Pennsylvania lawmaker who harassed pro-life teen demonstrators outside abortion clinic in 2019 and offered to pay $100 to anyone who identified them announces he is running for lieutenant governor
Rep. Brian Sims, 42, announced he was joining the 2022 race for the position in a campaign video Monday
The Democrat said he will bring bold, visionary leadership based on lived experiences and shared values to the role
Current incumbent Lt. Governor John Fetterman is running for Pat Toomey s Senate seat when he retires next year
Sims was Pennsylvania s first openly gay member of the legislature back in 2012
He sparked controversy in 2019 over a video outside a Planned Parenthood clinic
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The mother of two teen girls who were harassed by Pennsylvania state Rep. Brian Sims while praying outside a Planned Parenthood in 2019 told Fox News that he doesn t deserve anyone s vote after Sims announced he s running for lieutenant governor on Monday. He doesn t deserve anyone s vote for statewide office, Pennsylvania mom Ashley Garecht told Fox News on Tuesday. He violated his oath of office as a sitting state representative when he maliciously atacked and endangered three young girls who were exercising their First Amendment rights.
Sims, a Democrat, faced backlash in 2019 for harassing an older woman and offering $100 to anyone who doxed three teen girls, including Garecht s daughters, praying outside a Philadelphia Planned Parenthood.
Raise your voice, sow seeds in defense of life, says archbishop
Sarah Leopold of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Springfield, along with her son Ambrose and daughter Mary, attended the Jan. 29 Mass for Life at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in observance of the largely virtual 2021 national March for Life. (Gina Christian)
By Gina Christian • Posted January 29, 2021
Despite social distancing and civil unrest, pro-life advocates stand “together strong” since “life unites,” said Archbishop Nelson Pérez.
Quoting the theme of the 2021 national March for Life, the archbishop encouraged some 110 in-person and 1,500 online faithful during a Jan. 29 Mass for Life he celebrated at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.
Local March for Life draws hundreds in prayer, public witness
Brandyn Graham of New Castle, Delaware displays a sign during the start of the Jan. 23 Philadelphia March for Life, which drew hundreds of attendees who processed from the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul to Independence Mall. Graham noted that abortion has significantly reduced the overall size of the nation s Black population. (Photo by Gina Christian)
By Gina Christian • Posted January 26, 2021
Hundreds gathered this past weekend in Philadelphia to call for an end to legalized abortion, 48 years – and some 61 million abortions after two Supreme Court decisions removed protections for the unborn.
Holy Spirit guided takedown of notorious abortionist, says detective
Kermit Barron Gosnell, sentenced to three life sentences for the deaths of three infants and one woman at his West Philadelphia abortion clinic along with 30 years for illegal drug charges is pictured in an undated mug shot from the Philadelphia Police Department. (CNS photo/handout Philadelphia Police Department)
By Gina Christian • Posted January 22, 2021
Ten years after a grand jury report exposed a notorious Philadelphia abortionist, the lead detective in the case says he was guided by the Holy Spirit and he’s more committed than ever to protecting the unborn.
“Life is life, and it begins at conception,” said Montgomery County Detective James Wood, who grew up in the former Most Blessed Sacrament Parish in Philadelphia, and is currently an active member of another archdiocesan parish.