COLUMBIA – Missouri Baptists are among those fighting for the lives of the unborn in front of the Planned Parenthood clinic here.
Susan Klein, a Missouri Baptist pastor’s wife and legislative liaison for Missouri Right to Life, spoke to pro-lifers gathered in Columbia, July 28, for a “Women Betrayed Rally.”
“We stand united all across the U.S. to speak for the unborn and against the horrors of Planned Parenthood,” Klein said. “Women are deceived and betrayed inside the walls of Planned Parenthood, here in Columbia and all across the U.S.”
Klein told pro-lifers that, during a recent state senate investigative hearing about Planned Parenthood, one reporter asked her if she trusted the abortion giant.
“I said no,” Klein said. “We don’t trust Planned Parenthood because of their abortion business to sell baby body parts. We don’t trust Planned Parenthood because of their history of botched abortions. We don’t trust Planned Parenthood because their facilities have a history of bad inspection reports with rusty equipment, expired drugs and untrained medical personnel. … And the list could go on and on. Bottom line: Planned Parenthood kills babies.”
Klein and other pro-lifers, including Missouri Baptists Bonnie Lee and Chris Young, have regularly picketed, prayed for and counseled with women in front the Columbia Planned Parenthood. This clinic announced in mid-July that, beginning this month, it would again provide abortifacients to terminate early pregnancies and that, by next year, it would once again provide surgical abortions.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the director of the state Department of Health and Senior Services will be expected to testify during a committee hearing this week concerning the issuance of the Columbia clinic’s abortion license. In July, state lawmakers raised concerns about the clinic, claiming that the facility fails to comply with safety regulations set by the state in 2007.
Klein encourages other Missouri Baptists to come to the clinic in Columbia simply to pray for women seeking abortions and for Planned Parenthood staff members.