MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
BOUT TIME! Unfortunately Planned Parenthood had to suffer.
A nonprofit group of eight centers hopes a new business model will help rebrand the antiabortion movement, draw more clients and attract some of the millions in Title X funds that Planned Parenthood relinquished in August.
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey @ WashingtonPost.com, Nov. 7
AUSTIN — When a low-income woman searches for reproductive care, she often goes to a Planned Parenthood clinic, where she’s treated as a patient with an array of medical options. Or she might go to a Christian pregnancy center, where she is counseled to carry a pregnancy to term.
But some Christians now see an opening for a third way to reach women — before they become pregnant — that also enables them to compete for federal money Planned Parenthood has decided to relinquish.
Eight independent Texas-based pregnancy centers merged earlier this year to form a chain called The Source. With Christian women’s health centers in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin, the nonprofit organization plans to offer a full array of medical services, to include testing for sexually transmitted diseases, first-trimester prenatal care and contraception choices [....]