Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Power of Prayer: New Mexico Abortion Facility Fails to Open as Planned

 
Power of Prayer: New Mexico Abortion Facility Fails to Open as Planned

September 16, 2014

Las Cruces, NM - Up before the break of dawn, Pastors Manny and Grace Lardizabal of Albuquerque were headed south. As the scenic sights of the burnished New Mexico deserts sped by, Manny and Grace prayed for God's favor.

But what God did next blew them away.

Manny and Grace, who minister with Project Defending Life at abortion facilities in Albuquerque, were leading a team to Las Cruces, where the Texas-based abortion chain, Whole Women's Health, had announced that it would be opening a new abortion facility on September 15. The purpose of that facility would be to target women living in Texas for abortions and thus avoid the new Texas abortion laws that had already shut down half of the abortion facilities in that state.

In New Mexico, there is no 24-hour waiting period to protect women from spur-of-the-moment decisions or succumbing to high-pressure sales pitches by abortion center staff only to regret it later. There are no facility safety requirements. There is no health department oversight. No inspections. No parental notification. No requirements for emergency plans when things go wrong.

Continue reading to find out what happens next!