September 26, 1984—A front-page story in the Chicago Tribune with the headline “Abortion foe tells anti-Mondale blitz” credits the League with orchestrating the nationwide pickets of Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale and his running mate, Geraldine Ferraro. In the story, League Director Joe Scheidler explains that his goal is to encourage and instruct pro-lifer activists on how they can effectively protest the militantly pro-abortion Mondale/Ferraro campaign.