Knoxville, Tenn., Aug 19, 2009 / 16:12 pm
A combined pro-life effort has halted the proposed relocation and expansion of a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The Pro-Life Coalition of East Tennessee (ProCET) joined together Tennessee Right to Life, the Catholic Diocese of Knoxville, several local Baptist churches and area crisis pregnancy centers.
In a video calling for opposition to the expansion, Bishop of Knoxville Richard F. Stika joined Dr. Doug Sager, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church Concord.
Speaking in the video, Bishop Stika noted a local veterans’ cemetery where about 4,000 have been laid to rest.
“As I drive past that cemetery each day and I see the large number of headstones arranged row upon row, I am reminded that a new cemetery of approximately the same size, but without the headstones and decency of a proper burial, is created each year as a result of abortions in our Knoxville Community.”