{"id":188279,"date":"2018-09-13T10:37:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T15:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=188279"},"modified":"2018-09-12T11:48:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T16:48:17","slug":"pro-life-canadian-student-assaulted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-canadian-student-assaulted\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian pro-life college student assaulted, threatened with rape on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>On most college campuses, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abortionprocedures.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a> is seen as a human right &#8212; something women are not just entitled to, but <em>need<\/em>. As a result, support for pregnant and parenting students choosing life remains minimal, students facing crisis pregnancies are pushed towards abortion, and pro-life groups can be made to feel unwelcome. But for Maggie, a Canadian college student, refusing to compromise her pro-life principles has turned her experience into a nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>Maggie spoke with the National Campus Life Network about her time as a student at the University of Windsor in Ontario. In a video posted this week on Facebook, she talks about the threats, harassment, and assault she has been forced to endure at school, and the lack of response from university officials:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnclnetwork%2Fvideos%2F692505751113719%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nMaggie states in the video:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>My name is Maggie. I am a student at the University of Windsor. I&#8217;ve been repeatedly dehumanized on my campus because of my pro-life views. I was an item of discussion in the classroom. I was spat upon by a professor during campus outreach. Campus police threatened to arrest me. I was attacked near campus by a man who asked me if I would have an abortion if he raped me. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Afterwards, he put a photo of an aborted baby in my mailbox, with a single line: &#8220;your baby after I rape you.&#8221; I was terrified to even leave my house. I failed classes, lost friends, and spent hours in therapy. Barely a day went by in my second year that I wasn&#8217;t repeatedly dehumanized and lied about on my campus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Instead of helping me, my women&#8217;s center denied me. They told me they wouldn&#8217;t help me, because it was a &#8220;pro-choice&#8221; space. Professors, campus police, the women&#8217;s center, and my student union perpetuated a dehumanizing environment to such a degree that someone felt justified in assaulting me. They dehumanized me, so he did too.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Maggie&#8217;s story is disturbing, and it is unfortunately part of a larger trend. Abortion activists have seemingly become empowered to enact violence against pro-lifers. <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-high-school-student-assaulted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High school<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/settlement-reached-case-ucsb-professor-assaulted-pro-life-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">college<\/a> students alike have been assaulted. Pro-lifers have been <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-lifers-assaulted-by-man-at-ohio-high-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked<\/a> outside of high schools for <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-teenager-assaulted-for-attempting-to-counsel-a-post-abortive-couple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trying to counsel others<\/a> or for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/woman-who-assaulted-a-pro-life-protester-cancels-abortion-and-thanks-protester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protesting abortion<\/a>. These activists have <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/extreme-abortion-supporter-tries-to-run-over-pro-life-sidewalk-counselors-in-north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used cars<\/a>, trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/caught-camera-abortion-clinic-worker-attempts-run-man-praying-sidewalk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">run pro-lifers over<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-facility-volunteer-steals-pro-life-signs-runs-down-catholic-priest-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numerous occasions<\/a>. They have even\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-worker-pours-cow-manure-to-keep-pro-life-activists-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poured cow manure<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sidewalk-counselors-threatened-with-gun-illinois-planned-parenthood-suspect-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulled<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/man-arrested-threatening-tn-pro-life-protestors-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Through all of this, the abortion lobby has mostly kept silent, continuing to play the victim while refusing the denounce the pro-abortion violence that continues to take place. Instead of acknowledging and condemning these attacks against pro-lifers, they instead point the finger at the pro-life community, accusing pro-lifers of violence. But the difference is, the pro-life community has denounced violent extremist tactics employed by self-professed pro-lifers in the past. The abortion community has done no such thing, and likely will not. After all, violence is what they&#8217;re fighting for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On most college campuses, abortion is seen as a human right &#8212; something women are not just entitled to, but need. As a result, support for pregnant and parenting students choosing life remains minimal, students facing crisis pregnancies are pushed towards abortion, and pro-life groups can be made to feel unwelcome. 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