{"id":201513,"date":"2019-05-06T13:52:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T18:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=201513"},"modified":"2019-05-07T15:26:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T20:26:08","slug":"pennsylvania-verbally-harasses-pro-life-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pennsylvania-verbally-harasses-pro-life-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Horrible: Pennsylvania politician verbally harasses elderly pro-life woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>An elderly pro-life sidewalk counselor was the target of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/brian.k.sims\/photos\/basw.Abq4QDId4tDS2YgtNTfj0IXfYiA1l0MJEZMNc589YIN-wTEffDvVUej7AUUPoFOshFrCvPywAmMClVEE9T-dpttfw3GaiyqKP0fGdZz5IyLS_GwDdDGJysQ9GXc8QAx7VItVzQj9kaeEzd5hLvrUdWs4Ua9O8ih86OZA3z6pEDnreg.1805561886198581.956258731128905.930220330399412.1044876695600441.942851552469623.1737670869654350\/942851552469623\/?type=1&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-abortion politician&#8217;s<\/a> repeated verbal harassment this weekend outside a Planned Parenthood. Pennsylvania state\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/cfdocs\/legis\/home\/member_information\/house_bio.cfm?id=1650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Brian Sims<\/a>\u00a0gleefully shared his conduct toward the woman on Twitter, uploading a video showing himself repeatedly calling the pro-life sidewalk counselor an &#8220;old white lady.&#8221; Sims then used the video to encourage supporters to donate to Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania which he claimed is the &#8220;most heavily protested Planned Parenthood&#8221; in the country.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_201518\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201518\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201518\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PA-Rep.-Brian-Sims-outside-Planned-Parenthood.jpg\" alt=\"Image: PA Rep. Brian Sims outside Planned Parenthood (Image: Twitter)\" width=\"483\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PA-Rep.-Brian-Sims-outside-Planned-Parenthood.jpg 483w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PA-Rep.-Brian-Sims-outside-Planned-Parenthood-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-201518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PA Rep. Brian Sims outside Planned Parenthood (Image: Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Sims relentlessly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pscp.tv\/BrianSimsPA\/1BRJjvOnrzwJw?fbclid=IwAR0h0aK-froH8d5gedYZ70j9HErH8UEfqfA2KQ9ccZGqu328qOaCcGEZZoA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grilled<\/a> the woman, following her aggressively even when she turned away:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;How many children have you clothed today?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;How many children have you put shoes on their feet today?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Or have you just stood out in front of a PP shaming people for something they have a Constitutional right to do?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;If you are here about the children, you can pray at home for children.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LQRSo9ckJQo\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: Pennsylvania State Representative <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianSimsPA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BrianSimsPA<\/a> harasses an elderly woman who is peacefully advocating for the lives of preborn human beings and women who are considering abortion.<\/p>\n<p>This is shameful. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xb9pkFZSXC\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xb9pkFZSXC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Live Action (@LiveAction) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiveAction\/status\/1125108775508168704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Live Action President, Lila Rose <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilaGraceRose\/status\/1125214266804424705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a> to Sims&#8217; conduct, tweeting, &#8220;Intimidation &amp; harassment instead of peaceful engagement with those who disagree is the opposite of what democracy is all about. Have a respectful conversation with those who disagree, do not harass and berate them. Behavior like <a class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianSimsPA\"><s>@<\/s><b>BrianSimsPA<\/b><\/a> \u2018s does not belong in public office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_201519\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201519\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201519\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lila-Rose-Tweet-to-PA-Rep.-Brian-Sims-on-abortion-and-Planned-Parenthood.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Lila Rose Tweet to PA Rep. Brian Sims on abortion and Planned Parenthood (Image Twitter)\" width=\"470\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lila-Rose-Tweet-to-PA-Rep.-Brian-Sims-on-abortion-and-Planned-Parenthood.jpg 470w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lila-Rose-Tweet-to-PA-Rep.-Brian-Sims-on-abortion-and-Planned-Parenthood-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-201519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lila Rose Tweet to PA Rep. Brian Sims on abortion and Planned Parenthood (Image Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sims&#8217; took it upon himself to then degrade the woman&#8217;s\u00a0 faith, &#8220;There&#8217;s no faith that tells you &#8211; you are right and everybody else is wrong&#8230;this is disgusting, this is wrong, this is shameful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Live Action shared Sims&#8217; vid on Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiveAction\/status\/1125108775508168704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writing<\/a>, &#8220;WATCH: Pennsylvania State Representative <a class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianSimsPA\"><s>@<\/s><b>BrianSimsPA<\/b><\/a> harasses an elderly woman who is peacefully advocating for the lives of preborn human beings and women who are considering abortion. This is shameful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_201520\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201520\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201520\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PA-Rep.