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August 28, 2007—Hundreds of pro-lifers from across the western suburbs of Chicago back an Aurora City Council meeting to express their opposition to a huge new abortuary being build in the city by Planned Parenthood. The community had learned about the nearly-completed construction only weeks before, when the press uncovered Planned Parenthood’s deliberate scheme of secrecy. Over 100 speak out against the new abortuary, but only 4 in favor. Mayor Tom Weisner agrees to launch an investigation into possible fraud by Planned Parenthood.
On Wednesday the Ms. Magazine Blog reported, “Yesterday, the Alaskan primary ballot included a measure to institute a parental notification law for minors seeking abortions. Unfortunately, the law passed.”
That last sentence sums up the attitude of radical feminists, Planned Parenthood, the ACLU and others who seek the breakdown of the traditional family.
Rather than see parental involvement in an adolescent’s health care — in this case, surgery or drugs to kill her unborn baby — as a positive influence in a young girl’s life, they view a parent’s role as intrusive, if not downright abusive. [Continue reading ...]
August 25, 2007—Over 1,300 pro-lifers participate in protest at the site of a massive new abortuary being built in Aurora, Illinois, dubbed the “Abortion Fortress.” League Communications Director Eric Scheidler coordinates the dynamic protest, which includes an “old school picket,” prayer vigil, Face the Truth Tour and leafleting of the neighborhood.
There are two very different stories you find when you search the news for “ACLU” and “Illinois” today.
The first is a story about the ACLU suing to protect the rights of private citizens to videotape police officers at work. I’m on the ACLU’s side on this because of my experiences with the police and Planned Parenthood deathscorts after the passage of the Chicago Bubble Zone (more on this below).
The second is concerning the challenge filed by the Thomas More Society Pro-Life Law Center (TMS) in Chicago. They are trying to transfer the Parental Notification case from Appellate Court to the Supreme Court in hopes that the Supreme Court will hear the case and allow the 1995 law to finally be enforced. [Continue reading ...]
August 19, 1999—For the third consecutive year, the League pickets Lilith Fair, a music festival with an all-female lineup, in Tinley Park, Illinois. The League objects to the fair’s support of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion chain, which passes out condoms at the fair along with stickers reading “My Body, My Choice.”
Screenshot from Planned Parenthood Golden Gate's infamous video "A Superhero for Choice"
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America will sever ties with its San Francisco affiliate, Planned Parenthood Golden Gate, as of September 3.
The affiliate is being cut loose apparently due to financial mismanagement. Its most recent documents filed with the IRS showed a loss of a staggering $2.8 million, and other documents from as early as 2004 indicate it has been falling well short of meeting the national office’s financial requirements.
PPGG’s political action fund — i.e., its 501(c)(4) political advocacy arm — is also in trouble with the State of California’s Attorney General’s Office, which last week sent a warning letter to the fund because it has not filed its tax documents with the office for at least 10 years. [Continue reading ...]
Pro-lifers at 2009 Rockford Face the Truth Day [Photo by Sam Scheidler]
On Tuesday, August 10, the League will join forces with the Rockford Pro-Life Initiative for a Face the Truth Day in Rockford, Illinois.
This will be our 7th consecutive year visiting the city, which is unquestionably one of the nation’s abortion hot spots, due to the presence of the particularly bizarre and macabre — even by abortion facility standards — Northern Illinois Women’s Center.
Among the window displays at NIWC are a rubber chicken attached to a Crucifix and a poster showing Jesus giving the middle finger, along with the inscription “Even Jesus Hates You.” [Continue reading ...]
July 22, 1989—The National Organization for Women holds a “March for Women’s Equality, Women’s Lives” in front of the courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio. League Director Joe Scheidler causes a “tense moment” when he leads a group of pro-lifers across the street holding “Stop Abortion Now” signs to remind them that “every step they take, they’ll know there is opposition.”
Do you recognize this man? This is the student from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago who attacked our signs and tried to steal my camera, right after I shot this picture of him.
As I distributed literature in downtown Chicago last week, I heard some crazy excuses for not taking my pamphlet (and thus educating themselves about abortion).
My top two favorites were, “I’m too old to have children” and “I’m not an American, so I try to stay out of it.”
It’s like people think they’re not allowed to take a position on abortion because they’re not planning to have one. This is one of the pro-aborts favorite arguments: “If you don’t like abortion, don’t have one.”
July 15, 2000—The Pro-Life Action League’s inaugural Face The Truth Tour is confronted by great hostility in Chicago’s northwest suburbs, including one man who kicked several signs. Tour staff spot a sign promoting abortion, and hoist a graphic picture of what abortion really is in front of it, until police order them to remove the sign.