A pro-life outreach in an RV will continue saving babies.
In March, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, temporarily halted the city's restrictions against The Life Center (TLC) Pregnancy Services. This let the mobile facility bring its services back to both of its locations — the Covenant Church of Elgin and JP's Pub & Bar. The new injunction means they can stay permanently.
The RV provides ultrasounds, pregnancy tests and counseling.
"The court was right to stop the city of Elgin from preventing women in need from obtaining free ultrasounds and health information," Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Steven Aden.
The city tried to close down TLC's services in the summer of 2012. TLC then discovered that the city council had amended its zoning code to classify the outreach as a "temporary land use" limited to just four uses per year at each location.
"Life Center's free services help both the city and its citizens, so the city's actions have been both counterproductive and unconstitutional," Aden explained. "Women deserve access to the help they need for themselves and their unborn children without undue interference from the government."
Source: CitizenLink by Bethany Monk