Last year, the $7.5 million Aurora, Ill., Planned Parenthood abortion clinic applied for building permits under a front company that hid the true nature and ownership of the building. For months, life advocates, including Families Against Planned Parenthood, have been fighting back, claiming zoning ordinances were violated.
Last night, however, members of the Aurora Zoning Board of Appeals voted to dismiss the case saying the appeal didn’t fall within its jurisdiction. The Board also claims that the appeal was not filed in time.
The case will now go to state court.
"We applaud Families Against Planned Parenthood for continuing to fight Planned Parenthood's deceptive attempt to open an abortion clinic without the residents' and the zoning board's knowledge,” said Dawn Vargo, associate bioethics analyst for Focus on the Family Action.
