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Just talked to Joe Scheidler. He's in hospital. Please pray. He sounds awful. now I hear multiple organ failure. Pray' pray, pray. (Rich Freeman is a longtime friend of Joe Scheidler, and he is also sick in the hospital, so prayers for Rich also are welcome)

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/godfather-of-the-pro-life-movement-joe-scheidler-dies-at-age-93Godfather of the pro-life movement, Joe Scheidler, dies at age 93 by Doug MainwaringExcerpts: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...

Brian Kemper. Kristan Hawkins. Mark Crutcher. Joe Scheidler. If you’re actively Pro-Life, these are the household names of individuals who have dedicated their entire lives to abolishing abortion. Maybe they elicit fond personal memories from when you’ve met or worked with them at a March for Life event. Maybe you’ve read their op-eds in national publications. Maybe you’ve admired them for their courage in facing the abortion movement head-on. But, you have likely never thought of them as bullies. In fact, none of them are “blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing” people who “habitually badger and intimidate smaller or weaker people” (which is...

Planned Parenthood's scared to death now, that they're going to lose their funding...We're getting the young people and a lot of good, young priests. And all across the country, we're getting good, pro-life bishops.. While you have life left in you, you've got to use it. I can't think of a better cause than saving babies' lives. CHICAGO, ILL (Catholic Online) - On Saturday, April 2, 2011, friends and colleagues of the man called both the "green beret" and the "Godfather" of Pro-Life activism, Joe Scheidler, gathered to honor his contributions at a Banquet Hall in Chicago. At 83 years...

June 1, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Joe Scheidler, the founder of Pro-Life Action League and longtime pro-life activist, today issued a statement denouncing the slaying of Kansas late-term abortionist George Tiller. Tiller was shot dead Sunday morning as he was serving as an usher at his church. In condemning the murder Scheidler also recalled a chance encounter he had with the abortionist, in which he shared a taxi-cab ride with him on the way to a pro-abortion conference. “We deplore the killing of George Tiller on Sunday morning," said Scheidler. "It has always been my philosophy that we convert abortionists. As...

Are you puzzled, as I am, over what lies behind any 8-1 ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court? A 5-4 decision on just about any subject, or even one that goes 6-3, makes sense, in that you understand that the justices were obviously dealing with some delicate issues and shaded nuances that might have gone either way. But when the court thunders forth with an 8-1 voice, observers might well ask: "How did a case that was this obvious land in the Supreme Court?" So I was glad, after the court's announcement last week of its decision in National Organization...

Pro-Life Action League head Joe Scheidler had been trying to sneak a bite of cherry pie without alerting his wife when the phone rang with the news: The 17-year legal battle that branded him a Mafia-style racketeer, and threatened to consume his home and ministry, had ended in victory. He stuck the pie "back in the icebox." In a decisive 8 to 1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court last week reversed a lower court decision in The National Organization for Women (NOW) vs. Joseph Scheidler. A jury in 1998 had found Mr. Scheidler and other pro-life activists liable under the...

Supreme Court Says No Extortion in NOW vs. Scheidler Wednesday, February 26, 2003 By Kevin McCullough, Political Correspondent (kmc@wyll.com)  - Bi-Partisan Decision in 8-1 ruling Jokingly calling himself a "Racketeer for Life," Joe Scheidler celebrates the Supreme Court decision today CHICAGO -- Today, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision reversing all lower court rulings in the case of NOW (The National Organization of Women) vs. Scheidler. The reversal sets landmark status to the profile of what the federal law known as RICO truly means. "We're pinching ourselves this morning," said Tom Brejcha, attorney for the Scheidlers....

<p>Our position is: Protesters should not be treated as profiteers.</p> <p>Next spring, the Supreme Court will rule whether federal laws intended to fight organized crime and corruption can be used against anti-abortion demonstrations. If it says yes, the court will collide with the Constitution and decades of law protecting free speech rights.</p>

From the desk of Ann Scheidler... You'll find this hard to believe, I think you'll be shocked. Indeed, I can hardly believe it myself. The abortionists' lawyers have apparently persuaded the Bush Administration to argue against us in the oral argument scheduled for December 4th in our Scheidler vs. NOW appeal to the US Supreme Court. Yes, incredible as it sounds, the Bush Administration will take the abortionists' side on the key issue before our highest Court: whether a peaceful sit-in may be prosecuted as the federal felony crime of extortion or made the basis of a civil RICO suit...