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Contact: Eric Scheidler, Communications Director, Pro-Life Action League
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Pro-Life Action League Protests 'Illinois Version' of Freedom of Choice Act
(Chicago, Ill.)—On Wednesday, the Pro-Life Action League will protest what it calls Illinois' version of the Freedom of Choice Act.
While Planned Parenthood of Illinois hosts a community forum at Eola Community Center in Aurora, Ill., in support of the proposed Reproductive Justice and Access Act of Illinois, PLAL, which has opposed the Aurora Planned Parenthood since it opened in 2007, will be standing outside the center to speak out against it.
"The Reproductive Justice and Access Act is one of the most pro-abortion, anti-family bills being pushed anywhere in the United States," said Eric Scheidler, PLAL communications director. "If made law, it would cement Illinois' status as the abortion capital of the Midwest."
PLAL and other members of the community, including Aurora Alderman Rick Lawrence, say Planned Parenthood should not be using the public facility for the forum considering that they not allowed some members of the community who are pro-life to register for it.
Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest provider of abortions, has been holding meetings throughout Illinois in support of the RJAA since the bill was stymied in committee last spring following a statewide pro-life telephone and letter campaign.
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About Pro-Life Action League
Pro-Life Action League was founded by Joseph M. Scheidler in 1980 with the aim of saving unborn children through non-violent direct action. Through prayer vigils outside abortion facilities and sidewalk counseling, the League reaches out to abortion-bound women and couples with abortion alternatives, confidential counseling and access to pregnancy resources.
Since July 2007, the League has been at the center of the controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood's flagship abortion facility in Aurora, Ill., dubbed, "Ground Zero" of the abortion battle by abortion supporters and opponents alike. The League has closed eight abortion clinics in Chicago alone and nearly a hundred across the country.
The Pro-Life Action League is a nonprofit organization, supported solely by private donations. For more information, visit www.prolifeaction.org.
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