Life Legal has filed suit to halt the performance of abortion at a brand-new murder mill in Tulare, California.
The suit was filed in Superior Court on Sept. 27 – in the hope that we could effectively halt the opening of the child-killing business on Oct. 1. Unfortunately, the Court has not yet responded to the substance of our filing, nor granted the temporary restraining order that constitutes our initial request. Thus, the abortion center is already in operation. But we are working to stop that operation before it becomes a permanent blight on children in the area, killing hundreds and thousands as it extends its miserable existence for years and even decades.
“But how is such a lawsuit even possible?” the reader may be asking. Isn’t California the most pro-abortion state in the country? Hasn’t it passed an amendment to the state constitution that essentially establishes an unlimited right to slaughter babies at any stage of gestation? Hasn’t it even passed legislation that eliminates out-of-pocket costs for abortion while maintaining those fees for the choice, despised by legislative elites, of bringing a child into the world?
The answer to all these questions is, unfortunately, yes.
But Family Planning Associates (FPA) – an abortion mega-corporation second only to Planned Parenthood in murder mills established and babies killed – made a big mistake when they leased property in Tulare. They chose property governed by a 1991 declaration of covenants that specifically forbids abortion facilities.
The Tulare Medical Center Property Owners Association (TMCPOA), our client in this case, is eager to enforce its declaration of covenants – and that’s exactly what we’re suing to accomplish.
Now, when I say that FPA made a big mistake, I am not assuming that they failed to do their homework and didn’t know about the rules under which their property was leased. They may well have known – and expected that the rules just wouldn’t be enforced against them. This species of arrogance is entirely consistent with the character of most abortionists.
FPA’s big mistake may well have been not anticipating that Life Legal would show up to challenge their violation of the rules.
They should at least have known that the property owners would not be happy with their presence. The prohibition of abortion centers at this site was put in the declaration of covenants for a reason. Legitimate medical practitioners in the Tulare Medical Center area know that abortion undermines the reputation of everyone there, coating decent health professionals with the thick layer of slime that child-killers spread wherever they manage to creep in.
In addition to the temporary restraining order, our lawsuit seeks a preliminary and then a permanent injunction, plus a court order – all focused on preventing FPA from performing abortions at its Tulare location.
Over the last 35 years, Life Legal has participated in closing quite a few abortion mills throughout the nation. The closure of a murder mill is a huge victory for life – not only because it lets abortionists know they are not omnipotent, but far more important, because it saves lives today, tomorrow, and far into the future.
If we cut the homicidal operations of FPA Tulare off at their very inception, it may be even more satisfying than a lot of previous closures.
It isn’t often that Life Legal can act directly in California to stop abortions. It’s true that we have successfully sued to stop laws that expand abortion and suppress pro-life speech – but this is a rare exception. If we win, it’ll be a victory in the very belly of the beast. One that will save lives far into the future.
