Frm the Thomas More Society:
This Abortion Facility Is Shutting Down Permanently
Back in 2011, Thomas More Society confronted abortionist Dr. Dennis Christensen’s Northern Illinois Women’s Center in Rockford, Illinois—which boasted a litany of health violations on top of endangering the lives of women and killing their children.
After Thomas More Society attorneys applied legal pressure and supported locals in alerting the authorities of numerous health and safety violations, Christensen’s facility was exposed as a danger to the community and shut down…
Fast forward to 2022, Christensen returned to Rockford to open a new abortion business in a residential neighborhood, hoping to circumvent Wisconsin’s pro-life law—which had gone into effect after the fall of Roe v. Wade.
Teaming up with Rockford residents passionate about protecting their neighborhood, Thomas More Society fought back and took Christensen to court…
After litigating this case all the way from the local zoning board to Illinois state appeals court, we’re thrilled to share that Christensen’s residential abortion facility will be closing for good. The closure follows a unanimous ruling in our lawsuit, by an Illinois state appeals court, overturning the Rockford Zoning Board’s erroneous approval of permits for the for-profit facility as a “home business.”
This decision ensures that even the abortion industry can’t evade the law, a critical step towards protecting families in Rockford and across the country. This facility’s closure shows what can happen when the pro-life movement demands the abortion industry do the minimum: follow the law.
Christensen’s grisly career has been marked by disregard for human life and challenging pro-life laws. His facilities have not only endangered women but also ended the lives of thousands of preborn children…
- Christensen’s Rockford-area abortion business was shut down in 2011after he failed to keep proper records, failed to monitor women properly after performing the abortion, and failed to ensure a sanitary environment. The facility hadn’t been inspected for 14 years.
- He is a resident of Wisconsin, not of Illinois, and failed to meet the legal requirements for operating his Rockford residential abortion business.
- He was featured in the 2006 documentary Lake of Fire, where he is shownexamining the dismembered body parts of a 20-week-old child he aborted.
- After Roe was overturned, he came out of semi-retirement to circumvent Wisconsin abortion law and made the Rockford facility an abortion tourism destination—with nearly half of patients coming from out of state.
- In 1999, he joined Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin in a lawsuit against Wisconsin’s partial birth abortion ban.
- In 2013, he was involved in a battle over a Wisconsin law requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at local hospitals. Christensen was denied privileges at three Milwaukee-area hospitals. At the time, his Milwaukee clinic, Affiliated Medical Center, was the only Wisconsin abortion facility to perform abortions beyond 19 weeks of pregnancy.
- In 2014, he estimated that he had already aborted around 95,000 preborn children during his career.
The abortion industry, and its foot soldiers, like Dennis Christensen, think they are above the law—but they couldn’t be more wrong.
This triumph in Rockford is part of a larger movement swelling across the nation. From statehouses to courtrooms, pro-lifers are standing firm, working tirelessly to protect mothers and their babies. Each victory, like this one, is turning the tide towards a culture of life, where every human being is cherished and protected.
Thank you for standing with Thomas More Society. Your support and prayers made this abortion business closure happen, and we are deeply grateful for your ongoing partnership as we continue to hold the national abortion industry accountable to the law—one abortionist and one abortion facility at a time.
