Abortion in Marion County
According to the Ocala Star Banner: "Since 1998, members of Marion County Right to Life could be found every Tuesday and Saturday protesting in front of the Ocala Women's Center, the county's only abortion clinic. Today, there will be no abortions done at the clinic, with owner Dr. James Scott Pendergraft under state investigation."
These protests occur across the street from where I work. I'm quite pro-choice when it comes to abortion (and pretty much everything else), but I have no problems with pro-life citizens exercising their rights to protests. Hell, live and let live (so to speak).
But I am against the abortionist, Pendergraft. Not because he's aborts fetuses, babies, etc. No, it's because he's an extortionist. He tried to extort money from Orlando, as well as Ocala, in order not to locate. He also wanted Orlando to deny his clinic so he could sue for damages. That had a better prospect of larger payoff than actually opening the clinic. Well, common sense prevailed in Orlando, and he was able to open there. (I worked for Orlando during that time.)
He tried the same game in Ocala/Marion County, but we had a county commissioner who was able to obtain incriminating evidence of a bribery request/extortion, and Pendergraft was convicted. This was later overturned (the law is often an ass) and the ol' doc opened his "women's center."
Now Pendergraft is in trouble in Orlando for late term abortions. As I said, I'm pro-choice, but this couldn't have happened to a more deserving fellow.
These protests occur across the street from where I work. I'm quite pro-choice when it comes to abortion (and pretty much everything else), but I have no problems with pro-life citizens exercising their rights to protests. Hell, live and let live (so to speak).
But I am against the abortionist, Pendergraft. Not because he's aborts fetuses, babies, etc. No, it's because he's an extortionist. He tried to extort money from Orlando, as well as Ocala, in order not to locate. He also wanted Orlando to deny his clinic so he could sue for damages. That had a better prospect of larger payoff than actually opening the clinic. Well, common sense prevailed in Orlando, and he was able to open there. (I worked for Orlando during that time.)
He tried the same game in Ocala/Marion County, but we had a county commissioner who was able to obtain incriminating evidence of a bribery request/extortion, and Pendergraft was convicted. This was later overturned (the law is often an ass) and the ol' doc opened his "women's center."
Now Pendergraft is in trouble in Orlando for late term abortions. As I said, I'm pro-choice, but this couldn't have happened to a more deserving fellow.
posted by RightinFlorida | 8:42 AM
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