracted, and we do a good job doing all the tests from this clinic. The rich of the community pay for this clinic, holding fundraisers throughout the year to raise funds. So the poor in our city do have good health care options.)
Quite a few of the medical doctors in our city DEFEND this place and the doctors who work there (they are from out of state, BTW). Shocking and so twisted. Why don’t the doctors call upon the owner and the doctors that he employs to use some of his profits to clean up his “clinic” and hire a decorator to make the place look like a real professional “clinic”?
I read several women’s magazines, which are definitely biased towards the “choice” option. I don’t understand why, whenever these magazines do stories about abortion clinics, they always show neat, pleasant-looking facilities. Why don’t they come here and show pictures of a clinic that gives women a “choice?” Some choice
I wonder how people with cancer would feel going to a facility that had a picture of Jesus giving people the finger? Or how a dialysis patient would feel going to a facility that has signs up that say, “Protected by Smith and Wesson”? Eugh.
Anyway, I and many others hope that the NIWC stays closed forever. It’s a disgrace to our city.