Abortion Referral Clinic Will Lower Business Property Values

A new abortion referral clinic will invite protest activity, right on Court Street. This will now be one of the first things visitors see as they come into town. This can only hurt the town's image, make customers less likely to visit and patronize local businesses, and ultimately lower commercial real estate values. Why would we want to do this?

In most towns, like Kennewick, Planned Parenthood at least has the "decency" to put their abortion & birth control clinics in something more approximating a back alley. There's a reason for that.

Because of Planned Parenthood's extremely controversial practices and record, their clinics are the site of regular protests and vigils which see many people outside for extended periods of time during business hours, walking around, holding up posters and signs. This is not exactly an ideal retail environment.

Moreover, while these protestors are peaceful, these events are often the sites of violence by abortion activists, and PP clients. This website documents a series of acts of violence, many near abortion clinics and abortion referral clinics, just in Washington state.

Letting PP open up right on our main street will be bad for all local businesses and bad for the local economy.