I spent much of last week a few yards from the abandoned abortion center in Des Moines — watching as the long-overdue demolition of the building takes place.
Itās ironic that — a building that likely took much time to build — even longer to occupy — and then stood, mostly abandoned for a decade and a half — can be completely removed in only a few days.
Itās been a sobering experience.
Watching as the heavy machinery tore the building apart, my heart torn apart again, thinking about āthe reception area with dated chairs ā the āmedical services” suite, filled with all the instruments and equipment used in abortions ā exam tables where tens of thousands of women lay, lost and alone, some of them now my dearest friends ā the jars and trays that held tiny babies, ripped from their mothers ā the
Iāve thought much of the lives lost there. No doubt tens of thousands of lives, given Planned Parenthoodās decades-long occupancy there.
Itās where an equal number of women walked into the reception area, paid for their āprocedureā, walked into the āmedical services” suite, never to be the same again — whether they recognized it or not.
For each one of them, Iāve sat outside that old building this week — continue to — until all that remains there are the haunting memories.
Further, itās because Planned Parenthood didnāt stop killing babies and harming women when they vacated this building. They simply moved across town to a location that is far more difficult for sidewalk advocates to reach abortion-seeking women.
Fred Hubbell, Planned Parenthoodās outspoken cheerleader, is running to replace pro-life Governor Kim Reynolds.
He āunabashedly supports Roe v. Wadeā, a court decision directly responsible for the deaths of more than 60 million unborn babies and counting. As the former Board Chairman of Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa in the mid-80s, he very likely led those meetings in this very building.
Governor Kim Reynolds supports seeing abortion end because she knows that women truly deserve better.
The choice is clear.
Please #VoteForTheVoiceless on November 6.