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Abortion | A year-long contractors' boycott forces Planned Parenthood to cut the ribbon on an unfinished abortion center in Austin, Texas | Lynn Vincent

AUSTIN -- It's Sept. 23 and William Truict service manager at Brake Check in Austin, Texas, is wondering about his new neighbor, the Choice Project. People from Planned Parenthood's new flagship facility have already made nice with the folks at Brake Check, one day bringing over barbecue for lunch. Today is the Choice Project's ribbon-cutting ceremony, so the slice of Planned Parenthood property behind Mr. Truict's shop looks downright festive: white open-air tent, rows of white folding chairs, balloons and ribbon in yellow and bubble-gum pink.

"I have a question," Mr. Truict asks a reporter who stopped in at Brake Check to gauge local reaction to the new facility. "Do they actually do abortions there?"