Planned Parenthood has been increasing its security measures over the last few months as "inflammatory rhetoric" about the organization has been growing, an official for the group said in the wake of the deadly shooting at its Colorado Springs clinic over the weekend.
While Planned Parenthood declined to disclose specific security measures, some health centers have "increased patrols from dedicated security guards, while others have upgraded their monitoring systems," Eric Ferrero, vice president of communications for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement today, noting that the group's health centers have increased security "over the last few months as inflammatory rhetoric about Planned Parenthood increased."
"Our health center staff around the country have long been trained in security protocols," Ferrero added, "and that training helped our brave staff members in Colorado Springs work with local law enforcement to prevent this tragedy from being far worse than it was."