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The Walk for Life West Coast is just the kind of pro-life event I like to see—people taking action out on the streets of America to stand up for life. I pray that the Walk will be a great success, and bring many more people actively into the movement.Pro-lifers in San Francisco gather around tourist landmarks like Fisherman's Wharf [Photo by Dan Gura]
—Joe Scheidler, National Director, Pro-Life Action League
On Saturday, January 23rd, my son, Tony, and I joined over 30,000 in answering Joe’s prayer. Yes, Joe, the Walk was a great success.
Unlike previous years, the sky over San Francisco was pregnant with rain when we arrived…yet thousands were already waiting at Justin Herman Plaza to hear the speakers.
League staffer Corrina Gura on the cover of the RedEye—Click to read the story
Chicago’s RedEye, a daily newspaper aimed at young professionals, ran a story Wednesday, December 23, entitled The Abortion Debate: It’s Personal by Leonor Vivanco.
The story examines current opinions on abortion from the perspective of college students and young professionals. The story quotes League projects coordinator Corrina Gura and assistant communications director Matt Yonke. Corrina’s photo was also used for the cover, which can be seen at the right.
On Saturday, December 19, the Pro-Life Action League hosted its 7th annual “Empty Manger” Caroling Day, bringing the joy of Christmas to 9 abortion mills across the Chicago area.
The League split the caroling day into two “tours,” one in Chicago and one in suburban DuPage County. The DuPage tour started at ACU Health Center in Hinsdale with about 15 pro-lifers.
Several women were seen exiting the clinic as pro-lifers caroled, and a sidewalk counselor was on hand to offer them support and information. One counter-protester from NARAL’s “Illinois Choice Action Team” came for about ten minutes, holding a sign opposing the carolers.
Wednesday, December 16, pro-lifer Rachelle Crile went to the Planned Parenthood facility in Aurora, Illinois at 8 a.m. to sidewalk counsel as she has done on regular basis since attending a Pro-Life Action League sidewalk counseling seminar in September. After about 45 minutes in temperatures below 20 degrees, Rachelle went to her car in an adjacent parking lot to warm up before returning to the her sidewalk counseling post.
As Rachelle sat in her car, a couple in a white SUV pulled into the lot a couple rows behind her. Rachelle had a feeling the people might be headed to Planned Parenthood. Since Wednesday mornings are a prime time abortions there, Rachelle knew a life could be on the line, so she said a prayer, grabbed her literature and approached the car.
On November 14, 2009, the Pro-Life Action League held a sidewalk counseling seminar in Chicago at St. Mary of the Angels Church. Sidewalk counseling training is a central part of the League’s mission, but this seminar had an extra sense of urgency due to the “bubble zone” recently passed in Chicago.
At the time of the seminar, the ordinance had passed but was not yet being enforced, and there was a great deal of uncertainty among pro-lifers about what implications the law would have for them in their life-saving work outside Chicago’s abortuaries. [Continue reading ...]
The Pro-Life Action League will hold its seventh annual “Empty Manger” Christmas Caroling Day on Saturday, December 19.
Two caroling tours will take place, one visiting four abortion mills in DuPage County and one visiting five Chicago abortion facilities, including a new stop this year at the All Women’s Health center on Armitage.
The League has saved babies from abortion in past years when their mothers heard the caroling. “One mother told our counselor that hearing ‘Silent Night’ made her think about how Mary said yes to God—and then she couldn’t go through with the abortion,” said League Executive Director Eric Scheidler.
SpeakOut Illinois is a joint project of over thirty pro-life organizations in northern Illinois to commemorate the tragic Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade.
Each year near the anniversary of Roe v. Wade SpeakOut Illinois presents a conference, including several speakers on life issues, a memorial service for the unborn whose lives are cut short by abortion, and the presentation of the Henry Hyde Life Leadership Award to an individual whose commitment to the fight for life is recognized as outstanding.
Chicago Police stand near Albany abortuary entrance after forcing pro-life counselor Ann Scheidler to move 50 feet away [Photo by Ann Scheidler]
Two days after the enactment of a Bubble Zone designed to restrict the pro-life outreach of sidewalk counselors, Chicago police are enforcing the new law erroneously, illustrating how wrong-headed and unjust this law really is.
On the morning of November 19, League Vice President Ann Scheidler was sidewalk counseling at the Albany Surgical-Medical Center when clinic director Diana Lamon arrived. Lamon approached Ann, disrupting a dialog she was having with an abortion-bound woman, and told her she cannot come within 50 feet of the entrance.
Ann explained that this is not what the Bubble Zone law says, but Lamon walked off, saying she was going to call the police. Shortly thereafter three squad cars arrive and three officers and entered the facility. [Continue reading ...]
Sidewalk counselor Cathy Mieding addresses the press outside Planned Parenthood [Photo by John Jansen]
On Tuesday, November 16, dozens of pro-lifers gathered on the windy corner of LaSalle and Division on Chicago’s north side to protest the city’s new “Bubble Zone” ordinance which went into effect that day. The Pro-Life Action League had organized a press conference and protest to voice pro-lifers objections to the new law.
The ordinance requires that, within 50 feet of the entrance of an abortion clinic, a person cannot approach within 8 feet of a person attempting to enter the facility without their consent. The law is specifically aimed to hinder pro-lifers as they pray, sidewalk counsel and distribute literature outside abortion facilities.
Representatives from many of Chicago’s major media outlets attended the press conference as speakers including the League’s Joe and Ann Scheidler and sidewalk counselors Cathy Mieding and Julie Grisolano. They told the crowd about the life-saving options they had to offer and about their peaceful, prayerful approach they take to reaching out to abortion-bound women.
Chicago,—Pro-Life Action League announces a press conference and protest in front of the Planned Parenthood on 1200 N LaSalle Dr in Chicago, at 10 a.m., Tuesday, November 17, 2009.
When: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
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