Under a barrage of legal appeals and lawsuits, Planned Parenthood of Illinois keeps standing strong. Just days after a judge threw out
significant portions of a defamation lawsuit against the women's health
care provider, the Aurora Building Code Board of Appeals dismissed
appeals filed against Planned Parenthood's state-of-the-art
clinic there. The Beacon News has the details:
Earlier this week, the Building Code Board of Appeals rejected the lion's share of a complaint filed in July by anti-abortion activists, including Fox Valley Families Against Planned Parenthood. In the complaint, those opponents argued several zoning and building codes were violated during the construction of the facility, and challenged the July 1 issuance of a final certificate of occupancy.
City Attorney Alayne Weingartz filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, and after nearly two hours of deliberation, the board upheld that motion. The board, Weingartz said, has a 20-day limit on decisions it can consider, and most of the decisions referenced in the appeal happened more than 20 days before it was filed.
But Illinois' pro-life community isn't backing down. They're still awaiting a hearing date for nine-count lawsuit the Thomas Moore Society filed against the City of Aurora last year. And this week, anti-abortion activists met for the adorably named "Planned Parenthood: BAD for America" summit, in which they "share[d] techniques that they believe will lead to the closure of all clinics."
You know, because when abortion clinics are closed, women magically stop having abortions.
Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 09/19/2008 - 17:05
One day I hope to see the pro birth people doing something real for the children in their communities. So many abused children go without so much. It is to bad we have to be so inundated with lack of caring for life.
Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 09/19/2008 - 22:26
First of all, let's set the record straight: there are plenty of pro-life people doing very real things for children every day. To make such an ignorant statement against such a large community of people does nothing other than demonstrate that you disagree with the moral stance of that group. As a pro-life individual myself I could never make the same claim about the pro-choice crowd; I'll admit it's tempting, but I know there are people out there who genuinely beleive abortion is not wrong and yet still try to sacrafice for the betterment of children.
Although I have to admit that I find it truly puzzling how someone can reconcile both innocent murders with selflessness. I say this with honesty: I really don't get it. It's sad, because it's a testament to an individuals lack of a good moral compass. And for the astute, this is also directed to those who profess to be pro-life but then turn around and claim it's okay to have an abortion in cases of incest and rape: if abortion is murder then it's wrong no matter what the circumstances.
I'll close with this thought: while there are many awful things that go on in the world each day, while there are many wicked acts and many sins, I personally believe abortion is by far one of the worst. Don't believe me? Think I'm crazy? Getting irritated reading this? Here are three simple reasons I challenge you to think about and argue against, if you can:
1. Murder is by far one of the worst sins imaginable. Even in the secular world, murder is widely considered to be one fo the greatest offenses. Not only is abortion just another name for murder, it is the murder of innocent human beings while they are defenseless and have no way of avoiding this fate.
2. Abortion isn't just murder - it's the murder of a child by his or her own mother. Let me emphasize this point: as a mother or father, whether you like it or not, it is both your devine right and responsibility to care for, nurture, and protect your children. Out of everyone on planet Earth, God picked you to be the child's guardian. Not only does abortion murder the very child, it murders the very child with whose protection God entrusted you.
3. Abortion isn't murder for the sake of rage, revenge, hate, or pity - it is murder for the sake of convenience. Now don't get me wrong - murder is murder no matter what. However, as a human being I have to admit that there are psychological extremes to which many people can be pushed, and conditions under which they might murder someone, even if they're essentially good people (an argument for another day). But abortion is the killing of someone not out of some psychological breakdown or uncontrollable anger - it's just because, well, it's more convenient.
So tell me, how it is that murder, the murder of an innocent person, the murder of an innocent CHILD, the murder of the child to whom God entrusted you, the murder of your own child for the sake of your own selfish convenience, is in any possible way morally okay?
The sad thing is that some of you will argue with this. You'll want to. And it's all because deep down you really don't know right from wrong. If you did, you'd never dream of standing up for such an abhorrent, disgusting, heartless practice. And that's just sad.
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