“I've noticed that everyone who is
for abortion has already been born,”
Ronald Reagan
Posted on 05/15/2025 10:01:08 AM PDT by Morgana
CV NEWS FEED // Prosecutors dropped charges May 9 against an Ohio pro-life advocate who was arrested in December for providing a Christian witness with a megaphone outside an abortion facility.
CatholicVote previously reported that Zack Knotts was on a public sidewalk outside a Cuyahoga Falls abortion facility and using a megaphone to advocate for the unborn and to tell women entering the facility, “There’s hope in the Gospel of Jesus Christ for all of you.”
Police then approached Knotts and ordered him to go with them, later telling him that they had received complaints of “disorderly conduct” that caused “inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm” to those around him.
Knotts appeared in court Jan. 2 and pleaded not guilty to the charges. Represented by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), he stood trial May 9. The prosecutors ultimately dismissed the charges.
According to the ACLJ, pro-abortion advocates outside the clinic had been loudly shouting violent threats at Knotts and his wife, Lindsay Davis-Knotts, but the police targeted him instead. ACLJ stated that the police did not take statements from anyone except a fellow police officer acting as private security at the abortion facility. The police ignored other witnesses, did not corroborate claims against him, and refused to acknowledge video evidence that Knotts was innocent, the ACLJ added.
“Zack and Lindsay never left the public sidewalk. They never blocked access to the abortion clinic. They never threatened anyone,” the ACLJ stated. “The same cannot be said for those who tried to silence them. What happened here wasn’t just a mistake — it was a warning shot to pro-lifers everywhere: ‘Speak out, and we’ll come for you.’ But today’s dismissal shows what can happen when you refuse to back down.”
In an emailed statement, Knotts told CatholicVote that he and his wife are “overwhelmed with gratitude to God.”
“As we walked into that courtroom, I carried a deep, unshakable peace — because I knew God would fight for me. And He did,” Knotts said. “He showed up in power, and so did the army of friends, family, and faithful saints who have stood beside us, many of whom labor shoulder-to-shoulder with us on the sidewalks outside abortion clinics. Though the process at times felt like a heavy weight — just the constant cloud of waiting for resolution — we never walked alone. God sustained us.”
Quoting Proverbs 24:11 and 31:8-9, which are commands to defend the defenseless, he stated that an effort must be made to end abortion once and for all.
“We will not stop. We will obey what God has commanded and defy tyrants. We will continue to be a voice for the voiceless, to rise and speak for those who have no defender,” he said. “And we call on the church — the body of Jesus Christ — to wake up. This isn’t a suggestion; it’s a command. We are all called to this. Silence in the face of child sacrifice is complicity.”
Should never have happened in the first place. I didn’t see any chapter “selective free speech” in the Constitution.
Would it have happened had he been muslim and doing that?
.......“There’s hope in the Gospel of Jesus Christ for all of you.”......
That is true!
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!
This won’t stop until Bondi and the Feds start arresting city officials and police on civil rights charges.
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