Pro-Lifer Attacked Outside Vancouver Abortion Clinic - Attack Caught on Video

LifeSiteNews ^ | 4/10/06 | LifeSiteNews

[wagglebee]

VANCOUVER, April 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Friday afternoon April 7, 2006 a pro-life demonstrator was viciously assaulted by an unknown assailant. Rose Mawhorter, a member of the executive of Campaign Life Coalition BC, was protesting with graphic images across the street from Vancouver's notorious abortion clinic, Everywomans Health Center at the corner of Broadway St. and Commercial Drive when she was attacked from behind and thrown violently to the ground.

Her female assailant ripped Rose's signs from her neck and began running down the street. She threw the signs into the traffic and turned back to the scene of chaos she had left behind and began cursing and swearing at the people who were coming to assist Rose. The attacker continued this screaming and yelling until she was out of earshot of the group and then bolted across the road, running as fast as she could making a clean get away.

The perpetrator did not know the entire incident was captured on video tape.  The tape has been turned over to the Vancouver Police department who said they would have no trouble identifying the suspect.

Within minutes of the assault, four police cars arrived and spent considerable resources combing nearby streets in an attempt to locate the suspect. Statements were taken from several witnesses and the video tape and Rose's signs were turned over as evidence.

Rose suffered a small laceration on her wrist as well as bruising on her elbow and hip. She was asked by police if she needed an ambulance but said it was not necessary. Asked later how she was feeling, she said she was still a little shook up.

Rose wanted to clarify that the incident will not deter her from maintaining her weekly vigil at the abortion location. In fact she said incidents like this are to be expected when one brings a message to society that it does not want to hear. She was not surprised that people who condone killing the smallest of human beings would resort to attacking defenceless, peaceful demonstrators.

"This traumatic incident speaks to the need for the continued presence outside abortion facilities and points to the sacrifices some dedicated pro-lifers are making to ensure the voice of the unborn children is not silenced," Campaign Life Coalition BC President John Hof told LifeSiteNews.com. "She will return to her post again on Friday and invites anyone who would like to discuss this issue to come speak with her."

"Violence can never be considered an option" Mawhorter stated. "Social justice movements almost inevitably face violent resistance when they successfully challenge accepted injustice. This will be no different for the pro-life movement when we begin to effectively confront our society's sin."

[Colonel Batguano]

"Campaign Life Coalition BC"

BC=British Columbia, Canada

[lowbridge]

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[Giant Conservative]

Anyone who would kill a pre-born baby is not going to have any qualms about attacking a pro-lifer; hope the young lady is O.K. now, and all the best to my Right-to-life Canadian friends!

[Cicero]

I have only read about three abortion clinic killers. All three of them strike me as certifiably insane, and only one of them really belonged to the anti-abortion movement.

Considering the fact that millions of people believe that abortion clinics are committing murder every day, that's a very low number.

The numbers of women killed at abortion clinics, because of incompetence, neglect, and lack of proper emergency facilities is significant, too, although the press does its best to conceal the numbers.

[do the dhue]

It is not in a true Pro-Lifers nature to kill another human. Pro-Lifers are trying to keep America from killing anymore unborn humans.

Did you know that we have killed more babies then Hitler killed Jews?

Do you know that Commie Liberals will tie themselves to a tree because the tree has a nest with spotted owls eggs in it and the Lumberjack is coming to cut it down. I don't see any of them tying themselves to the womb.

Did you know that the Demorats 'choice' has killed me people then Republican guns have? I don't think Demorats should be trusted with a choice, they should only be able to vote Republican. How is that?

[Aussie Dasher]

For those who mutilate babies on a daily basis, anything is fair game!

[Chewie84]

"Rose wanted to clarify that the incident will not deter her from maintaining her weekly vigil at the abortion location."

I salute her for that.

[Elsie]

P.S. I get asked a lot, so if you're wondering "Zeroisanumber" is a reference to a Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds song.

HMM...

I thought it refered to how many live babies leave your place of employment.

[Elsie]

I posted before I'd read further, so I apologize for taking THIS [I get called all sorts of nasty things by pro-life protesters on my way into work every weekend.] wrong.

I've protested (silently, walking with signs) before, and the vitrol is mostly one way.

Pro-lifers give you the thumbs up; the others use other digits. They also holler to "get a job" and other things.

Many tenants in the building lost business, because of the CLINIC, NOT of the protesters.

[cyphergirl]

I would imagine that all that enter live leave live since Zeroisanumber works at an eye clinic (in the same building as an abortion mill).

[freepatriot32]

ping

[Blzbba]

"The numbers of women killed at abortion clinics, because of incompetence, neglect, and lack of proper emergency facilities is significant, too, although the press does its best to conceal the numbers."


Good point.

BTW, I'm reading a fictional story set in Rome during Pompey's flight and Caesar's assumption of power (Pompey = Cut & run!) where 'you' (Cicero) are playing a large part! So...are you for Pompey or Caesar?! (In the story, you're having a hard time choosing sides...)

[Missouri gal]

Data on pro-abortion violence against pro-lifers has been documented by Dr. Brian Clowes and others. Generally, the number of murders of pro-life activists by pro-abortion activists, since 1995, is counted at 142, compared to a total of 8 murders of pro-aborts by 6 self-proclaimed "pro-lifers." (Each of the 6 purportedly "pro-life" killers had mental problems.) In all categories of violence, pro-abortion activists have committed many times more crimes against pro-lifers than the other way around.

See this website: www.abortionviolence.com, especially the map and the list.
There is also a 1995 summary here:
http://www.geocities.com/kekogut/miscellaneous/Jan1995.pdf
That one was given to all the House and Senate members.

National Abortion Federation inflates their stats on anti-abortion violence by counting all picketing, with each picketer counted as a separate case of "violence." About 98% of what they call "anti-abortion violence" is what the rest of us call freedom of speech.

[Cicero]

I suppose as a conservative, I should favor the Optimates, led by Pompey, over the Populares, led by Caesar. Cicero did. But as you imply, the choice isn't easy.

Marx didn't invent class warfare, the Romans did. You see it in the earliest days of Rome, as described by Livy, and throughout most of Rome's history. All Marx did was to invent a "scientific" theory of class warfare that was sheer nonsense.

On the other hand, it has been argued that that was Rome's strength, until finally the balance of power broke down in the civil wars you are reading about. Namely, Rome had what the Greeks called "mixed government," neither popular nor aristocratic nor kingly, but a combination of all three, embodied in the consuls, senate, and tribunes.