The Daily Populous

Thursday January 19th, 2023 day edition

image for Planned Parenthood set on fire just 2 days after state passes abortion rights law

Police are hunting for a person involved in a suspected arson attack at a Planned Parenthood clinic in central Illinois just two days after the state enacted sweeping abortion protections into law.

The building, which houses the Peoria Planned Parenthood Clinic, sustained "significant damage,” according to a statement from Jennifer Welch, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois, which was obtained by WLS.

The arson attack on the Planned Parenthood clinic came just two days after Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed comprehensive reproductive health care legislation into law that protects out-of-state abortion seekers and allows them to get an abortion.

Police are hunting for a person involved in a suspected arson attack at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Peoria, Illinois, on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, at approximately 11:31 p.m. just two days after the state enacted sweeping abortion protections into law.

The Planned Parenthood location that was attacked offered medication abortion but was not a site for in-clinic procedures, Welch told WLS.

She also said that she planned to prosecute the perpetrator "to the fullest extent of the law.".

"We would never condone violence against any Planned Parenthood or any other abortion clinic," Mary Kate Zander, executive director of the anti-abortion organization Illinois Right to Life, told WLS. »

Phil Spencer says game companies must ‘turn away from dividing players and creators’

Authored by videogameschronicle.com

Phil Spencer has used an awards speech to state his opinion that game companies have a responsibility to ensure players and developers aren’t divided, and are instead united.

“Today, as creators, as leaders, as world builders, our greatest responsibility is to inspire and invite joy,” Spencer said.

“We turn away from dividing players and creators, and instead towards each other, as we advance and amplify joy together. »