-Brian-Sims-shows-religious-bigotry-to-Live-Action.jpg\" alt=\"Image: PA Rep. Brian Sims shows religious bigotry to Live Action (Image: Twitter)\" width=\"491\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PA-Rep.-Brian-Sims-shows-religious-bigotry-to-Live-Action.jpg 491w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PA-Rep.-Brian-Sims-shows-religious-bigotry-to-Live-Action-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-201520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PA Rep. Brian Sims shows religious bigotry to Live Action (Image: Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Sims <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianSimsPA\/status\/1125167944529588225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lashed out<\/a>\u00a0responding, &#8220;Bring it, Bible Bullies! You are bigots, sexists, and misogynists and I see right through your fake morals and your broken values. <a class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeReal?src=hash\"><s>#<\/s><b>BeReal&#8221;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania representative then accused the elderly woman of being racist, because she is &#8220;white.&#8221; He says, &#8220;And don&#8217;t convince yourself that what you are doing isn&#8217;t extremely racist, How dare you, this is grotesque.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He then added, &#8220;Who&#8217;d have thought that an old white lady would be out in front of Planned Parenthood telling people what&#8217;s right for their bodies?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Life News pointed out on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LifeNewsHQ\/status\/1125467623838216204\">Twitter<\/a> that this isn&#8217;t the first time Sims has harassed pro-lifers at Planned Parenthood. Three weeks ago he asked for viewers&#8217; help to doxx a group of teenagers praying at the abortion facility.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is not the first time <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianSimsPA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@briansimspa<\/a> has harassed pro-life women.<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks ago, Brian Sims offered viewers $100 to doxx these teen girls:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve got $100 to anybody who will identify these three, and I<br \/>\nwill donate to Planned Parenthood&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZS61gIFosn\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZS61gIFosn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R77mqyhsLR\">pic.twitter.com\/R77mqyhsLR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LifeNewsHQ\/status\/1125467623838216204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But what&#8217;s interesting about Sims&#8217; comments toward the &#8220;old white lady&#8221; is that it was an &#8220;old white lady&#8221; who founded Planned Parenthood because she believed certain women shouldn&#8217;t breed at all.\u00a0Her name was Margaret Sanger, and she was heavily engrossed in eugenics and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-founder-margaret-sanger-spoke-ku-klux-klan-supported-eugenics-organization-still-honor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">believed<\/a> in the forced sterilization of those she deemed &#8220;unfit,&#8221; feeble-minded,&#8221; and even&#8221;diseased.&#8221; Her desire was for &#8220;national sterilization&#8221; for these &#8220;types of our population&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;While I <strong>personally believe in the sterilization of the feeble-minded, the insane and syphilitic<\/strong>, I have not been able to discover that these measures are more than superficial deterrents when applied to the <strong>constantly growing stream of the unfit<\/strong>\u2026 <strong>Eugenics without Birth Control seems to us a house builded upon the sands<\/strong>. It is at the mercy of the rising stream of the unfit&#8230;&#8221; ~ Margaret Sanger,\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/projects\/sanger\/webedition\/app\/documents\/show.php?sangerDoc=143449.xml\">Birth Control and Racial Betterment<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sanger added,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cEven this will not be sufficient, because I believe that now, immediately, there should be<\/span> <b>national sterilization for certain dysgenic types of our population<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who are being encouraged to breed and would die out were the government not feeding them<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1934, in Sanger&#8217;s publication, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/projects\/sanger\/webedition\/app\/documents\/show.php?sangerDoc=101807.xml\">A code to stop the overproduction of children<b>,<\/b><\/a>\u201d she\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sangers-eugenics-efforts-hallmark-of-planned-parenthoods-mission\/\">suggested<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> requiring a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/how-planned-parenthood-abortion-corporation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">license<\/a>\u201d to have children.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sanger also once <a href=\"https:\/\/ia802607.us.archive.org\/1\/items\/margaretsangerau1938sang\/margaretsangerau1938sang.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boasted<\/a> of her many invitations to speak to Ku Klux Klan leaders &#8212; leaving one to wonder why Planned Parenthood&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-founder-margaret-sanger-spoke-ku-klux-klan-supported-eugenics-organization-still-honor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eugenicist heritage<\/a> is not the focus of the Pennsylvania representative&#8217;s criticism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dPIl3XweeFY\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/87\/82\/8782aeb9-a209-421a-a34c-e4b224169945\/ppsp_annual_report_fy16final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honors<\/a> their eugenicist founder with their &#8220;Margaret Sanger Circle,&#8221; seen in the organization&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/87\/82\/8782aeb9-a209-421a-a34c-e4b224169945\/ppsp_annual_report_fy16final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/4b\/82\/4b82d6b7-b630-423d-b266-fb450fdf2eb2\/ppsp_annual_report_2018_fnl_010719.