Scheidler was ‘godfather of pro-life activism’
Joe Scheidler, founder of the Pro-Life Action League in Chicago.
Scheidler was ‘godfather of pro-life activism’
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Catholic News Service
January 20, 2021
CHICAGO -- Joe Scheidler, founder of the Pro-Life Action League in Chicago and one of the towering figures of the pro-life movement for decades, died of pneumonia Jan. 18 surrounded by his family at his home n Chicago. He was 93.
Widely known as the “godfather of pro-life activism,” Mr. Scheidler began his life’s work fighting abortion in 1973, shortly after the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing it. He founded the league in 1980 to recruit and equip pro-life Americans to be a voice for unborn children in their own communities.