Tue Mar 8, 2022 – 7:14 pm EST
VISALIA, California (LifeSiteNews) — Pro-life activists in a California city successfully stopped a new Planned Parenthood from opening.
The Visalia City Council dropped plans on Monday to debate whether to give the abortion giant a permit for a new location. It followed pushback from local business owners and pro-life activists. There is currently one Visalia Planned Parenthood location.
“We were forced to give up our sale option due to strong objection from the community,” Lauren Babb, Planned Parenthood’s government affairs vice president, told the local paper.
The activism included letters to the editors and organizing protesters for the March 7 meeting.
“Our love for our neighbors is why we so strongly oppose efforts to perform abortions here in Visalia,” Patricia June Boon wrote in the Visalia Times Delta on March 3. Her group, Tulares Kings Right to Life, would be at the March 7 meeting, according to her opinion piece.
“Our elected leaders need to hear from everyday citizens who oppose this issue,” Boon wrote. “I hope they see how many other citizens of Visalia/Tulare County feel, as I do, that we strongly oppose any expansion of Planned
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