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League history, NOW v. Scheidler, Action News, Joe Scheidler, League staff
League history, NOW v. Scheidler, Action News, Joe Scheidler, League staff
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In the course of conducting effective grassroots pro-life activism, the Pro-Life Action League and League officers have become involved in numerous lawsuits, both as plaintiff and defendant. Most of these suits have involved efforts to restrict the activities of pro-life activists.
In 1986, the National Organization for Women and a network of abortion clinics sued the League, National Director Joe Scheidler and several other pro-life activists under anti-trust laws for disrupting the abortion business through their protest activities. The case was later refiled as a RICO suit under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, which was designed to prosecutve organized crime leaders. The case made a record-breaking three trips to the U.S. Supreme Court, and was ultimately won by Scheidler and the League in a final judgment entered in 2007.
Learn more about NOW v. Scheidler.
In 2007, in the midst of the "Ground Zero" battle over the construction of Planned Parenthood's mega-center in Aurora, Illinois, Planned Parenthood of Illnois CEO Steve Trombley published a full-page ad accusing the League and its officers of having a "well-documented history of advocating violence." When Trombley refused to retract this defamatory statement, the League's Eric Scheidler, who was leading the fight against the new abortuary, filed a libel suit.
Learn more about Scheidler v. Trombley.
In August 2007, Eric Scheidler filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Aurora, Illinois, over numerous violations of the civil rights of pro-life activists opposing the construction of Planned Parenthood's abortion center in that city. The City ultimately agreed to settle the suit in a 2010 Settlement Agreement that recognized and secured pro-lifers' rights.
Learn more about the Aurora Settlement Agreement.
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