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Candlelight Vigil at Planned Parenthood Aurora, Oct 1 [Photo by Sam Scheidler]
On Friday, October 1st, 60 pro-lifers gathered in the vacant lot across from Planned Parenthood’s “Abortion Fortress” in Aurora, Illinois for solemn candlelight vigil marking the third anniversary since the facility’s opening in 2007 under a cloud of controversy.
Pastor Jeff Moore of Aurora’s First Presbyterian Church led the group in an ecumenical prayer service. First Pres is one of the pillars of the pro-life ministry at Planned Parenthood, and Pastor Moore drafted the Clergy for Life statement published in local papers in 2007.
And interesting moment—and a sign of how the Holy Spirit is at work in the Fox Valley—came when the driver of a passing car called out “Love babies! Love babies!” right at the moment we were praying the following lines: [Continue reading ...]
Steve Trombley at Chicago City Hall in October 2009 [Photo by Matt Yonke]
Steve Trombley has a new job. The former CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPI) has just moved to Vermont to take over as CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE). What to make of this transfer?
It had been anticipated by many in the pro-life movement—and probably many in the pro-abortion movement, too—that Trombley would be quietly fired as CEO of what was at that time Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area, once the controversy over their Aurora mega-abortuary had died down.
The lies and deception surrounding Planned Parenthood’s construction of the huge facility in Aurora, Illinois under the cloak of a wholly-owned subsidiary, Gemini Office Development, drew national media attention, spawned three lawsuits and earned Aurora the dishonor of being declared “Ground Zero” in the abortion wars by pro-life and pro-abortion leaders alike. For a while it looked like the entire $7 million project might collapse. [Continue reading ...]