Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Planned Parenthood's Abortion "Offices"

Planned Parenthood of Mid and South Michigan has filed a lawsuit in Oakland County against hotel owners who don't want the abortion provider to move into a building in the hotel's parking lot. The building in Auburn Hills, Michigan, has a deed restriction which the hotel owners want to uphold. The deed restriction says the building can only be used as a restaurant, retail store or office.

At Live Action's prolife blog, Daniel Lutz summarizes Planned Parenthood's unreasonable idea of what an office is.
Chances are you know someone who works in an office. It could be a spouse, parent, sibling, friend or even yourself. I think it is pretty safe to say we are all very familiar with offices. Most people would probably think of an office in terms of an administrative office, a legal office, or something along those lines. Something you may (not) think of, however, is an abortion clinic and that might be because it doesn't make any sense. It is called a clinic, not an office for a reason. Most reasonable people would not fit this into their idea of an office, but the creative minds at Planned Parenthood have. But then again, Planned Parenthood isn't known for being reasonable.......

Planned Parenthood is arguing before the local court that their building qualifies as an office by the definitions set out in the local zoning code. As their opposition points out, however, they are clearly mistaken. The local zoning code differentiates between medical offices and other offices when it states that "office buildings for any of the following occupations: executive, administrative, professional, accounting, writing, clerical, stenographic, drafting and sales' are separate and apart from ‘medical offices and outpatient clinics." It doesn't get much clearer than that. But if that was not clear enough, Planned Parenthood's legal opponents have also pointed out that the purpose of the building has not been disclosed by Planned Parenthood. It is no wonder why Planned Parenthood will not disclose the purpose for the new building; it is not an office.

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