Pro-Life News In Brief.

Pennsylvania Abortion Clinic Evicted

After a five-year battle, pro-lifers in State College, Pennsylvania, celebrated when a judge ordered an abortion clinic to close its doors because it violated its lease. However, clinic staff said that they would look for a new location in the area and plan to reopen later this year.

On July 18, Centre County Judge Charles C. Brown refused to reverse an earlier decision that ordered State College Medical Services to vacate the building, Centre Daily Times reported. HFL Corp., the building's owner, asked the clinic to leave because it was not told when the lease was signed that abortions would be performed there.

Judge Brown had previously ordered the abortion clinic to close in November 2000, and a Superior Court judge upheld his decision in April 2002, the Times reported.

The abortion clinic, partially owned by abortionist Steven Chase Brigham, opened in 1997 despite tremendous community opposition. Centre County Citizens Concerned for Human Life, the local NRLC affiliate chapter, joined with other pro-lifers in circulating petitions and organizing events to protest the introduction of abortion into their community.

Brigham is no stranger to controversy. He has been the subject of investigations for botched abortions and other violations in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, and California. He served time in jail in 2000 for failing to file tax returns.

A spokeswoman for the clinic tried to put a positive spin on the eviction order. "State College Medical Services is happy to be relocating and resuming our services this fall," she told the Times.