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(Left to right) Paul Wierzbowski, Joe Scheidler, Ann Scheidler, and Joronda Crawford at the Illinois Capitol [Photo by John Jansen]
Over 50 pro-lifers headed to Springfield for the SpeakOut Illinois Lobby Day on Wednesday, March 10. Hearings were held on Wednesday morning on the Illinois version of the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), known to the Illinois legislature as the Reproductive Health and Access bill, HB6205. Unfortunately the bill passed out of the Health and Human Services Committee by a vote of 5-2.
But providentially, pro-life activists representing the dozens of pro-life groups affiliated with SpeakOut Illinois were at the Capitol Wednesday to talk with their legislators and ask them to oppose any further expansion of abortion in Illinois. HB6205 would give Illinois its own Roe v Wade and make it virtually impossible to restrict or regulate abortion in any way. HB6205 also mandates tax dollars to pay for abortion and requires “comprehensive” sex education in public school districts.
(Left to right) Matt Yonke, Eric Scheidler and Jerry Nickels at the Illinois Capitol
On Wednesday, March 3, Pro-Life Action League Executive Director Eric Scheidler and I headed down to Springfield, Illinois along with local activist Jerry Nickels to join in the Catholics at the Capitol day sponsored by the Catholic Conference of Illinois.
The day began with Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception presided over by Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago and President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Hundreds of faithful Catholics were in attendance, packing the Cathedral to overflowing.
![Pro-Lifers picket abortionist Vinod Goyal's swanky neighborhood in Inverness, Illinois. [Photo by Dan Gura]](http://prolifeaction.org/pix/2010/picket.jpg "chapter37 1")
Pro-Lifers picket abortionist Vinod Goyal's swanky neighborhood in Inverness, Illinois. [Photos by Dan Gura]
We go to the homes of abortionists…because they do not like it. They usually are not proud of being abortionists, and often they even guard from their community the fact that they are involved in abortion. If it were widely known that they are abortionists, they might be very uncomfortable in their communities, and their communities might be uncomfortable with them.
I saw this take place firsthand when we used to picket the entrance to the exclusive Inverness subdivision where abortionist Vinod Goyal lives. To say his neighbors were uncomfortable would be an understatement. [Continue reading ...]
One way to influence people you will never meet is to get pro-life books into your library. This involves a fairly small time commitment on your part, but has the potential to reach many people you will never meet on this side of Heaven.
Some libraries may have boxes on their homepage where you can suggest books they should buy. Or maybe they have a suggestion box you can slip a note in next time you go.
You may want to talk to your library about their donation policy before you buy the book yourself, since you’ll want to make sure it gets on the shelf. [Continue reading ...]
Pro-lifers picket along New York Street outside Planned Parenthood in Aurora, IL [Photo by Sam Scheidler]
I was thrilled when I woke up Saturday morning to temperatures in the 30’s. I’ve been involved in protests with the Pro-Life Action League outside of the “Abortion Fortress” of Aurora Illinois for over two and a half years now and February has brought some of the most brutal weather we’ve encountered—often with temperatures dipping below zero—so 30’s were a welcome change.
Out at the clinic a little before 9 a.m., there already were four stalwart pro-lifers engaged in clinic witness ministry, sidewalk counseling and praying, when I arrived. It’s always a great encouragement to see those dedicated folks outside the abortuary, even in February’s snow and winds. [Continue reading ...]
As Sidewalk Counselors and Prayer Warriors gathered on Saturday, February 13, 2010 to pray outside of Planned Parenthood at 1200 N. LaSalle in Chicago, they were subjected to yet another interpretation of the Bubble Zone law.
This weekend saw the return of Officer Hagen. This is the officer who, on January 9, inaccurately told us we could not picket within 150 feet of the clinic or stand within 8 feet of the door but, upon reading the ordinance, magnanimously granted us permission to pray.
Live Action President Lila Rose
Friend of the League and President of Live Action Lila Rose shared some exciting pro-life news today.
Lila, who just last month shared about her groundbreaking undercover investigations of Planned Parenthood with hundreds of adults and over 100 teens at the SpeakOut Illinois and TeenSpeak conferences, has exposed the web of deceit that surrounds Planned Parenthood clinics across the country.
Now her work is finally getting the attention of authorities who are moving into action. Here’s what Lila had to say: [Continue reading ...]
I was edified to learn that a determined group of pro-life activists were on hand in Brookline, Massachusetts on Tuesday to protest the opening of the Women’s Health Services abortion clinic.
Every indication is that these pro-lifers are in it for the long haul. Commented activist Rita Russo:
We’re not going to go away. It would be invisible if we weren’t here. We don’t want it to be invisible.
It would be hard to add anything to Russo’s words, for they so incisively capture what pro-life activism is all about.
Abortion workers hate the sight of pro-lifers outside their clinics—whether protesting, sidewalk counseling, or praying—because they know firsthand that our witnessing causes so many of their would-be clients to change their minds and instead choose life for their babies.
The online edition of the League’s Autumn-Winter 2009 Action News newspaper has just been published. The lead story, “League Battles Chicago Bubble Zone” tells the story of the pernicious “Bubble Zone” that Planned Parenthood foisted on pro-lifers in Chicago—and how the Pro-Life Action League is fighting it. Other stories include:
See the full table of contents for more articles.
Abortion chain operator Susan Hill is dead at 61.
Susan and I have a long history, as she was one of the abortionists who got the League all tangled up in NOW v. Scheidler.
It seems that I was always picketing and protesting at Susan’s mills. After all, she was managing twelve at one time.
I had protested outside her mill in Fort Wayne, Indiana and she called the bomb squad, without even warning us that a bomb was expected to go off and blow the big brick building right into our line of march—that is, if someone had set a bomb.
Then I picketed one of her mills in North Carolina, and since it was inside a general office building I went in, but Susan called the police, so we had to stay way outside the building.
Then it was one of Hill’s abortion mills in Wilmington, Delaware that I went into to see what an abortion clinic looked like and to let her know that about a thousand pro-lifers would be protesting outside her mill the next day. She called the police.
I got out before the police came but she filed a warrant and I was arrested and locked up the next day. Luckily, the police were polite and cooperative enough—after a little persuasion by several hundred picketers—to let the march finish and allow us to give some talks before they marched me off to my cell.