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He said the training session did
not include information on how to
respond to possible severe circum
stances, like a bombing of the clin
ic.
“There’s a lot of security built
into the clinic,” Varner said. “No
body has talked as if they expected
something like that to happen.
There is always a big splash in the
media when something like that
happens, but the odds of getting
hurt in a bombing at an abortion
clinic are a lot less than being killed
in an airplane crash.”
Varner said the escorts are not
only supporting abortion, but also
other Planned Parenthood services.
“I would characterize what we
do as a show of support for the
right to choose to terminate a preg
nancy, but [it is also for] all the oth
er services they provide, the vast
majority of which is not abortion.”
Varner’s pro-choice view on
abortion stems from his moral be
liefs.
“I think women should have the
unfettered legal right to choose,”
he said. “But the reason 1 think that
is a function of my moral beliefs. ”
However, Varner does not sup
port abortion in every case.
“I think there might be good rea
son for some restrictions on late-
term abortions,” he said. “One of
those is given in Roe v. Wade.
There are health risks to the carri
er of the fetus given the way [the
procedure] is done.
“That implies that there needs
to be regulation, not prohibition.”
Varner said, for philosophical
discussions of the issue, it is im
portant to distinguish between be
ing a human and being a person,
which carries with it moral signifi
cance.
“Whatever characteristics make
you and I persons, presumably nei
ther the permanently comatose nor
early fetuses have,” he said. “Un
like the permanently comatose, fe
tuses have the potential to develop
these characteristics, but in my
view, the bare, unactualized po
tential to develop these character
istics does not give fetuses the
same moral significance as full-
fledged persons.”
Varner said hs is not opposed to
the pro-life protesters«at the clinic.
“Regarding abortion specifical
ly, I understand protesters’ inter
ests and rights to make a statement
— in a sense, they're just doing
their job the same way the volun
teer escorts are.
“1 hope that doesn’t degenerate
into yelling at clients getting out of
their cars in the parking lot of ha
rassment of clients who arrive on
foot. Unfortunately, I think that
that’s more likely to happen when
out-of-town protesters are brought
in to join the local regulars.”
Ginger
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Ginger, who has nine sisters and
five brothers, said she did not want
the child she was carrying.
Donohue said, as an education
al organization, BVCL’s job is to re
fer clients like Ginger to outreach
services for women in unplanned
pregnancies.
Donohue referred Ginger to
Gabriel’s Project, an organization
that helps provide physical needs,
like clothing and food, to the moth
er and child experiencing a crisis
pregnancy.
Tessi Lambert, coordinator of
Gabriel’s Project for St. Anthony’s
Church in Bryan, said Gabriel’s Pro
ject offers help to women who may
feel they are in a desperate situa
tion.
“The most important thing
Gabriel’s Project does is allow them
to see God’s love and mercy
through the volunteer's eyes,” she
said.
Ginger decided to have the baby,
with the support of Donohue and
Lambert.
“Thank God for Lauren and Tes
si,” she said.
Ginger said her sons helped her
decide to have the baby. She
showed them the Life insert, and
they were excited about the baby.
“Tessi got help for me and my
boys,” she said. “She helped me to
get Medicaid and my lights turned
on and my phone hooked up and
took me to church.
“She was there with me when I
had the baby. She was a great
coach.”
Ginger said she was at rock-bot
tom before she met Tessi. Her
mother had just died.
“She helped me with my self-es
teem,” she said. “It was really
down.”
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special.”
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had had an abonion.
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going to live like this
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classes to learn aboil
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until I have a girl,” she
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