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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 ...]
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 ...]
Planned Parenthood CEO in a Youtube response to the Tim Tebow ad
Suggest that someone made the right decision by keeping her baby.
I’m referring, of course, to the ad set to air during this Sunday’s Super Bowl telling the story of Pam Tebow, mother of Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, who chose to have her baby despite doctors telling her she should abort due to health concerns.
What’s most remarkable about the controversy surrounding this ad is that the pro-abortion choice ranks are being torn asunder by it.
Abortion has been in the spotlight since President Obama took office in January 2009. His record of radically pro-abortion policy decisions, along with his audacious and scandalous commencement speech at Notre Dame last May, have Americans who care about life up in arms.
Even people who don’t care much about the abortion issue are paying attention, especially since abortion has been the issue that has caused more problems than any other in the healthcare debate.
With that in view, this year’s March for Life in Washington D.C. on January 22 promises to be one of the most exciting Marches in years. If there’s any way you can get to Washington, this is the year to do it. Hundreds of thousands of pro-life Americans will raise their voices, calling on our government to respect all human life, from conception to natural death. Don’t miss your chance to join them. Check out the March for Life website for all the details on the March, as well as information on accommodations and other pro-life events taking place around the March.
But even if you can’t make it to Washington, there is still a way you can join your voice to those on the ground at the March.
Claire W holds a picture of baby Malachi on one of the League's Face the Truth Tours. [Photo by Sam Scheidler]
Missionaries to the Preborn, Pastor Matt Trewhella’s organization headquartered in Milwaukee was featured in the Wisconsin Christian News newspaper this week. Rob Pue’s article did a terrific job explaining the importance of displaying graphic abortion photos in public—something the League picked up from the Missionaries.
Briefly, here’s what the article says:
When Pastor Matt Trewhella founded the ministry in 1988 (then called Rescue Operation Milwaukee), the city of Milwaukee had eight abortion clinics. Today, only two remain and statistics show that more Americans than ever are decidedly pro-life.
But it has not been an easy mission. Pastor Matt attended college with a major in Christian Missions. While still a student, he learned that there are over 400 different “missions” in America today but not one targeted the preborn child as a “people group.” In the early days, he assumed that most clergy would support an effort to save the lives of helpless babies, but soon learned that most ministers opposed him, and most Christians did not even believe that preborn children were human beings.
Marie Smith on a Face the Truth Tour with the League
Loyal activist and longtime Pro-Life Action League volunteer Marie Smith, 86, died December 21 of a massive heart attack. Marie was the mother of eight children and had many grandchildren.
The previous day, while at Mass at St. Mary of the Angels Parish in Chicago, she told her son Richard that she hoped to have her funeral there.
Marie was exceptionally devoted to the pro-life cause. The very first League Face the Truth Tour in the year 2000 lasted ten days, visiting three sites every day. Marie joined every one of those thirty sites. Featured on the League’s Face the Truth video, she has been an inspiration to pro-life activists of all ages.
For the past eight years, Marie had served as the volunteer custodian of the files at the League’s chicago office, where, every Tuesday, she came to work with a box of Dunkin Donuts for the staff. We pray that Marie will be greeted in heaven by the Lord and by a chorus of voices of the children whose lives she cherished as she worked for their protection and respect.
A stalwart crew of dedicated volunteers joined the Pro-Life Action League’s October “Face the Truth” Day across the near west suburbs of Chicago on Wednesday, October 21.
The first stop of the day was in Melrose Park at the corner of North Avenue and First Avenue, just outside the former grounds of the recently closed Kiddieland amusement park. Pro-lifers lined the streets with graphic signs and many motorists saw the truth about abortion on their morning commute.
Pro-lifers hold graphic abortion signs in Melrose Park, IL [Photo by Matt Yonke]
A stalwart crew of dedicated volunteers joined the Pro-Life Action League’s October “Face the Truth” Day across the near west suburbs of Chicago on Wednesday, October 21.
The first stop of the day was in Melrose Park at the corner of North Avenue and First Avenue, just outside the former grounds of the recently closed Kiddieland amusment park. Pro-lifers lined the streets with graphic signs and many motorists saw the truth about abortion on their morning commute.
The New York Times, of all places, highlighted pro-life activists twice this weekend in features that are both well worth a look.
One article does a good job of attempting to understand what makes activists tick. It focuses on three individuals in particular and how they first got involved. One is Dan Brewer, who, before he became a Christian, recalls swearing at Jim Pouillon during one of his one-man protests in the early 1990s. (Jim, you may recall, was murdered last month while protesting abortion outside a high school in Owosso, Michigan.)
Third trimester abortion signs in Elmhurst [Photo by Sam Scheidler]
The Pro-Life Action League’s September Truth Day was a great success. The League returned to some areas of the western suburbs of Chicago that hadn’t seen Face the Truth in several years with stops in Elmhurst, Westmont and Wheaton.
At the first stop in Elmhurst, at St. Charles Road and Rt. 83 saw a good turnout. Literature distribution efforts were going well until police asked that no one distribute literature in the street without a reflective vest, which they didn’t have. Shortly after police made that request, a Nicor gas truck pulled up to check a nearby gas meter. The Nicor employee was wearing a reflective vest, so literature distributor Mary Ann Krupa asked if he happened to have a spare vest. As it turned out, he did and was happy to let Mary Ann use it so literature distribution resumed.