UPDATE 6:45p: More from the Oakland Press:

Planned Parenthood has scrapped plans to open a clinic in Auburn Hills, settled a related lawsuit and put the building up for sale.

Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan CEO Lori Lamerand said the organization met its goal of having a presence in Oakland County in April when it opened a different health center in Ferndale….

Lamerand, who signed the amendment, said in an emailed statement that it was not a good use of donors’ resources to spend money on “frivolous litigation” rather than focus on meeting the health care needs of people in Oakland County….

The building on Opdyke is listed on the website of Jones Lang LaSalle, a firm that specializes in real estate services and investment management. The asking price is more than $1.1 million, but the building also could be leased, with the annual rent listed as negotiable.

9:45a: Planned Parenthood of Mid and South Michigan has given up on its underhanded attempt to open a 17,050 square foot mega-abortion clinic in Auburn Hills, Michigan, a huge pro-life victory.

Moreover, Planned Parenthood is now out at least $1 million and stuck with a boondoggle.

Backstory

In November 2010 Planned Parenthood paid $733,151 cash for the unfinished shell and then tried to wiggle around a deed restriction by misrepresenting its planned use for the structure to adjacent hotel owners, who held the power over the restriction.

Planned Parenthood then preemptively sued the hotel owners after the couple became aware of PP’s duplicity and announced they planned to put up a fight.

As the legal wrangling ensued, the State of Michigan cancelled a $200,000 grant it had earmarked to Planned Parenthood to help finish the structure, after the money wasn’t spent by the end of 2011.

Meanwhile, Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, led by Dr. Monica Miller, organized several protests at the site.

In January 2012 Planned Parenthood won Round 1 in court, but the hotel owners, aided by pro-life attorney Jim Carey, appealed.

But on May 18, 2012, Planned Parenthood unexpectedly dropped its lawsuit and agreed to an airtight deed restriction that bans “clinics providing abortion procedures” from using the building.

The new deed restriction was just made public yesterday, the same day Planned Parenthood offered the property up for lease.

Citizens for a Pro-Life Society speculates the reason Planned Parenthood gave up the fight:

Perhaps to avoid a lengthy appeals court process, PPMSM agreed to a newly-drawn covenant deed restriction…. Entering into such an agreement now frees the pro-abortion group to sell or at least lease out the disputed property – which appears to be exactly what has happened.

Planned Parenthood is now out the $733,151 it paid for the building, the $200,00 grant it lost, and at least $100,000 in legal fees, as speculated by pro-life real estate agent Dave Theisen of Real Estate for Life. It was Theisen who originally discovered the deed restriction.

Congratulations to Michigan pro-lifers for their hard work, which paid off in a major victory against Planned Parenthood and the saving of many lives.

[Photo via Anna Truckey]

We’ve been told we have to allow abortion even if that thing in the pit of our stomachs won’t leave us in peace. We’ve been told to disregard that voice in our heads screaming that it can’t possibly be okay to kill a child.

That’s abortion. Don’t just gulp and get over it.

~ Jennifer Hartline, Catholic Online, June 19

[16 week ultrasound image via vidoevo.com]

by Hans Johnson

The debate about the Contraception Mandate is only a prelude to the firestorm that could come. For by the end of the Summer the states must choose between three models for covering health benefits under the Affordable Care Act.

In Connecticut earlier this month, an advisory panel to the Insurance Exchange Health Plan voted unanimously to eliminate from consideration the federal employee’s health plan model – which does not cover abortions.

All private health insurance plans in the state already cover elective abortions. Now Connecticut is set to do so too, under the new state model.

Jennifer Jaff, a member of the panel, is quoted as saying:

This issue is favorably resolved for all women now in Connecticut. Stripping women of elective abortions is not a tenable option.

However, she seemed to walk back from this statement – if not outright contradict it – in a comment to an article on RH Reality Check, saying they will need to hear from the HHS on whether or not they can declare elective abortions an “essential health benefit”.

The Supreme Court’s ruling will be announced soon, most likely on a Monday or Thursday. This was a discussion about the imminent decision on Fox News’ Studio B.

[HT:The Blaze]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybBc4oZJZqc[/youtube]People will say you can’t compare marriage to abortion.

