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December 23, 2009—League staff members Corrina Gura and Matt Yonke are profiled in Chicago’s free commuter paper, the RedEye. The cover of the newspaper features Corrina posing in front of a wall of pro-life bumper stickers at the League office on Chicago’s Northwest Side. The story explores the abortion views of the Millennial Generation and why so many of that age group call themselves pro-life.
December 22, 2007—For the fifth annual “Empty Manger” Christmas Caroling Day, which visits abortion clinics throughout Chicago, a second Tour is added in DuPage County, Illinois, where pro-life activity has picked up markedly since the opening of the huge Planned Parenthood facility in Aurora. Over 150 pro-lifers participate in the two caroling Tours.
Bishop Thomas Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix
In the wake of an abortion performed last year supposedly to save the life of an Arizona woman, Bishop Thomas Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix has stripped St. Joseph Hospital of its Catholic status. The Pro-Life Action League applauds Bishop Olmsted for taking this brave stand for life.
“I have hoped and prayed that this day would not come,” Bishop Olmsted said in a statement [PDF].
“However, the faithful of the diocese have a right to know whether institutions of this importance are indeed Catholic in identity and practice.” [Continue reading ...]
December 21, 1987—League Director Joe Scheidler is alerted that Chicago city employees are demolishing a privately-sponsored Nativity scene at Daley Plaza (pictured left). The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) had complained about the crèche. Joe races downtown with several staff members to intervene, saving several statues, including those of Mary and Baby Jesus. Pro-lifers would guard the statues for three days before a federal judge blocks the City from proceeding with the demolition.
Carolers at the Aanchor abortion mill, Glen Ellyn, IL [Photo by Sam Scheidler]
The Pro-Life Action League’s 8th annual “Empty Manger” caroling day took place last Saturday, December 18 at nine local abortion facilities, four in DuPage County and five in Chicago.
In DuPage, the day began at ACU Health Center in Hinsdale. The crowd started out sparse, but by the end of the site, over 20 pro-lifers had joined the Tour. Carols rang out in the chilly morning air as several women entered and left the clinic. [Continue reading ...]
December 20, 1986—The League alerts reporters to a drug bust at Biogenetics, a Chicago abortion clinic they routinely picket. This is not the first drug-related offense there. In 1983, clinic operator Clifford Josefik was arrested for unlawful use of a weapon while loitering in an area known for drug dealing, when police discovered a five-shot Derringer in his pants. Biogenetics’ legal troubles also includes numerous medical malpractice suits, frequently cited by sidewalk counselors to convince women to not have abortions there.
December 19, 1989—The League’s new offices in Suite 600 at the Edens Office Center at 6160 N. Cicero Avenue in Chicago are dedicated with a Mass celebrated by Fr. Bill Cloutier, attended by 30 friends and supporters of the League.
December 18, 2004—Two babies are saved during League’s second annual “Empty Manger” Christmas Caroling day when their mothers hear the pro-life carolers and change their minds about abortion. The caroling group visits four Chicago abortion clinics to sing of Christmas hope, gathered around an empty manger. The caroling tour concludes with the placement of baby Jesus in the manger at the site of the recently shut-down Concord abortion facility.
December 17, 1999—The League passes out hundreds of leaflets on fetal development at Chicago’s Lincoln Park High School as part of a new campaign to educate high school students on this crucial component lacking from high school curricula.
December 16, 1996—Monica Migliorino Miller (pictured right), a Michigan pro-life activist involved with finding and documenting the bodies of hundreds of aborted babies found in dumpsters outside abortion facilities, hosts League Director Joe Scheidler as a guest on her one-hour TV program. Joe and Monica worked closely together when Monica lived in Chicago years before, and continue to be close allies in the pro-life movement.