Too late to stop ethnic cleansing?

In one of the statements I made to the Aurora City Council during the hearings over the building of a Planned Parenthood Center in Aurora, I charged the members with ethnic cleansing. A deliberate assault on the Hispanic population.

The decision by Planned Parenthood to build right in the heart of a populous Hispanic community did not come about by chance. This gameplan is being carried out across the country.

Business wants the benefits of the low-wage laborers, but on the other hand, schools cannot accommodate the massive influx of their children. My accusations did not elicit denials from the board members, only silence.

Worse yet, was the silence from the leadership of the Hispanic community. State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia, a very visible Hispanic spokeswoman, had been absent from all of the hearings regarding abortions and parents rights.

Her voting record told what side of the issue she was on. She had already accepted campaign contributions from Planned Parenthood and other anti-life groups.

During my campaign for state representative, it was my intention to bring this issue forward if I had an opportunity to speak before Hispanic groups. Despite letters and phone calls, all doors were shut to me.

The forum held by the Family Focus Hispanic organization denied me and the other speakers the opportunity of an open forum. Family Focus belies its name, referring clients for abortions is hardly a pro-family prescription.

At the old abortion center in Aurora, I counseled once a week for several years. My estimate was that 50 percent of the mothers utilizing their services were Hispanic.

Where was the outcry from the Hispanic community, from its leaders?

From the churches?

Now it is too late.

Joan Solms

Aurora