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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’ By 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.
Godfather of the pro-life movement, Joe Scheidler, dies at age 93
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CHICAGO, Illinois, January 19, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) Joe Scheidler, a towering figure in the pro-life movement in the United States, died yesterday at age 93.
Scheidler gained national prominence as chief defendant in the landmark NOW v. Scheidler, filed by the National Organizaiton for Women (NOW) which accused him of being a member “in a nationwide conspiracy to obstruct women’s access to abortion clinics through a pattern of racketeering activity including the actual or implied threat of violence.” The case ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court three times.
Joseph M. Scheidler, âGodfatherâ of the Anti-Abortion Movement, Dies at 93
A former ad executive, he pioneered a militant style of direct-action protest during the 1980s before winning a decades-long lawsuit that accused him of racketeering and extortion.
Joseph Scheidler outside the Supreme Court building. The court ruled unanimously in his favor in 2006 in a case arising from his threatening to impede the work of abortion clinics.Credit.Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
Jan. 20, 2021
Joseph M. Scheidler, a former advertising executive who became a leading figure in the anti-abortion movement by marrying media savvy with confrontational tactics, died on Monday at his home in Chicago. He was 93.