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A zoning board made up of five local residents in Raleigh, North Carolina, has denied A\u00a0Hand of Hope pro-life pregnancy center its\u00a0request to operate out of a\u00a0building it\u00a0owns\u00a0near an abortion facility.<\/p>\n

The News & Observer reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Raleigh\u2019s Board of Adjustment, a quasi-judicial panel of local residents that interprets zoning regulations, appeared to issue the city\u2019s final ruling Monday afternoon when it voted 3-2 to deny Hand of Hope to move into the space.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The battle has been ongoing<\/a> since the city’s Planning Commission recommended approval of the pregnancy center’s request to rezone the property.<\/p>\n

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The City Council had also previously approved the pregnancy center’s use of the building. Pregnancy Help News’ Jay Hobbs notes:<\/p>\n

The latest decision\u00a0reverses a 7-0 vote by Raleigh\u2019s City Council<\/a>\u00a0back in November, which had ruled that A Hand of Hope could indeed use the building it purchased to serve women with life-saving care, including pregnancy tests and ultrasounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fix was in yet again,\u201d [center director Tonya] Baker Nelson said…. “There has just been a ton of political overreach and operating way outside the boundaries of the roles of each specific committee.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Abortion facility staff had expressed concerns about having a pro-life pregnancy center so near to an abortion facility because they allegedly feared “an unsafe environment due to protests.” However, in July 2016, Live Action News’ Danny David reported\u00a0that the pregnancy center says it\u00a0“does not participate\u00a0in protests, and will not allow protesters on its property.”<\/p>\n

A Hand of Hope is planning\u00a0to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A zoning board made up of five local residents in Raleigh, North Carolina, has denied A\u00a0Hand of Hope pro-life pregnancy center its\u00a0request to operate out of a\u00a0building it\u00a0owns\u00a0near an abortion facility. The News & Observer reports: Raleigh\u2019s Board of Adjustment, a quasi-judicial panel of local residents that interprets zoning regulations, appeared to issue the city\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":61663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nRaleigh zoning board tells pregnancy center they can't operate near abortion facility<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A zoning board made up of five NC residents has denied A Hand of Hope pregnancy center a request to operate out of its building near an abortion facility.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/raleigh-zoning-board-tells-pregnancy-center-they-cant-operate-near-abortion-facility\/\" 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