Posted on 10/21/2004 11:50:16 AM PDT by Gopher Broke
Stand Up for Planned Parenthood
Dear xxxxx xxxxxxx,
Planned Parenthood opponents are attempting to force the new Planned Parenthood medical and education center in Charlottesville to close. They have filed a legal appeal to revoke Planned Parenthood’s Certificate of Occupancy. They intend to organize hundreds of anti-choice advocates to attend a hearing of the Zoning Appeals Board at 1:00pm on Tuesday, November 9.
ACTION: We need you and every pro-choice supporter you know to attend the hearing in Charlottesville on November 9 at1:00pm at the Albemarle County Office Building on 401 McIntire Road. We cannot let our opponents bully the Zoning Appeals Board by filling the room with their activists. The opening of the Dr. Jones Center has been a monumental accomplishment for our mission. Yet, our triumph is an unprecedented threat for our opponents. This is not a local issue. The decision by the Zoning Appeals Board could eventually threaten all clinics in Virginia.
Be Counted. Click to an send an email to our statewide organizer to let us know you will be there on November 9th.
Send a letter to the following decision maker(s): PP Statewide Organizer (if you live in VA)
Below is the sample letter:
Subject: Yes, I will be there to support PP on Nov. 9th!
Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],
I will attend the BZA Public Hearing in Charlottesville on Tuesday Nov. 9th to stand up for Planned Parenthood. Please send me more information via email.
Sincerely,
xxxxx xxxxxxx
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What's At Stake:
Background: Planned Parenthood’s future in Charlottesville will be decided in the next two months. At stake is Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge’s newly opened Dr. Herbert C. Jones Reproductive Health and Education Center. Not only is this the newest clinic to open in Virginia, it is also the only the second clinic in the Commonwealth that is built to meet the hospital regulations that the General Assembly tries to impose every year on current clinics in an attempt to make abortions legal but unavailable.
The Central Virginia Family Forum is claiming that the Zoning Administrator in Albemarle County should never have permitted Planned Parenthood to build the Dr. Jones Center. A legal appeal has been filed with the 5-member Zoning Appeals Board to force the immediate and permanent closure of our Center. The Appeals Board will decide our future on November 9.
The meeting has been moved to the 585-seat County Auditorium to accommodate hundreds of anti-choice advocates from throughout Virginia and neighboring states. They intend to bully the Zoning Appeals Board into voting to shut us down. We must have a strong presence at the hearing to keep that from happening!
The opening of the Dr. Jones Center has been a monumental accomplishment for our mission. Yet, our triumph is an unprecedented threat for our opponents. This is not a local issue. The decision by the Zoning Appeals Board could eventually threaten all clinics in Virginia.
Campaign Expiration Date: November 9, 2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Let's hope so.
This org is disgusting. What is really bothersome is the fact that M. Sanger once wrote: "We need to get rid of the negros' through abortion, a memo kept confidential between the Dems. What a hateful bunch.
I am truly "anti-choice"! There is a good choice and a bad choice. Personally I am anti-bad choice. I think all murderers should be held accountable for their bad choice!
Gabz, Just a ping for your neck of the woods.
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