Some conservative-leaning states are pushing bills to restrict abortion. With the current Supreme Court, they could erode abortion protections under Roe v. Wade.
People gather for life in person in San Francisco, online in Los Angeles
Jan 26, 2021 contributor
People in San Francisco march in the 17th Annual Walk for Life West Coast Jan. 23, 2021. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy Walk for Life West Coast.)
Organizers of the 17th Annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco Jan. 23 expected hundreds of attendees this year, figuring concerns about COVID-19 and political unrest would keep pro-lifers away.
SAN FRANCISCO Organizers of the 17th Annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco Jan. 23 expected hundreds of attendees this year, figuring concerns about COVID-19 and political unrest would keep pro-lifers away.
Joe Scheidler and Mike Busse, R.I.P.
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January 20, 2021
Two pro-life stalwarts died recently: notable veteran activist Joseph M. Scheidler (Jan. 18), the founder and national director of the Chicago-based Pro-Life Action League, and Michael C. Busse Jr. (Jan. 4).
I worked for the Pro-Life Action League for several months about 20 years ago. Im glad I had that opportunity. Youd be hard-pressed to find anyone more dedicated to fighting the evil of abortion than Joe Scheidler. He was far more thick-skinned than I am, and lets face it being thick-skinned is a requirement to be an effective pro-life activist in our culture of death.
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.