Death is a lot more permanent than marriage.

~ Pro-life apologist Alfonzo Rachel responding to a Huffington Post article that suggested a law should be passed prohibiting individuals from getting married before the age of 25, via PJTV’s Zo Nation, June 16

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli

We welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillstanek.com.

• Big Blue Wave shares video of the firebombing of a Catholic, pro-life school bus in Rockford, Illinois. Some speculate that this act of pro-choice violence is in response to the recent closing of an abortion facility in the city as well as an attack on the Catholic faith:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9WIZZkQdWo[/youtube]

• Mark Crutcher chastises the GOP for not having the stomach for the pro-life fight as evidenced by the stalling of the Heartbeat Bill in Ohio:
  

  In the final analysis, the Democrats are almost always wrong on moral issues and will fight to the death for them, while the Republicans are generally right on moral issues but don’t care about them.

  The result is that, in the cultural civil war currently being waged for the soul and future of our country, the political battle often comes down to a contest between those who lack character and those who lack courage.

• Live Action responds to the absurd pro-choice claim that men should have no voice on the abortion issue.
• Accepting Abundance supports the Catholic Bishops’ recent inspection of Girl Scouts USA and asks, “Do the Girl Scouts really help girls?” Furtherance of education and workplace “success” are emphasized in GSUSA, while motherhood and homemaking – which were once part of merit badge earnings – are altogether ignored.

• Mommy Life shares the story of a father of seven (pictured right) who gave his own life to rescue his son, who has Down syndrome, from a septic tank. While most children with DS do not live to see their father’s faces due to eugenic abortion, this son had a father who understood the meaning of a father’s sacrificial love.
• Americans United for Life waits with the rest of the nation to hear the results of the Supreme Court decision on Obamacare. They explain why only a total wipeout of the healthcare law would be good news for the pro-life community.
• Coming Home discusses Live Action’s sex-selection sting videos and the pro-choice appeals to bodily autonomy, even in the face of blatant gender discrimination.
• American Life League notes the mainstream media’s usual inaccurate reporting on contraception and emergency contraception:
  

  You see the pattern: When scientific studies point to a danger from contraception and/or abortion, those studies are ignored, or hidden on the inside pages. When studies suggest the pill is safe, that’s front-page news. The mainstream media are determined to give you all the news you need to know, and what you “need to know” is that contraception is safe — whether or not that’s true.

by Hans Johnson

Eyebrows were raised recently over Jessica Simpson’s weight gain during her pregnancy.  But that’s nothing compared to the uproar this Spring because Bollywood mega-star Ashwariya Rai Bachchan had kept much of the weight since the birth of her daughter Aaradhya last November.  One YouTube video featured a photo montage accompanied by the sound of a trumpeting elephant.

The former Miss World 1994, known for her talent in both classical and modern dance, was arguably the top leading lady (“heroine”) of Indian cinema when she was profiled by CBS’s  60 Minutes  in 2005 as perhaps “The Most Beautiful Woman In The World.”   Her fame only grew when she married into the Bachchan family.  Father-in-law Amitabh is the star emeritus of Bollywood (Fred Astaire and Jack Nicholson rolled into one).  Husband Abhishek is one of the major leading men (“heroes”).

Having been compared unfavorably to celebrities such as Victoria Beckham, who quickly lost weight after giving birth,  Mrs. Bachchan finally spoke her mind about the controversy.

However,  looking good is the best revenge.  She has slimmed down and made a splash at Cannes.

While overall pediatric prescriptions declined, the use of certain drugs increased: asthma medications, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs and birth control pills….

Contraceptive prescriptions rose 93%, but the researchers note that national surveys have not found much of an increase among girls taking birth control pills in the last 20 years. The rise could reflect an increase in the duration of use or an increase in use for other reasons like acne treatment.

~ Alexandra Sifferlin, Time’s Healthland, June 18

[Photo via syracuse.com]

by LauraLoo

Lila Rose of Live Action was in the media spotlight a few times in June:

Lila was first interviewed by Governor Mike Huckabee about the video sting operation at Planned Parenthood and its acceptance of gendercide.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyFnm8HjqtM[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXYsS05E0rM[/youtube]

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