Pro-Life Hotline

September 2, 1989

League Staff — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:00:43 +0000

September 2, 1989—The League launches a statewide project aimed at enlisting Catholic priests to demand Christian leadership from elected officials. Many priests respond favorably, indicating they will give homilies on abortion and will pray for women and unborn children on a regular basis in the prayers of the faithful at Mass.

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New Regulations: To Stop Abortion, Protect Women, Or Both?

Corrina Gura — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:51:42 +0000

Will the Commonwealth of Virginia be placing new regulations on abortion? Will these regulations make abortion safer, or just rarer?

President Bill Clinton became known for his mantra, that he wanted abortion to be “safe, legal, and rare.” Many, including the Guttmacher Institute [pdf] picked up on this quote, agreeing that most in the abortion-rights crowd want this—they’re not “pro-abortion” because they want it to be both safe and rare, but always legal.

So I’m perplexed when laws are introduced that would make abortion safer—even if it potentially also makes abortion rarer—(all while keeping it 100% legal) that some groups get so up in arms.

Abortion Is Unsafe

To begin, abortion is not safe. This should make the abortion-rights crowd angry in my mind.

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September 1, 2007

League Staff — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:00:01 +0000

September 1, 2007—Over 700 pro-lifers, including 500 teens, attend a “Youth for Truth” Rally in Aurora, Illinois in the lot next to Planned Parenthood’s new “Abortion Fortress,” scheduled to open soon. The rally is organized by teens from several area schools, with help and encouragement from League Communications Director Eric Scheidler, who also speaks at the event, alongside pro-life speaker Yvonne Florszack-Seeman.

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Stevens To Pro-Lifers: I’m Not Afraid To Arrest You

Corrina Gura — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:17:23 +0000

A second police officer consults with Officer Stevens (sitting in the car) while pro-lifers (left) pray outside of Planned Parenthood in Chicago.

Just when things might be looking up for pro-lifers facing Bubble Zones everywhere, since Pastor Walter Hoye’s Bubble Zone arrest was overturned last week, Officer Stevens of the Chicago Police Department reminds us that it’s not over until the law is gone.

Three Squad Cars Arrive

Officer Stevens was the first on the scene on Saturday, August 28th. I still don’t know why he was even there.

There were two sidewalk counselors down the street, outside of the fifty foot bubble, and I was standing, motionless, 8-10 feet from the door of the clinic.

Perhaps it’s because several women took the literature I gave them, since the inexperienced “deathscort” standing alone at the doorway wasn’t as quick at pushing the girls through the entrance as some of the others are. Planned Parenthood doesn’t like when the girls carry copies of the lawsuits that have been filed against them into the clinic, I suppose.

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There’s Still Time to See Blood Money

John Jansen — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:11:32 +0000

I attended the opening show of the pro-life documentary Blood Money last week at the Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge, and afterward, the film’s producer/director, David Kyle, led a short discussion and answered questions from the audience.

Someone asked what ordinary pro-lifers could do to help get the movie into other theaters, and David said the best way is to get others to come and see it during its time here in the Chicago area.

From a theater’s standpoint, it’s all about attendance: if a movie is able to draw large crowds in one city, there’s a good chance that theaters in other cities will show it too.

If you haven’t seen Blood Money yet, there’s still time. It’s playing at the Pickwick through this Thursday, September 2 (see show times here, and get directions here).

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August 31, 1998

League Staff — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:00:43 +0000

August 31, 1998—The University of Notre Dame hires Senator Bill Bradley — a notorious abortion supporter — to its teaching faculty. League directors Joe and Ann Scheidler write to the provost urging him to revoke the position and to return to a respect for Catholic teaching. Joe urges hotline callers to write the provost as well in honor of his daughter Sarah, a junior at Notre Dame.

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No Time for a “Truce” on Abortion

Joe Scheidler — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:41:25 +0000

In the current issue of First Things, editor Joseph Bottum highlights some remarks by Mitch Daniels, the Republican governor of Indiana and presidential candidate, who has made the news by keeping Indiana out of the oceans of the debt that have swamped other states.

But, Daniels says, all of us should put our disagreements aside for the time being and all get together to solve the economic crisis. He has been strongly criticized by family values groups and even rival Republican candidates like Mike Huckabee.

Will any true pro-lifer take a time-out on fighting abortion because someone thinks a truce on this and other social issues should be called?[Continue reading ... ]

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August 30, 1995

League Staff — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:00:33 +0000

August 30, 1995—League Director Joe Scheidler heads to South Africa with Fr. Paul Marx and Brian Clowes of Human Life International and Rev. Johnny Hunter of the Life, Education and Resource Network (LEARN) to help persuade the South African Parliament not to pass an extremely liberal abortion law opposed by a majority of the people.

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Is There a Breakthrough in the Bubble Zone Fiasco?

Ann Scheidler — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:00:14 +0000

Walter Hoye (right) with Ann and Joe Scheidler in Hawaii last year

In Oakland, California, Pastor Walter Hoye started praying at an abortion clinic when two elderly women asked him to join them because most of the clinic’s clients were African-American.

A quiet, devout man, Hoye began to counsel the women coming to that clinic. And he saved babies. So, in short order, the City of Oakland passed a bubble zone ordinance to try to keep Pastor Hoye and the two older women from reaching out to women and offering them a real choice.

Pastor Hoye Fights Bubble Arrest—and Wins

Pastor Hoye was arrested under the ordinance, in spite of the fact that he actually abided by the stipulation not to reach into the 8-foot floating bubble around the abortion clinic clients. He refused to pay a fine and was sentenced to 30 days in jail.[Continue reading ... ]

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August 29, 1996

League Staff — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:00:33 +0000

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.