Planned Parenthood Aurora targets neighborhood grocery store
For the previously naive, one enlightenment from the Aurora Planned Parenthood spectacle is it’s a Chamber of Commerce’s anti-Christ.
Forcing its way into Aurora with brazen lies, PP broke every CC business conduct rule and I’m sure gave CC pause to consider new ones.
Then, on the very day it opened, PP began executing its successful city sundering model on the neighborhood level, setting its sights on the nearby Dominick’s grocery store, which owns the vacant lot across from PP’s private drive. (Photo I took, above, looks south across the vacant lot to PP. PP’s driveway and parking lot are just off the right side of the picture.)
Reported the PP Aurora blog on October 3….
At yesterday’s press conference there was a lot of controversy over a vacant lot that anti-choice protesters are using as a base to harass Planned Parenthood staff and patients…. So our question is why is Safeway/Dominick’s allowing anti-choice protesters to use their land to harass patients seeking health care?
To find out yourself, contact Dominick’s at:
1-877-SAFEWAY(1-877-723-3929)
Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m, Local Time
Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Local Time
Or visit the store at 3025 E. New York St, Aurora.
Also read Aurora Beacon and RH Reality Check articles.
Obviously, one reason PP chose its location was to avoid sidewalk protestors, because there is no sidewalk in front of its private driveway/parking lot or on the edge of the vacant lot facing it.
Up to now, Dominick’s has not stopped pro-lifers from gathering on the lot across from PP.
The best solution is for Aurora officials concerned for resident safety to build sidewalks on both Planned Parenthood’s side of the street and the vacant lot, particularly in consideration of the increased traffic.
And if Dominick’s considers caving to PP’s new demands, it should beforehand simply consider who gives it more business, people with children or people without children.
It should also be noted that stupid, ballless (‘scuse me) city officials opened this PPPandora’s box and are fully to blame for the havoc all will continually have to bear until they force the thugs out, as they should based on PP’s zoning violations.
[HT: readers grsroots, SEG; moderator MK]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Poor Dominick’s/Safeway.
Now they’re going to be dragged into this mess when they absolutely just wanted another day in paradise. All because of some grassy space.
When can we start taking up the collection for land purchase?
When can we start taking up the collection for land purchase?
Yes! Let’s buy it and put a CPC there! Talk about saves!
I really think that if everyone keeps on protesting, they will have some backlash from surrounding stores. I believe they will eventually be forced to close/move. It’s always great to see protesters. I think the world of them.
I like the thought of buying the land and putting in a CPC there. Talk about really giving the women a choice! If that is what they really want than PP should have no problem if that’s what happens…
city officials opened this PPPandora’s box
Dang, Jill’s so worked up about this that she stuttered.
Don’t forget that out of Pandora’s box there came hope.
It’s too early!!
I’ve always felt that the PC side was filled with major “drama queens.”
Dominicks is losing business bc people do not want to shop next to an abortion clinic. They don’t want to be buying milk for their children knowing that unborn children are being killed next door.
I love how PP says we harass and intimidate employees. WHAT A LIE. No one when I’m there says anything to employees, and there haven’t been very many clients. People sit across the street in the field and pray. WOW now that’s harassment for you.
We were told by the police we weren’t allowed to open and read our Bibles on PP’s side of the street, and we are not allowed to pray on PP’s side of the street. Sounds like “1984” to me.
Yesterday, I was out there praying (in the field) and a young girl walked in to PP swinging her rear at us (her way of showing us who’s in charge I guess), came right out, got in her car, and whipped out of the parking lot. She got to the end of the access road and stopped her car in the middle of the street, flung her door opened, slammed in shut and litterly stompped over the the police officer and security guards and demanded to know why we were allowed to be there. Meanwhile, cars are backing up behind her (the police didn’t make her move – hypocracy), and she is having a fit, bc we are praying. She didn’t like the answer she got, stompped back to her car and sped off. Obviously, something is really bothering her if she gets that upset with people praying.
None of us said a word to her. Not one word. Our presence does make people uncomfortable because we are exposing the truth. And by the way pro-lifers have 1st and 14th Amendment Rights also. Pro-choicers aren’t the only ones the Constitution protects.
Kelli: I’ve always felt that the PC side was filled with major “drama queens.”
I’d say “filled” is out there in left field, but anyway – Pro-Choicers want women to keep the freedom they have in the matter.
Doug
Tara –
“And by the way pro-lifers have 1st and 14th Amendment Rights also. Pro-choicers aren’t the only ones the Constitution protects.”
This was such a good statement, I thought it needed to be repeated. ;-)
You can have free speach, as long as you agree with the liberal thought process. You can protest, as long as you are not protesting them. Pretty soon they are going to try to enact laws that you can only pray in a Church. And you will not be able to pray at home if it is in front of your children. I’m waiting for them to say that taking our children to Church is child abuse and make it illegal.
If this upsets them so, why don’t they do to us what we do to them? They can protest at the local CPC.
And if Dominick’s considers caving to PP’s new demands, it should beforehand simply consider who gives it more business, people with children or people without children.
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Childless couples – particularly childless gay couples – are the biggest boon to retail grocers.
While families buy mac-a-cheese and gallons of milk, childless people spend their extra disposible income on high-end, high-margin items like seafood, specialty meats, table wines and premium pet foods. Childless people also spend more money on high-margin items like name-brand toiletries, upscale single-serve frozen foods, prepared deli foods, bakery, and entertainment (Magazines, floral, alcohol, patio/barbeque, and paper service items…)
Big ugly truth?
Supermarkets make little or no money on gallons of milk, sacks of Pampers, or Lunchables.
Tara, loved your post! It’s always so true. I was working with an attractive woman in her 50’s. She and I began to talk about abortion, and she asked me my feelings on it. SHE brought up the topic. I told her that I felt it was murder. Look out! The gates of hell opened right there! She ripped me a new one while I just sat there in utter amazement. Turns out she’d had an abortion, and she was going to get a job at PP along with a NP pal of hers. This lady was an RN. Why was she so angry? Was her anger really directed at herself? So what if my opinion was different from hers? Makes one wonder.
Laura –
Why in your mind do you think that all childless people have money? I couldn’t afford any of what you listed when I was childless. I am now able to afford the seafood, the premium dog food, wine etc…. Now that there is (was at least) 2 incomes.
Valerie, that is correct.
Lots of people with children go to Planned Parenthood for birth control, pelvic exams, breast exams, pregnancy tests, etc. Surely you don’t think that only pro-lifers have kids, do you?
I’m a pro-choice parent and I get all my gynecological care from Planned Parenthood. Thanks to them, I’ve never had to have an abortion.
Hi Tara!!! Good to see you post!
Dominick’s would be stupid not to let us protest there. I can’t tell you how much business they are getting from us protesters! Theirs subs & chicken are great!!! (Not to mention all of the water, pop, ice, snacks, etc. we buy from them!)
BTW…I was watching CNN last night around 10:30…I walked past the TV & saw a commercial with a loving mother holding her child while a gray-haired loving nurse smiled upon them..I thought, “how nice” and then…..in LIGHT BLUE outlined letters w/ voice-over…Planned Parenthood, Happy to be in Aurora, and Happy to help (or care, I can’t remember. I looked on youtube, but didn’t see it there yet. Can anyone get a hold of this? It seems like their trying to change their image (thanks to their exposure of deception!) Especially going from hot pink to light (or “baby” blue).
I think I’m going to ship them 20 lbs. of salt…they must be running out after trying and trying to rub it in our wounds!
Tara and Laura K. God bless you both for protesting this clinic. If I lived closer, I’d be there too.
Tara and Laura K. God bless you both for protesting this clinic. If I lived closer, I’d be there too.
Posted by: Kelli at October 5, 2007 9:12 AM
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Gee, Heather-
They’re lettin’ you out of the house these days? UNSUPERVISED?
Fasting (in a Christian sense) often includes alms-giving. For example, if you give up fancy coffees or meals, you take that money you would have spent and give it towards the church or other charity.
With over 80 cities in 33 states fasting together, that would be a lot of alms to buy that land and build a CPC. Maybe David Bereit can spearhead that campaign, asking for donations from all the praying folks on the 40 days list? Maybe we can create a PayPal account! I know I would give as generously as possible to this cause.
If nothing else, we could buy the land and secure a place to pray, and maybe put a mobile CPC (ultrasound unit included) until we could build a proper CPC.
Jill, do you have a relationship with David Bereit? We do in Dallas. Do you think this might work?
Thank you Kelli!!! It is a blessing to be there!
At least you can pray wherever you are! There are sooooo many people to pray for these days!
God bless you also!!!
Valerie: Now that there is (was at least) 2 incomes.
Posted by: valerie at October 5, 2007 8:49 AM
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Yeah, but back when you were 2 incomes and childless, you were a retail grocer’s dream.
BTW…I was watching CNN last night around 10:30…I walked past the TV & saw a commercial with a loving mother holding her child while a gray-haired loving nurse smiled upon them..I thought, “how nice” and then…..in LIGHT BLUE outlined letters w/ voice-over…Planned Parenthood, Happy to be in Aurora, and Happy to help (or care, I can’t remember. I looked on youtube, but didn’t see it there yet. Can anyone get a hold of this?
http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/ppchicago.mov
‘Yeah, but back when you were 2 incomes and childless, you were a retail grocer’s dream.’
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No, you were a restaurant owner’s dream!
Laura –
“Yeah, but back when you were 2 incomes and childless, you were a retail grocer’s dream.”
Nope. You see, when we were childless we had alot of debt. Couldn’t afford anything. We worked our behinds off to pay off our debt before we had children. If we decided not to have children we would still be in debt as there would be no real motivation to pay it all off.
There are alot of parents out there that are like us. We’ve met them. You can’t buy a decent house with bad credit or too much debt. Nor can you rent a decent apt/condo/townhome/house with bad credit or too much debt. Actually we have more money and better credit now that we have kids than we did before kids.
Doug, glad you liked my “PPPandora’s box” line. Thought it was quite witty myself.
Jacque, yes, I’ve met David and anticipate seeing him in the next couple weeks. I’m sure we’ll discuss this. As for the mobile cpc, that has been discussed but in my mind is premature. It would be premised by PP staying, which is way too early to conclude.
It would be premised by PP staying, which is way too early to conclude.
Your right. I’m definitely not conceding to PP staying AT ALL. But I know an extra CPC in that neighborhood would be a good thing. PP only sets up shop in minority neighborhoods with high pregnancy rates, so those ladies likely will still need help.
Jill,
I too liked the “PPPandora’s box” line.
With any luck, maybe it’ll become a new meme, along with the aforesaid (in another post of yours a while back) “The Wal-Mart of the Abortion Industry”.
“It should also be noted that stupid, ballless (‘scuse me) city officials opened this PPPandora’s box”
Love it.
According to DuPage county records, Dominicks/Safeway pays over $240,000 a year in property taxes for that address. I wonder if PP really wants them to start sniffing around about how this place got zoned and built next door to their store?
Laura,
I’m always trying to cut our grocery budget. Could you send me your information on how much markup the grocery store gets for everything – I really wouldn’t want to overpay.
They make a FORTUNE on diapers, BTW – it costs 33% more to buy a pack of Pampers at my local grocery store than it does at the local discount store, for example. Formula costs twice as much at the grocery store, often.
Have you taken into account how often DINKs (Double Income, No Kids) eat out and/or don’t prepare their dinners at home?
Although I can see how Safeway must take quite a hit on all those free kid cookies to us breeders.
Fasting (in a Christian sense) often includes alms-giving
I posted last year about how to slash a grocery budget for a week to make room to give money to Crisis Pregnancy Centers during Advent (Under $30, feed 7 people). I’ll be happy to email the link to anyone who wants it.
Laura,
Supermarkets make little or no money on gallons of milk, sacks of Pampers, or Lunchables.
Prove it.
And those “singles”? They’re shopping at Trader Joes and Whole Foods…not Dominicks!
Re: Planned Parenthood commercial
When did they start doing pediatrics?
mk
Ahhh…the web of deceit gets more intricate!!!
tp
Thanks for the link, but it wouldn’t open on my computer..
Laura wrote-
“Childless couples – particularly childless gay couples – are the biggest boon to retail grocers.”
That is just too funny. Please don’t ever leave, Laura. You are the entertainment factor, I look forward to your looney posts :)
posted last year about how to slash a grocery budget for a week to make room to give money to Crisis Pregnancy Centers during Advent (Under $30, feed 7 people). I’ll be happy to email the link to anyone who wants it.
Milehi- I’d like that link…
Laura, have we met?
Laura, is that diet of yours making you cranky? Hey, I just pigged out on a cheesburger, fries and a piece of cake. I don’t ever gain a pound.
planned parenthood = the WalMart of the abortion industry!! Love it and think that it is very appropriate.
I read that in an earlier post…that you were dieting and had a need to visit “fat suckers.”
I posted last year about how to slash a grocery budget for a week to make room to give money to Crisis Pregnancy Centers during Advent (Under $30, feed 7 people). I’ll be happy to email the link to anyone who wants it.
I want it. Although I only have myself, a dog and a cat to feed. :)
Laura, have we met?
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Kelli,
which Laura..Laura K. or just Laura?
Laura.
I am aka Kelli. I thought I’d try a newbie screen name. Laura K. Nice to meet you.
Laura,
Childless and gay couples are the biggest boon to retail grocers?
Didn’t these same people eat when they were single?
Mary, lol!
Kelli/Heather….nice to meet you, also! I should try a new screen name…don’t want anyone confusing me with Laura!!! Got any ideas for a new name?
Laura K. I have done this before, but since someone busted me, I fessed up. Any name will do, and I know I’m not the only one here who has done it.
How about PL Laura? Since the other one is PC.
SOLD! I love it…Thanks!
Well, that was easy!
I lack in the “idea department” every now & then (especially on Friday!) I can’t believe you came up with it so quick!
MK-
What a great question. Since when did PP start doing pediatrics?
Are they going to start offering prenatal care? That’s women’s reproductive health care!! Very important health care!
That’s because they view unborn babies, as I was so duly told, as invaders and parasites. They leech off a woman’s body. Wow, that explains it.
Why didn’t they open this is downtown Naperville, Oakbrook, or Wheaton. Becasue they are affluent areas with smaller minortiy populations!!!!
For $30 you could buy like 300 packs of Ramen, that’ll fix you for a while.
Tara,
Did you see their commercial yet?
What commercial? Can you share?