Protest at Aurora, IL Planned Parenthood Mega-Center on August 22 Warns: 'PP Sells Baby Parts'
Contact: Eric Scheidler, Pro-Life Action League, 773-251-8792, ejs@prolifeaction.org
AURORA, Ill., Aug. 21, 2015 /Christian Newswire/ -- In light of recent revelations that Planned Parenthood has been harvesting and selling aborted baby parts, the Pro-Life Action League is calling for a protest at the Planned Parenthood facility at 3051 E. New York Street on Saturday, August 22 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. This effort is part of a National Day of Protest taking place at over 300 Planned Parenthood offices and abortion facilities all across the United States (www.protestpp.com) to raise awareness about Planned Parenthood's trafficking of aborted baby parts. Tens of thousands of concerned citizens are expected to attend these protests.
Event Details:
WHO: Pro-Life Action League and hundreds of pro-life volunteers
WHAT: Press conference, prayer vigil and protest signs calling attention to PP's baby parts trafficking, including posters depicting abortion victims
WHERE: Planned Parenthood, 3051 E. New York Street in Aurora, Illinois
WHEN: August 22, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.; press conference at 10:30 a.m.
Undercover videos (see links below) released by the Center for Medical Progress reveal that Planned Parenthood abortion clinics, with the sanction of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, are involved in the harvesting of body parts of unborn children aborted in their facilities and profiting from their sale contrary to federal laws prohibiting such practices. The videos show high-level Planned Parenthood executives haggling over the prices of fetal specimens. The videos also raise ethical questions about the exploitation of unborn children for financial gain and risks to women's health if abortion procedures are altered solely to procure more profitable specimens.
As a consequence of this public scandal, several states have initiated investigations of Planned Parenthood and legislation has been introduced in Congress to defund the abortion giant. Planned Parenthood currently receives over $500 million in taxpayer funding annually.
Pro-Life Action League executive director Eric Scheidler said: "These videos are exposing the American people to the truth about Planned Parenthood and the truth about abortion. How can you deny the humanity of a tiny person whose body parts are being harvested for medical use? Worse yet, how can you make jokes about it, like the Planned Parenthood doctors do in these videos? It's time to cease all taxpayer funding of this corrupt organization."
The Aurora protest is all the more poignant due to recent advancements in the zoning lawsuit filed by local residents, who allege that Planned Parenthood is operating its "Abortion Fortress" illegally on a plot where the operation of a not-for-profit health center such as Planned Parenthood is forbidden. The Second District Court of Appeals recently overturned a lower court's ruling that the city of Aurora acted properly in allowing Planned Parenthood to open their facility, ordering the lower court to reconsider the issue.
The ProtestPP.com coalition is headed by the Pro-Life Action League, Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, Created Equal and 40 Days for Life and is co-sponsored by fifty state and national pro-life organizations.
Links to the seven Center for Medical Progress videos released so far:
