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On the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that overturned the Roe v. Wade precedent, activists on both sides of the issue rallied in Chicago to...
Pro-life stalwarts reflect on 49 years of Roe, celebrate the Supreme Court decision, and discuss the coming effort to spread the pro-life message in the state...
As they stream to the National Mall on Friday, abortion opponents and their movement are stepping into a new, uncertain era.
Joseph M. Scheidler, âGodfatherâ of the Anti-Abortion Movement, Dies at 93 A former ad executive, he pioneered a militant style of direct-action protest during the 1980s before winning a decades-long lawsuit that accused him of racketeering and extortion. Joseph Scheidler outside the Supreme Court building. The court ruled unanimously in his favor in 2006 in a case arising from his threatening to impede the work of abortion clinics.Credit...Stephen Crowley/The New York Times Jan. 20, 2021 Joseph M. Scheidler, a former advertising executive who became a leading figure in the anti-abo...
Joe Scheidler, founder of the Pro-Life Action League and known as the “godfather of pro-life activism,” died of pneumonia in his Chicago home on Monday, his family said. He was 93.