Good News - September 2018

OUT AND ABOUT 36 SEPTEMBER 2018 Good News • South Florida Edition Protesters Target Hope Women’s Centers About 20 protesters gath- ered on the sidewalk outside Hope Women’s Centers’ Fort Lauderdale clinic for about two hours on August 22 chanting, “Keep abortion legal” and holding signs op- posing what they call “fake clinic lies.” The protesters are part of a movement taking root nationwide called #Ex- poseFakeClinics, which calls women’s health centers aka crisis pregnancy centers “fake” because they provide free pregnancy testing, ultra- sounds and pregnancy sup- port, but do not provide abortions. Nancy McDonald, execu- tive director of Hope Women’s Centers, said, “Un- fortunately, this is the world we live in today. Instead of sit- ting down and having a dis- cussion when we disagree, protests are staged. Half of our nation believes in abortion on demand with no apologies, while we hold a view that every life has value.” The accusation that they are a “fake clinic,” McDonald said, “is patently false. We assure you we are fully cre- dentialed to offer services by all of the proper agencies in our state. Here’s the rub,” she added, “there are ‘fake clinics’ out there who have an ‘ends justify the means’ mentality and are not tied to national organizations who