{"id":272584,"date":"2022-07-17T13:32:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T18:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=272584"},"modified":"2022-07-14T22:56:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T03:56:25","slug":"abortionist-retirement-business-destination-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortionist-retirement-business-destination-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortionist comes out of retirement to start business again in &#8216;abortion destination&#8217; Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostly retired abortionist <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abortiondocs.org\/abortionists\/dennis-dean-christensen\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dennis Christensen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc15.com\/2022\/07\/13\/wisconsin-doctor-buys-illinois-buildings-offer-abortions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">purchased<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> two buildings in Rockford, Illinois, which is just across the Wisconsin border, with the aim of providing abortions to Wisconsin women.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most abortions have been halted in Wisconsin while the courts determine whether the state&#8217;s 1849 law outlawing abortion will be upheld. Wisconsin\u2019s Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul have filed a legal challenge, arguing that 1980s statutes should supersede the law, which they believe should be unenforceable due to its age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christensen was featured in the 2006 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0841119\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">documentary<\/span><\/a>\u00a0&#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lake of Fire<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&#8221; in which he is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1195174067297691\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shown<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sifting through the dismembered body parts of a 20-week-old preborn child, whom he had just aborted. (<em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Warning:<\/strong><\/span> Video below shows abortion victim imagery and is very disturbing and graphic.<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wisconsin-abortionist-wants-to-retire-but-can-find-no-one-to-take-his-place\/\">Wisconsin abortionist wants to retire, but can find no one to take his place<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=316&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fprolifesf%2Fvideos%2F1195174067297691%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"431\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christensen has purchased a former acupuncture office and a former veterinary hospital, which he plans to convert to abortion facilities. He originally planned to offer the abortion pill at the acupuncture office beginning this Friday, but the office was condemned by the City of Rockford due to plumbing issues. Christensen says the plumbing and construction are now up-to-date, but he is waiting on a final inspection before he can open. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs soon as we have the okay for the building if my license has shown up I will find an Illinois doctor that will sign off on our protocol for giving the patients the pills[,] and that\u2019s all it will take,\u201d Christensen <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc15.com\/2022\/07\/13\/wisconsin-doctor-buys-illinois-buildings-offer-abortions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. His Illinois license is currently expired.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He plans to offer surgical abortions in the former veterinary hospital within six months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201dI have plenty of money and I don\u2019t need any more,\u201d Christensen <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc15.com\/2022\/07\/13\/wisconsin-doctor-buys-illinois-buildings-offer-abortions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cWhat I do need is the satisfaction of knowing the patients I\u2019ve been taking care of continue to have the care that I and a few other people delivered[,] and I wish to see that they continue to have access to [it].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fundraising for preparation of the surgical facility is being carried out by the newly formed Rockford Family Planning Foundation. \u201cWe feel like it\u2019s absolutely essential for us to get open as quickly as possible,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc15.com\/2022\/07\/13\/wisconsin-doctor-buys-illinois-buildings-offer-abortions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Jeanne Bissell, the foundation\u2019s president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mostly retired abortionist Dennis Christensen has purchased two buildings in Rockford, Illinois, which is just across the Wisconsin border, with the aim of providing abortions to Wisconsin women.\u00a0 Most abortions have been halted in Wisconsin while the courts determine whether the state&#8217;s 1849 law outlawing abortion will be upheld. 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