Two months after a contractors’ boycott stopped work on a Planned Parenthood clinic that will offer abortions, construction has resumed at the south Austin site.<\/p>\n
Project planners hope to meet their original fall completion date.<\/p>\n
“We’re more committed than ever,” Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Danielle Tierney said Tuesday. “We’ve been encouraged and inspired by support, not only in this community, but from pro-choice supporters everywhere.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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