Pro-lifers are thrilled that a notorious abortion clinic in Illinois that the state shut down last September will apparently remain closed for good.
Last June, when inspectors visited the Northern Illinois Women's Center in Rockford for the first time in 14 years, they found filthy conditions in both operating rooms, sterilization equipment that did not work, and no registered nurse on duty for surgical abortions.
"It truly was one of the most notorious in the country," says Eric Scheidler of the Pro-Life Action League. "Owner William Webster used to hang a rubber chicken on a crucifix in one of the windows. We've seen him prancing about the property in a devil's suit. There's a truly demonic presence there."
He believes the clinic's permanent closing is a testament to the dedication of local pro-life prayer warriors.
"The pro-life community was resisted by the Rockford police. They had all kinds of problems with their civil rights being violated by police there," Scheidler recalls. "The city council was unwilling to protect those rights, and yet the community continued to soldier on bravely, reaching out to people, sidewalk counseling to the women at the abortion clinic, [and] doing church outreach."
The clinic could not find local people to hire to staff the abortuary for the reopening it had hoped for. Owners have paid a $1,000 fine and will keep the doors locked.
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