Austin, TX — Operation Rescue recently conducted an audit of a dozen randomly selected abortion clinic in Texas. What we have discovered is disturbing.

At each and every abortion clinic that was the subject of our investigation, there were at least some violations of state and federal laws as well as health codes. In every case, laws were broken. Because of this, women’s health and privacy are routinely placed at risk.

“Our investigation focused on what the everyday woman would experience as a matter of routine at Texas abortion clinics,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “The general disrespect for the health, safety, and privacy of women – as well as the general public – was more than evident.

On Wednesday, March 2, 2011, Troy Newman and other activists will conduct a press conference in Austin where details of this investigation will be discussed.

Here is a schedule of our activities in Austin on Wednesday, March 2:

Press Conference
10:00 AM on the south steps of the Texas Capitol in Austin

Present evidence that crimes have been committed to the State Attorney General
1:00 PM at the office of the Attorney General, 300 W. 15th Street, Austin, TX 78701

Immediately after, we will go to the Capitol to lobby for pro-life legislation.

A full report, including a video, photo gallery, audio recordings and other evidence will be soon available at OperationRescue.org. Watch for updates on this breaking news story.

Please forward this message to your contacts in Texas and encourage them to attend the events there on Wednesday, and pray that the exposure of these abuses will result in the protection of lives, the closing of dangerous abortion mills, and the discipline of scofflaw abortionists who have been found to routinely flout the law.

Topeka, KS — Our friend Earl Glynn, also known as the “Kansas Watchdog” covered the Phill Kline ethics hearing yesterday and shot video of a great interview with Kline during the lunch break. We are posting the video below.

Kline is being charged with ethics violations related to his investigations of Kansas abortion clinics. Those charges have already been proven to be without merit, yet his political enemies continue to persecute him. Why? His investigations led to 107 criminal charges against Planned Parenthood and that case is still pending. Discrediting the prosecutor that charged them is the only hope that Planned Parenthood has for getting the charges against them dismissed and the evidence against them buried forever.

For an excellent article on the hearing by the Kansas Watchdog, please click here.

Background stories by Operation Rescue can be found here and here.

For Troy Newman’s latest 1-minute radio commentaries on this subject, please click here.

New York, New York – The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested abortion supporter Theodore Shulman, 49, yesterday and charged him with communicating interstate threats against two pro-life activists. He is currently being held without bond at Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City, a Federal holding facility.

While the complaint against Shulman was filed under seal, Operation Rescue has been informed that the case involved two pro-life activists who are simply referred to as Victim 1 and Victim 2. Opertion Rescue is withholding the identities of the victims in order to protect their safety.

In addition to the two victims listed in the Federal complaint, Operation Rescue’s Troy Newman and Cheryl Sullenger, as well as blogger Jill Stanek and speaker/activist Bryan Kemper of Stand True have also been the brunt of Shulman’s threats. Shulman hounded Sullenger, in particular, over a two year time-span. He ran a blog site under the name “Operation Counterstrike” that fomented hatred and attempted to encourage “pro-choice” supporters to murder pro-lifer activists.

Shulman is also the object of a Federal investigation in Wichita, Kansas, which could result in additional charges being filed against Shulman for making serious death threats against Operation Rescue staff members.

“This is a huge relief to us that Ted Shulman is behind bars where he belongs,” said Sullenger. “He often posted threatening comments to our web site and called me on my cell phone too many times to count. He was always brazen in his threats and openly identified himself, telling us not to bother calling the FBI because they would never do anything for us. Thankfully, he was wrong about that, and we hope that, in addition to his New York charges, he will also be charged in Kansas.”

“We continue to work with the FBI on the Shulman case and on other cases of death threats we have received. We take every threat seriously and have taken extra security precautions to insure our safety.

Threats to Operation Rescue have increased in recent weeks after MSNBC talk show host Rachel Maddow repeatedly targeted the group by airing inaccurate and inflammatory information that has incited the threats against Operation Rescue staff members’ lives.

Listen to recordings of a threat made by Theodore Shulman.
Listen to threat made by apparent Maddow listener.