{"id":189649,"date":"2019-05-03T14:40:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T19:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=189649"},"modified":"2019-05-03T15:00:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T20:00:11","slug":"another-pro-abortion-attack-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/another-pro-abortion-attack-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Abortion activist pleads guilty to assaulting pro-life student"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE, 5\/3\/19<\/strong>: This week, Gabriela Skwarko pled guilty<\/a> to her charges of assault, and assault with a weapon after she attacked pro-life students Katie Somers and Blaise Alleyne. Skwarko apologized in court, and Somers said that she accepts her apology and thanked her for it. Skwarko’s sentence includes a conditional discharge and 18 months probation.<\/p>\n

UPDATE, 10\/29\/18<\/strong>: According to Canada’s\u00a0Global News<\/a>, 23-year-old Gabriela\u00a0Skwarko turned herself in to police on Friday, October 26, 2018, and “has been charged with assault and assault with a weapon.” Skwarko is reportedly “listed as an assistant at Ryerson\u2019s Social Innovation Office on its website.” The university, however, would not comment on Skwarko’s current employment or on any possible academic penalties. The head of the school’s\u00a0Reproductive Justice Collective also refused to comment on Skwarko’s arrest.<\/p>\n

10\/11\/18<\/strong>: Last week, a video set off international shockwaves. A pro-abortion man was filmed attacking a woman<\/a> in Canada simply because she was pro-life, vandalizing pro-lifers’ signs and then hitting her in the shoulder with a roundhouse kick. That man, Jordan Hunt, has since been arrested, but now, shockingly, police are investigating another violent attack<\/a> directed towards pro-lifers in Canada.<\/p>\n

The incident happened on October 1, 2018, one day after Hunt attacked pro-lifer Marie-Claire Bissonnette. Members of pro-life group Toronto Against Abortion can be seen in a video posted of the incident civilly discussing\u00a0abortion<\/a>\u00a0with counter protesters\u00a0at Ryerson University. Then,\u00a0a person is seen attacking pro-lifer Blaise Alleyne, kicking away the sign he was holding. The attacker then directed violence towards Katie Somers, reaching into her backpack, pulling something out, and smashing it on the ground. Somers’ attacker then pushed her as she screamed and tried to get away. After people intervened, Somers can be heard in the background sobbing:<\/p>\n