Abortion debate rages on

The murder of a Kansas doctor who performed late term abortions has led to a heightened focus on an issue that has been raging since the Roe versus Wade decision in the early 1970's.

The founder of a Beaumont clinic offering abortions and other procedures and the director of a clinic providing alternatives are reacting to the renewed debate.

To get inside the Whole Women's Health Clinic in Beaumont, you have to talk to workers, and someone has to buzz open the door.

"Daily security concerns have been part of our work for a long time. We've been dealing with basic terrorism," says Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder and CEO of Whole Women's Health.

Amy Hagstrom Miller has operated a clinic in Beaumont since 2004. Abortions and other procedures are done here. Miller says security is always in the back of her mind, but she says it's important to keep open this clinic for women who often travel hundreds of miles.

"Talking to women about religion, spirituality. No one gets pregnant to have an abortion. No one says I want to have an abortion. No one wants to be here," says Miller.

"We would love for everyone to choose life. But not everybody does, and right now that's not illegal," says Mary Milligan, the director of the Hope Women's Resource Clinic.

Mary Milligan says every year about 2,000 women walk through the doors of the Hope Women's Resource Clinic in Beaumont.

She says the Hope Clinic offers alternatives to abortion for women who come here for help through the stages of pregnancy.

"Parenting classes, prenatal classes, childbirth classes," says Milligan.

Miller says there have been more threats against clinics across the country in which abortions are performed.

"Vast majority of anti abortion protestors are peaceful. They're not zealot kinds of folks," says Miller.

Miller knew Doctor George Tiller, a doctor in Kansas who performed late term abortions. He was shot and killed last month.

"Murder is never ok in my mind. Whether it's a baby, or an adult, for whatever reason, murder is murder," says Milligan.

Both places offer someone to listen, although the outcome is often different.

"Not sit and judge them, but try to be supportive of them getting back on track and getting their life back together again is really rewarding part of our work," says Miller.

Work that will continue at each clinic while the debate carries on as well.