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.