from the American Independent:
Last week, radical anti-abortion right’s group Operation Rescue told Life News that the Texas Medical Board has continued to investigate the group’s claims that women’s health clinics providing abortions in Texas were violating the law. Clinic operators continue to dispute the claims, but fear that a wave of harassment and intimidation against abortion providers could follow.
In Florida, Operation Rescue has paid close attention to a case involving a Hialeah abortion-provider who was accused of illegally practicing medicine while performing a failed abortion in 2006. This March, the case against the provider was thrown out because “medical experts changed testimony,” making the case difficult to prosecute.
Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue, said the Hialeah case is an example of why anti-abortion rights groups such as Operation Rescue need to focus on getting abortion-providers prosecuted.
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Terry Sallas-Merritt, a vice president for Whole Woman’s Health, said that the group’s most common tactic is to harass doctors and clinics who are providing a legal service. Whole Woman’s Health is a chain of women’s health clinics in Texas and Maryland, and was among those targeted in Operation Rescue’s self-proclaimed “sting.” Over a dozen doctors who provide abortion services in Texas are under investigation because of Operation Rescue’s claims. ..........(more)
The complete piece is at:
http://www.americanindependent.com/184814/operation-rescue-abuses-abortion-cartel-post-legislation