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A Memphis abortion facility received a $25,000 grant from the Shelby County Commission to build a playground on-site, in an eight to five vote along party lines.<\/p>\n

CHOICES – Memphis Center for Reproductive Health in Midtown said it wants the playground so women visiting the facility can bring their children with them. And during the meeting in front of the commission, CHOICES staff called their business, which kills preborn children, “family friendly.”<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of our patients have children,\u201d executive director Jennifer Pepper said. \u201cThe playground helps promote our family-friendly and inclusive environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, former board member Sarah Jane Goodman told the commission that the women visiting CHOICES are seeking many services, including prenatal care. \u201cEvery one of you has people who come to CHOICES every week,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want to provide a playground for the families.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet according to the CHOICES annual report<\/a>, the overwhelming majority of the “services” it provides are abortions.<\/p>\n

READ:<\/strong>\u00a0Planned Parenthood\u2019s plummeting health care services prove it\u2019s not focused on women\u2019s health<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In 2020, the facility reported only 45 births while committing 2,399 abortions. These live births were less than 2% of their total abortions. In total,\u00a0CHOICES saw over 3,500 patients in 2020, but only performed 45 births. That’s barely over 1% of their patients.<\/p>\n

CHOICES announced the\u00a0opening of its birthing center<\/a> in 2017, claiming this would make the facility “the first truly comprehensive non-profit reproductive health center in the nation.”<\/p>\n

This line was repeated in the argument for the grant to build the playground. \u201cWe are the only truly comprehensive, reproductive health center in the nation that offers birth, prenatal care, wellness, and abortion services under one roof, and we are proud to make Memphis the home of this groundbreaking model,\u201d Pepper told the Tennessee Lookout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Memphis City Council member Dr. Jeff Warren likewise praised their birthing center, claiming it would improve medical care for minority women. \u201cOur prenatal death rates among African-American women and infants is way too high,\u201d he said. \u201cCHOICES midwives are bringing this high touch, follow-up to prenatal care, delivery, and postnatal care with excellent results. A playground for moms to bring their other children to play will help improve follow-up of those pregnancies in medical care for their moms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet despite the supposed comprehensive reproductive health offered at this center, CHOICES seems to focus on abortion \u2014 it’s right there in black and white in its own annual report. Yet it continues to downplay the truth. This playground will be used by women allowing their children to play while their siblings are aborted.<\/p>\n

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