{"id":264202,"date":"2022-03-12T13:31:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T19:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=264202"},"modified":"2022-03-10T16:44:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T22:44:19","slug":"victory-planned-parenthood-drops-plans-ca-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/victory-planned-parenthood-drops-plans-ca-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"VICTORY: Planned Parenthood drops plans for new California facility after pro-life pushback"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Planned Parenthood will not continue with plans to open a new facility on Mooney Boulevard in Visalia, California, after pro-lifers in the city successfully lobbied against its proposed location.<\/p>\n

The Sun-Gazette reports<\/a> that the Visalia City Council’s March 7 agenda reflected that The Orosco Group, the applicant petitioning for the Planned Parenthood location, had withdrawn its request.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand that the potential for disruption to day-to-day commerce on Mooney Boulevard associated with the controversy differentiated that location from other potential locations as one that came with a greater cost to the city than other possible solutions,\u201d Patrick Orosco told The Sun-Gazette. \u201cAfter taking a step back to consider how much we have benefitted from the City\u2019s careful stewardship of Mooney Boulevard as the epicenter of Tulare County commerce, we decided to help restore decorum vs. press the issue further.\u201d<\/p>\n

“We were forced to give up our sale option due to strong objection from the community,” Lauren Babb, Planned Parenthood’s vice president of public affairs, confirmed to the Visalia Times-Delta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Plans for the facility were brought to light in December when a local real estate developer complained to the city council<\/a> after realizing that the proposed “medical clinic” moving next door to his property was actually a Planned Parenthood.\u00a0\u201cOur concern is that the typical demonstrations which occur outside of Planned Parenthood will also be significantly harmful to both Marshalls and Bed Bath & Beyond as well as to the current and future businesses located at the Sequoia Mall,\u201d wrote Dave Paynter.<\/p>\n

Paynter’s complaint alerted other residents to the proposed location, and the issue quickly became a contentious matter within the city. At a public hearing to discuss the matter, pro-life groups like Tulare-Kings Right to Life lobbied for its members to oppose the location.<\/p>\n

“Our love for our neighbors is why we so strongly oppose efforts to perform abortions here in Visalia, ” wrote\u00a0Patricia June Boon, a leader of Tulare-Kings Right to Life, in a recent op-ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n