By Cheryl Sullenger
Albuquerque, NM - The
University of New Mexico Center for Reproductive Health (UNMCRH)
abortion clinic is being forced out of its long-time location at 1701
Moon St. due to a pro-life presence that has ramped up in recent weeks.
March 25 is scheduled to be the clinic's last day at that location.
Recently, Project Defending
Life launched its new PROTEST ABQ campaign that focuses on the UNMCRH
where medical students from the UNM School of Medicine are trained to
do abortions up to 22 weeks. PDL and Operation Rescue had previously
exposed a series of
botched abortions that required the emergency hospitalization of several UNMCRH patients.
The increased focus has had
the effect of driving out the abortion clinic. According to Tara
Shaver of Project Defending Life a "trusted source" informed them that
the move was directly related to the increased pro-life protest led by
Bud Shaver.
"Their exact words to our source were, 'We are moving our location because we are being protested,'" said Tara Shaver.
"This is a huge victory for
this neighborhood," Tara Shaver continued. "Due to Bud's faithful
public presence over the past 3 years, neighborhood residents often
voiced their shock and dismay to Bud once they realized that an
abortion clinic was killing children each day in their neighborhood.
Their question to Bud was often, 'How can we get this abortion clinic
out of our neighborhood?' Well, PROTEST ABQ has proven to be the
answer."
