Statement of Steve Trombley, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area, September 17, 2007

We were pleased with Judge Norgle’s decision today to deny the City of Aurora’s motion to dismiss. 

We look forward to returning to his courtroom on Thursday morning to present Judge Norgle with additional evidence as to why he should grant Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area an injunction to open our health center in Aurora. 

We believe that City of Aurora has no legal basis for blocking the opening of the facility and that its revocation of a temporary operating permit is motivated solely by political opposition to the constitutionally protected right to abortion services.

Every day we are not open, we cannot provide much-needed, affordable and accessible health care services to the women of Kane, DuPage, Kendall and Will Counties.

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading sexual and reproductive health care provider and advocate. We believe that everyone has the right to choose when or whether to have a child, and that every child should be wanted and loved. Planned Parenthood affiliates operate nearly 800 health centers nationwide, providing medical services and sexuality education for millions of women, men, and teenagers each year. We also work with allies worldwide to ensure that all women and men have the right and the means to meet their sexual and reproductive health care needs.