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Rhiannon12866

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7. I was once driving down a main local road when there was a woman holding a large sign saying she'd had an abortion

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #5)

Sat May 17, 2025, 07:36 PM

May 17

Standing by the side of the road. I definitely did a double take. I have since learned that there's a Planned Parenthood clinic on a side road there. And of course it attracts protesters even though they don't offer abortions there, it's a health clinic.

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ABC 7 LA,CA: First look at damage in massive explosion near Palm Springs fertility clinic [View all] Jacson6 May 17 OP

WOW! LoisB May 17 #1

Probably thought it was an abortion clinic cyclonefence May 17 #2

You're right, this place looks like it helps women achieve pregnancy Rhiannon12866 May 17 #3

But you do know how the name "American Reproductive Centers" sounds to the looneritcs? LiberalArkie May 17 #5

I was once driving down a main local road when there was a woman holding a large sign saying she'd had an abortion Rhiannon12866 May 17 #7

Ridiculous that they "wonder" if this was terrorism... buzzycrumbhunger May 17 #9

Excellent points! Planned Parenthood may also be the only place offering women's health care in rural areas Rhiannon12866 May 17 #10

Weird... Blew up the vehicle, the building and damage to hospital across the street, but LiberalArkie May 17 #4

That is why I think it was a shaped bomb charge. Jacson6 May 17 #8

They killed a bunch of embryos jmbar2 May 17 #6

Nope. They weren't damaged. chowder66 May 17 #11

Thanks for the clarification jmbar2 May 17 #14

Looks like pro job: shaped charge into clinic, vehicle blown back to garbage bins at back, not much sideways force. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 17 #12

Most likely 1) Angry customer, 2) Jilted partner, 3) maga thought "abortion clinic", 4) anti-IVF christian absolutist Bernardo de La Paz May 17 #13