On Tuesday, September 10, at 1 p.m., local and national pro-life organizations will hold a joint press conference on the sidewalk of a Planned Parenthood abortion facility recently opened in the small college town of Pittsburg, Kansas. The clinic is located at 2312 South Tucker Terrace.
Speakers will include Troy Newman and Cheryl Sullenger of Operation Rescue, David Cox of Family Council Arkansas, and William Anderson of Students for Life of America.
Documents recently uncovered by Family Council Arkansas revealed that Planned Parenthood secretly purchased the building in Pittsburg through a string of limited liability companies in 2023.
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The new abortion facility is located less than two miles from the campus of Pittsburg State University and only five miles from the Missouri state line, where abortion is currently banned. It is less than a one-hour drive from Oklahoma and less than a 90-minute drive from Arkansas. Both states are abortion-free.
“After the disastrous failure of the Kansas pro-life amendment in 2022, Kansas is fast becoming an absolute abortion wasteland,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “Just this summer, the Kansas Supreme Court struck down numerous long-standing protections for the preborn. Now, this new Planned Parenthood abortion clinic will prey on vulnerable young adults at the nearby college, as well as undermine voters in neighboring states who had the wisdom and courage to vote in protections for the preborn. Planned Parenthood hates to let babies live in any state.”
William Anderson, Midwest Regional Coordinator for Students for Life of America comments, “Ninety-percent of all Planned Parenthood facilities are located within five miles of a college campus, and this new Planned Parenthood abortion business is no different. Planned Parenthood is in it for the money, already taking nearly $700 million of taxpayer funds, and they have no issue taking it while targeting young and vulnerable women to abort their preborn children to keep the hamster wheel running.”
In 2022, Kansas also saw a staggering 57% increase in abortions, mainly due to women traveling from surrounding states with stronger pro-life laws post-Roe. Of all the abortions performed that year, 41% were performed on women from Missouri and Oklahoma, representing over 5,000 babies aborted from just these two neighboring states alone.
David Cox of Family Council Arkansas states, “Planned Parenthood’s decision to open this Pittsburg abortion facility shows its goal is to perform abortions on women throughout the Four State Area. Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri have passed good, pro-life laws protecting women and unborn children from abortion. This facility will promote abortion to women from these states.”
Pro-life citizens, and especially concerned parents of the college students this Planned Parenthood will undoubtedly target, are invited to join the press conference and show their support for life.
