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A pro-life group has sued the city of Richmond, Virginia, after the city council approved the sale of city property to a Planned Parenthood abortion facility for a mere $10<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Family Foundation\u2019s Founding Freedoms Law Center filed the lawsuit on behalf of Dr. Sheila Furey, a local psychiatrist. The suit contends that the city’s transfer of the building, a former school, violates the law and prevents others from bidding on the land. Planned Parenthood has indicated it intends to build a 10,000 square-foot, $10 million dollar facility on the property \u2014 the corporation’s third<\/em> facility in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe City should not have squandered over a million dollars in funding that it could have used for critical services for Richmond residents, like improving our schools or providing real medical services to children in need,\u201d Furey said<\/a> in an Aug. 14 press release. \u201cTheir actions denied my practice and other worthy businesses the opportunity to acquire that property and use it to provide our neighbors with services they actually want and need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Family Foundation President Victoria Cobb said the property could be utilized to serve the city in better ways.<\/p>\n

READ: Richmond Virginia Planned Parenthood clinic shows willingness to aid and abet sexual exploitation of minors<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the needs of homelessness [and] mental health [patients], this certainly is not the greatest need of the city and absolutely could be better served in other ways,\u201d said Cobb. \u201cCitizens must know that their leadership is accountable and transparent to follow the law, and that is what is best done by the residents. And when you have businesses that are boxed out of a process because the City Council has a pet project, that\u2019s the opposite of what I think residents are voting for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney lashed out at the Family Foundation following news of its lawsuit. \u201cIt comes as no surprise that the Family Foundation, a group of extremists bent on ripping away access to reproductive healthcare from the indigent, is suing the city to do just that,\u201d said Stoney. \u201cNorthside is a healthcare desert and the addition of a new Planned Parenthood clinic would meet Richmonders right where they are and provide access to quality, affordable care \u2014 including primary care for those without insurance. We look forward to fighting this in court.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stoney’s statement echoes one of the arguments often used to excuse the opening of a new abortion facility, but the data doesn’t back up the claim. Planned Parenthood provides very little legitimate health care, especially primary care. Instead, it’s own\u00a0annual reports<\/a>, show that its health care services<\/a>\u00a0are decreasing, while\u00a0abortions<\/a> are increasing. It currently commits 40% of the national market share<\/a> of reported abortions.<\/p>\n

The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A pro-life group has sued the city of Richmond, Virginia, after the city council approved the sale of city property to a Planned Parenthood abortion facility for a mere $10. Family Foundation\u2019s Founding Freedoms Law Center filed the lawsuit on behalf of Dr. Sheila Furey, a local psychiatrist. 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