Pro-life groups are fighting an attempt in an Illinois community to pass a "bubble zone" ordinance that would keep counselors away from women who are entering abortion clinics.
The abortion facility in Rockford is notorious for signs and posters -- some of them anti-Christian in nature -- that mock pro-life advocates. The purpose of the proposed ordinance is to keep those groups away from potential customers. Rockford Pro-Life Initiative member Kevin Rilott tells OneNewsNow that the clinic wants the ordinance in place because it pegs pro-lifers for its declining business.
"Over the years, the Rockford abortion facility...used to do around 50 to 70 abortions per week," Rilott explains. "[But] through the prayers [and] the hard work of dedicated Christians, the numbers at this abortion facility have gone down to about 20 abortions a week."
That drop equates to a loss in income of about $600 for each abortion not performed since sidewalk counselors have successfully been offering women who seek abortions a way to save their babies and work out their problems.
"It's interesting," Rilott remarks. "We checked with the Rockford Police Department, and for the last 25 years in this city we have not had one woman entering this clinic complain about a pro-life sidewalk counselor."
Any complaints, he says, have been generated by the clinic and its supporters -- and even though the mayor and some members of the council are against the idea of a bubble zone, its defeat is not ensured.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
Publish Date: February 1, 2010
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