Rio Grande Valley abortion clinic bought by anti-abortion pregnancy center

A mural on the side of the Whole Woman’s Health abortion clinic in McAllen in June. The private medical provider, which owned the building for nearly two decades, were surprised to find out that the doctors who bought the building, turned around and sold it to a group that opposes abortions. (Credit: Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune)

For years, protesters gathered daily outside the Rio Grande Valley’s last abortion clinic, praying for the day it would be put out of business.

If their prayers were ever answered, and abortion banned, they could buy the squat, sandstone building in downtown McAllen, turning it into a memorial for the unborn or using it to house their own anti-abortion counseling center.