Planned Parenthood has gone to U.S. District Court in Chicago pleading for an order that would allow its new abortion clinic in suburban Aurora to be opened next week, even though a city investigation into its deceptive practices may not be finished. According to a report in the Aurora Beacon, cited by
WND Columnist Jill Stanek, Planned Parenthood is arguing the clinic is scheduled to open Sept. 18 and it already has accepted appointments for patients then, even though its temporary certificate of occupancy expires Sept. 17.Mayor Tom Weisner said the city is looking into Planned Parenthood's construction of the abortion clinic under the name of Gemini Health Center, and whether the deception creates a fatal flaw in the approvals the facility got from the city. "We're not going to allow operations to begin until we've accomplished the investigation," the mayor said. The city already has hired a lawyer to review the process and determine if Planned Parenthood followed the city's procedures, and the city attorney is looking into whether the developer lied to city staff and aldermen when it reported it was negotiating with a client for the building, even though the Planned Parenthood ownership and occupancy already had been determined.The court petition by the nation's largest abortion provider said the city of Aurora doesn't have a legal basis for not doing what Planned Parenthood wants, and "its revocation of a temporary operating permit is motivated solely by political opposition to the constitutionally protected right to abortion services."But city public information officer Carie Ergo said the temporary occupancy permit already was scheduled to expire on Sept. 17, and a permanent permit would not be granted until the city reviews are completed."We did notify Gemini Office Development," Ergo told the newspaper, the new permit likely would not be available on the 18th.The owner was listed as Gemini Office Development when Aurora's Planning and Development Committee approved the final plan, and the true use as an abortion facility was not disclosed to aldermen."The City of Aurora's fig leaf argument that it was 'misled' about the nature of the services that Planned Parenthood intends to provide at its facility is neither factually nor legally persuasive," Planned Parenthood said.
Planned Parenthood earlier tried to influence the city's decision by sending letters to the mayor and aldermen making accusations against the pro-life protesters who are opposed to its facility.The attack came from
Steve Trombley, president of Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area, who sent a three-page letter out.
According to documents assembled by
Stanek, Trombley's letter said members of the "Pro-Life Action League … have a well-documented history of advocating violence against both persons and property as well as other related criminal activity."
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