Officials Seize Anti-Abortion Group’s Assets
Officers seized furniture, computers and other office equipment from Operation Rescue’s new headquarters Wednesday under a court order obtained by Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas.
Officials of Planned Parenthood’s Houston office watched as movers, overseen by Constable Rick Richardson, took everything of value inside LifeChoices Inc., the national headquarters of Operation Rescue.
“We will do everything possible to find and take their assets,” said Planned Parenthood official Judy Reiner. “We’ve made that clear from the day we won.”
Planned Parenthood was awarded $1 million in punitive damages from Dallas-based Operation Rescue and Houston-based Rescue America over the anti-abortion groups’ protests during the 1992 Republican National Convention.
A jury found that they and two other groups conspired to hinder business at Planned Parenthood and nine other clinics.
The LifeChoices office opened two weeks ago in North Dallas, next door to a clinic that performs abortions.
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