{"id":208225,"date":"2019-08-08T13:12:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=208225"},"modified":"2019-08-08T13:12:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:12:43","slug":"pete-buttigieg-opposed-pregnancy-center-unlicensed-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pete-buttigieg-opposed-pregnancy-center-unlicensed-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Pete Buttigieg opposed pregnancy help center, lets unlicensed abortion center open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>While running for president, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic candidate for president, has declared his support for unrestricted elective abortion, describing even late-term abortion as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pete-buttigieg-science-late-term-abortion-religious\/\">religious<\/a>\u201d issue. In his role as mayor, Buttigieg has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-whole-womans-health\/\">championed<\/a> Whole Woman\u2019s Health of South Bend, despite the fact that the abortion facility remains unlicensed.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/ct-south-bend-abortion-clinic-20190806-2glq5hlgyfejvbvhbk2dknhbme-story.html\">the Chicago Tribune<\/a>, \u201cThe state health department had denied the facility\u2019s 2017 application for a license over allegations it failed to meet the requirement of \u2018reputable and responsible character,\u2019 as well as for not releasing information related to additional clinics\u201d which are its own affiliates. The facility opened on June 27 following a preliminary injunction allowing Whole Woman\u2019s Health to commit medication abortions <em>while remaining unlicensed<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lRDnVSMr5j0\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Tribune explains, \u201cThe clinic\u2019s tenuous survival has been championed by South Bend mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, whose national campaign includes a pro-reproductive rights platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whole Woman&#8217;s Health as an abortion chain has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/long-history-of-health-violations-at-abortion-chain-suing-over-pro-life-law\/\">a history of multiple health and safety violations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Buttigieg has demonstrated a firm commitment to elective abortion &#8212; even unlicensed and unregulated facilities next to college campuses &#8212; he <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-halts-pregnancy-resource-center\/\">opposed the opening of a pro-life pregnancy<\/a> resource center near the abortion business. Buttigieg claimed that allowing the pregnancy resource center would not benefit the community because it would mean neighboring buildings would house \u201cdeep and opposite commitments on the most divisive social issue of our time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pregnancy resource center, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womenscarecenter.org\/\">Women\u2019s Care Center<\/a>, did manage to find an alternative location across the street from the abortion facility and opened on July 20. \u201cWe exist to give women the opportunity to choose life,\u201d Women\u2019s Care Center Vice President Jenny Hunsberger told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/ct-south-bend-abortion-clinic-20190806-2glq5hlgyfejvbvhbk2dknhbme-story.html\">Chicago Tribune<\/a>. She added, \u201cFor some women, it\u2019s a second option they don\u2019t know they have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/women-tell-truth-pregnancy-centers-media-says\/\">Women tell the truth about pregnancy centers \u2014 and it\u2019s not what the media says<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students for Life of America protested the opening of the unlicensed facility in June. At the time, Lily Hutkowski, regional coordinator for SFLA, <a href=\"https:\/\/studentsforlife.org\/2019\/08\/06\/pete-buttigieg-allowed-unlicensed-abortion-facility-to-operate-in-south-bend\/\">said<\/a>, \u201cRisking Hoosiers\u2019 lives by operating an unmonitored, unregulated, and undercover abortion vendor is irresponsible and sets up a house of cards in our community that will end in a deadly collapse on the people who go there.\u00a0Why would we allow anyone to operate a surgical center like a child\u2019s lemonade stand, set up without proper protections, just because an abortion vendor wants to be in business?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While running for president, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic candidate for president, has declared his support for unrestricted elective abortion, describing even late-term abortion as \u201creligious\u201d issue. In his role as mayor, Buttigieg has championed Whole Woman\u2019s Health of South Bend, despite the fact that the abortion facility remains unlicensed. 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