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August 29, 1996—After a week of pro-life activities across the City of Chicago during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center, pro-life activists line both sides of Ogden Avenue with large graphic abortion signs. Delegates heading to the United Center for convention’s final day—including President Bill Clinton and his motorcade—drive right past the display.
August 24, 1986—League Director Joe Scheidler visits Fr. Edward Markley in a Montgomery, Alabama, prison where he is serving time for praying at an abortuary. The previous evening, Joe held a press conference on the steps of the state capital and led pro-lifers in a march in front of the prison in protest of Fr. Markley’s unjust imprisonment.
In response to the media coverage of the Pro-Life Action League’s visit to Batavia, Illinois on July 9 during our summer Face the Truth Tour, MySuburbanLife columnist Jerry Moore published a defense of the League’s constitutionally protected tactics.
Without taking sides on the abortion issue—or even saying whether or not he approved of the Truth Tour approach—Moore made the point that messages like ours—messages which many people simply don’t want to hear—are exactly what the Constitution was intended to protect. [Continue reading ...]
Kevin Rilott of the Rockford Pro-Life Initiative took this video of League Executive Director Eric Scheidler after Tuesday’s successful “Face the Truth” Day in Rockford, Illinois. Thanks to Kevin and all the Rockford pro-lifers who came out on hot August day to make the Tour such a success!
And be sure to check out some of the great media coverage the Tour got:
Face the Truth Tour in Rockford, IL on Alpine Rd. [Photo by Sam Scheidler]
Our August Truth Tour in Rockford, Illinois on Tuesday in the scorching sun—temperatures reached 90’s—was one of the most exciting monthly tours we’ve ever had.
With at least 40 sign holders at each of the three stops, we were able to reach drivers coming from all four directions and to hand out flyers that explain clearly and succinctly the purpose of our tours. These flyers describe each of the six pictures drivers are seeing as they pass by the large copies of these pictures. [Continue reading ...]
Today the Pro-Life Action League is heading to Rockford, Illinois for a 3-site Face the Truth Tour (itinerary here). Rockford is a hotspot in the abortion battle and today’s Tour is needed there.
You can be a part of today’s Tour even if you can’t be there in person. Here’s how:
When you’re out on the ground fighting to protect the lives of unborn babies, it’s good to know there’s a great pro-life team backing you up through prayers, encouragement and support.
This afternoon at our office we received the latest edition of Time magazine, and couldn’t help but notice its provocative cover (see left).
On the cover is a portrait of Aisha, an 18-year old Afghan woman who was ordered by the Taliban to have her nose and ears cut off because she ran away from her abusive in-laws.
On Time’s website, managing editor Richard Stengel writes that it was not without reservation that he decided to include the picture of Aisha on the cover:
I’m acutely aware that this image will be seen by children, who will undoubtedly find it distressing. We have consulted with a number of child psychologists about its potential impact. Some think children are so used to seeing violence in the media that the image will have little effect, but others believe that children will find it very scary and distressing — that they will see it, as Dr. Michael Rich, director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Children’s Hospital Boston, said, as “a symbol of bad things that can happen to people.” I showed it to my two young sons, 9 and 12, who both immediately felt sorry for Aisha and asked why anyone would have done such harm to her.
Pro-lifers at 2009 Rockford Face the Truth Day [Photo by Sam Scheidler]
On Tuesday, August 10, the League will join forces with the Rockford Pro-Life Initiative for a Face the Truth Day in Rockford, Illinois.
This will be our 7th consecutive year visiting the city, which is unquestionably one of the nation’s abortion hot spots, due to the presence of the particularly bizarre and macabre — even by abortion facility standards — Northern Illinois Women’s Center.
Among the window displays at NIWC are a rubber chicken attached to a Crucifix and a poster showing Jesus giving the middle finger, along with the inscription “Even Jesus Hates You.” [Continue reading ...]
John Jansen sets up one side of the “Face the Truth” Tour site in Lake Zurich, IL [Photo by Sam Scheidler]
The Pro-Life Action League’s 11th annual “Face the Truth” Tour was a great success and the media stood up and took notice. Local and national sources, both online and in print, covered many different aspects of the Tour.
But perhaps most interesting was some of the coverage that came after the Tour when the Daily Herald, a local news daily, published a story prompted by a letter sent to the League and copied to the paper by the Lake Zurich, Illinois Chief of Police Patrick Finlon.
The Tour had stopped in Lake Zurich on the morning of Thursday, July 15. It was one of the most successful sites on the Tour with record numbers in attendance. A few local police officers were present and helpful. No problems arose with Tour volunteers, though one business owner did obliquely threaten physical harm to volunteers. [Continue reading ...]
Is holding graphic abortion signs in the 90 degree heat a “lazy” thing to do? [Photo by Sam Scheidler]
Having been part of the Pro-Life Action League’s Face the Truth Tours for the past 8 years, I’ve grown accustomed to being on the receiving end of nasty comments.
Given the ever controversial nature of showing graphic pictures of aborted babies out on the street, this is surely to be expected, and it doesn’t really bother me.
Over the years, we’ve also heard most every objection that could possibly be made, which is why we created a page in the Face the Truth section of our site that addresses the most common ones.
But just last week, in a discussion on the Pro-Life Action League’s Facebook page, we heard a new one: namely, that the tactic of showing graphic abortion pictures is “a lazy way of getting attention.”
On behalf of our volunteers (who comprise the vast majority of the participants at any given Face the Truth Tour site), we feel compelled to respond to this charge. [Continue reading ...]