Clinic opens amid cheers and protests; but battle not over

A brand spanking new Planned Parenthood was built in Aurora, Illinois, but kept closed on some fluffed up licensing issue. Meanwhile scores of protesters were waving pictures of aborted fetuses around, issuing threats on behalf of god, etc.

FINALLY the clinic opened yesterday!

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"About a dozen Aurora police officers were at the site on the city's east side in case problems developed between the roughly 100 abortion protesters and the nearly 50 employees and supporters of Planned Parenthood, who cheered loudly when Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area President and CEO Steve Trombley announced the clinic was open. "We know that the services we provide will do more in one day to prevent abortions than our opposition will do in a lifetime of protesting," Trombley said.

The clinic, a massive, nearly windowless brick building at Oakhurst Drive and New York Street, will provide an array of reproductive health-care services, including contraception, examinations for breast and cervical cancers, and screenings for sexually transmitted diseases, Trombley said. Less than 10 percent of the services performed at Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area clinics are abortion-related, he said.
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Abortion protesters vowed not to give up the fight to close the clinic, also showing up Tuesday night at the Aurora committee of the whole meeting, even though no clinic item was on the agenda. Outside the meeting, Eric Scheidler, spokesman for the Pro-Life Action League, said he filed an objection Tuesday with the Aurora Zoning Board of Appeals because the clinic did not get a special-use permit. He said he believed the objection should have triggered a closing of the clinic for 30 days.
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Matt and Judy Poskonka of Naperville have protested regularly at the site. Judy Poskonka said she believes peaceful protests are the most effective. "We're praying that we will soften the hearts of these people so they will see the evil in there," she said."

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who is a self professed virgin (he is prolly close to 80 now) and lived with hismother til she died.

He has a van plastered with blown up photos of what he calls fetuses. He has a bull horn and tries to intimidate any woman walking into the clinic (and he has no idea what services they are coming for!). I was raising money for the clinic at the time and I took a camera outside to get a shot of him. I said, "Stanley, I am going to take a picture of you and put it all over my next direct mail appeal. You'll help me raise money for Women's Health Services!" He was not pleased.

That gave me a lot of satisfaction.

hook up with a momma's boy freak like him?

Abortion patients were often accompanied by their partners. I think many of these guys were close to assaulting Stanley and I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they ever did.

get laid if they were passing out hundred-dollar bills in a whorehouse.

And I've noticed self-confident, physically attractive men are usually pro-choice. Don't have a reasonable explanation.

common sense, IMHO.

On my way back home, my son and I drove past the shopping center where the clinic is located. Some of the protesters were still out there. I am sure they will be out there pestering people who go in for birth control and health checkups.

I am so happy that this clinic finally opened. Of course, some fools will probably try to set up a "pregnancy center" right next to it. They usually do.

Someone from Planned Parenthood in Iowa told me that Illinois is trying to pass a law that will make the pregnancy centers be above board about what they actually do, which is scaring people out of abortions with lies and bullshit. I haven't been able to find anything about this law. Does anyone know?