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017<\/a> annual reports for donations of $50,000 or more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201525 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-SE-PA-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-AR-2016.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood SE PA Margaret Sanger Circle (Image: PPSP AR 2016) \" width=\"809\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-SE-PA-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-AR-2016.jpg 809w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-SE-PA-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-AR-2016-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-SE-PA-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-AR-2016-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-SE-PA-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-AR-2016-700x450.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-SE-PA-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-AR-2016-500x321.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood SE PA Margaret Sanger Circle (Image: PPSP AR 2016)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_201527\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201527\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201527\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-Southeastern-Pennsylvania-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-Annual-Report-2017-to-2018.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania Margaret Sanger Circle Annual Report 2017 to 2018\" width=\"650\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-Southeastern-Pennsylvania-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-Annual-Report-2017-to-2018.jpg 650w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-Southeastern-Pennsylvania-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-Annual-Report-2017-to-2018-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-Southeastern-Pennsylvania-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-Annual-Report-2017-to-2018-500x411.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-201527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania Margaret Sanger Circle Annual Report 2017 to 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Characterizing what the prayerful pro-life woman was doing as &#8220;disgusting,&#8221; Rep. Sims claimed &#8212; without elaboration or proof &#8212; that even though she had a &#8220;right&#8221; to be out there, she did not have a &#8220;moral right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/8d\/1f\/8d1f93d4-9c65-45fe-9ff3-2a9d2d377106\/1003_pes_abortion_options_0416.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania (PPSP) commits abortions up to\u00a016.4 weeks, and the most common <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abortionprocedures.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion procedure<\/a> for this age is dismemberment (D&amp;E) abortion. Between\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/71\/99\/7199c21d-f15e-4903-83ad-e1d287076921\/ppsp_annual_report_2017_fnl.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017<\/a>\u00a0(7,952) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/4b\/82\/4b82d6b7-b630-423d-b266-fb450fdf2eb2\/ppsp_annual_report_2018_fnl_010719.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018<\/a> (8,088), PPSP has ended the lives of over 16,000 preborn babies with abortion. Is is a &#8220;moral right&#8221; to deliberately exterminate human beings?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Rep. Sims has never witnessed the very gruesome act he now defends. Even in the first trimester, these human beings have <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/first-trimester-abortion-recognizable-body-parts\/\">clearly recognizable body parts<\/a> &#8212; despite the abortion industry&#8217;s claims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jgw4X7Dw_3k\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Planned Parenthood&#8217;s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/learn\/pregnancy\/pregnancy-month-by-month\/what-happens-fourth-month-pregnancy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pregnancy website<\/a>, (not where they advertise abortion services, notably) at 13 to 14 weeks:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_201514\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201514\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201514\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-pregnancy-website-fetus-at-14-weeks.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Planned Parenthood pregnancy website fetus at 14 weeks\" width=\"460\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-pregnancy-website-fetus-at-14-weeks.jpg 460w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-pregnancy-website-fetus-at-14-weeks-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-201514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fetus at 14 weeks (Image: Planned Parenthood pregnancy website)<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The biological sex of the fetus can sometimes be seen by looking at external sex organs on an ultrasound.<\/li>\n<li>Hair begins to grow.<\/li>\n<li>The prostate gland begins developing in biologically male fetuses.<\/li>\n<li>Ovaries move down from the abdomen to the pelvic area in biologically female fetuses.<\/li>\n<li>The roof of the mouth is formed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And between 15-16 weeks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The fetus has a Crown Rump Length of about 4.5 inches (12 cm).<\/li>\n<li>Hundreds of thousands of eggs form in the ovaries of biologically female fetuses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The image to the right comes from Planned Parenthood&#8217;s &#8220;pregnancy&#8221; website. Tragically, where Planned Parenthood advertises abortion, they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/learn\/abortion\/in-clinic-abortion-procedures\">simply show the preborn baby as a &#8220;dot.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abortion is an extremely gruesome act of violence against innocent humans. Because they are smaller and less vocal than Rep. Sims, their intrinsic value and their right to life are ignored by those who would harass prayerful pro-lifers trying to call attention to the human injustice of abortion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An elderly pro-life sidewalk counselor was the target of a pro-abortion politician&#8217;s repeated verbal harassment this weekend outside a Planned Parenthood. Pennsylvania state\u00a0Rep. 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