Press Release Feb. 12-14, 2018
Citizens for a Pro-Life Society www.prolifesociety.com
Pro-lifers Arrested for Trespassing at Michigan Abortion
Clinic to Stand Trial February 14th.
On September 15, 2017 four pro-lifers conducted a Red Rose Rescue at Northland Family Planning abortion center in Sterling Hts., MI, namely Will
Goodman, Matthew Connolly, Abby McIntyre and the director of Citizens
for a Pro-life Society Monica Migliorino Miller. The rescue was part
of a national initiative. On that day 2 other Red Rose Rescues took
place in Alexandria, VA and Albuquerque, NM.
At 8:45am the
pro-lifers entered the waiting room of the abortion center owned and
operated by Renee Chelian. When inside the pro-lifers talked to the
mothers seated there, handed out red roses, spoke to them offering
material help and words of encouragement to continue with their
pregnancies, and educated them on the humanity of the unborn baby. The
goals of the Red Rose Rescue are two-fold: 1) to persuade women to leave
the abortion center and give life to their children and 2) to provide
an act of defense for the unborn scheduled to be imminently put to
death--insofar as the pro-lifers expect the abortion procedures to not
take place as long as they maintain a presence in the abortion
facility.
Monica
Migliorino Miller explains: "Our goal is to reach out to the women
scheduled for abortions. Ours will be the last voice they will hear to
encourage them to turn away from the violent act of abortion--a violence
against them, and against the innocent unborn who have no one to speak
for them. We are there to help these moms, but we are also there to
abide with the innocent unborn scheduled to be aborted--knowing that as
long as there is a pro-life presence in the abortion centers no
abortions will take place and the unborn thereby defended."
After
about 25 minutes Sterling Heights, MI police arrived and placed the
pro-lifers under arrest. They have been charged with violating the city
ordinance of trespassing. Their attorney Robert Muise of the American
Freedom Law Center intends to ask for a defense of necessity--a common
law defense that excuses criminal acts that are committed to prevent a
greater evil from occurring--in this case harm to women and the killing
of innocent unborn children. Abortion
provider Renee Chelian attracted attention for remarks she made in a
workshop presentation at the 2014 National Abortion Federation
Convention. She lamented losing her bio waste disposal contract with
Steri-Cycle and how the bodies of the aborted unborn were piling up. As
part of the solution Chelian stated: "We were really tempted to give the
fetus back [to the women], but of course we couldn't do that. We
thought 'We'll give it to everybody in a gift bag, they can take it home
and figure out what to do with it. It's their pregnancy and why is this
our problem.?'"
The
"gift bag" idea drew laughter from the crowd listening to her speech.
Chelian also described her idea of taking the bodies to the Upper Peninsula and setting them ablaze in a "bonfire" deep
in the secluded woods. Her words were caught on video by the
undercover project of the Center for Medical Progress. This video was
removed from You Tube pending an on-going court case with the CMP.
Migliorino
Miller explains: "One of the reasons we decided to do the Red Rose
Rescue at Chelian's Northland Family Planning in Sterling Heights was
that her remarks indicated a shocking lack of respect for women."
The pro-lifers' trial will begin at 8:30am, Wednesday, Feb. 14th, 41st District Court, 40111 Dodge Park Rd, Sterling Heights, MI 48313 before Judge Sierawski.
The
pro-lifers face a maximum jail sentence of 30 days and/or $250.00
fine. If they are convicted the American Freedom Law Center intends to
file an appeal. http://www.
The trials are expected to last all day and possibly into Thursday, Feb. 15th
For more information call:
Monica Migliorino Miller of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society 248 444-9096
Lynn Mills of Pro-Life Michigan 734 516-1948
Attorney Robert Muise 734 635-3756
Will Goodman Defendant 608 698-7443
Below: 20-year-old Abby McIntyre who attends Indiana State University is arrested
during the Red Rose Rescue at Northland Family Planning, Sterling Hts., MI, Sept. 15, 2017
