{"id":322786,"date":"2024-12-09T06:48:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T12:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=322786"},"modified":"2024-12-08T23:12:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T05:12:14","slug":"pro-life-victory-not-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-victory-not-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-life victory: Jailed Canadian pro-lifer charged with ‘criminal mischief’ found not guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to the Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), an Ontario judge has found 76-year-old pro-life advocate Linda Gibbons not guilty of “criminal mischief to property” for “interfering” with the operations of Toronto Abortion Clinic<\/a>, formerly known as Morgentaler Clinic.<\/p>\n

On December 5, Judge Maria Speyer said there was “no evidence” that Gibbons blocked the abortion facility. “She did not harass, she was not violent. She did not trespass,” said Speyer.<\/p>\n

According to reports<\/a>, Gibbons was on trial for her pro-life efforts, which included holding a pro-life sign outside the Toronto facility where abortions are currently committed up to 19 weeks. Gibbons was within the 50-meter “bubble zone” (also often referred to as a “buffer zone”) around the facility, enacted in 2017 by The Safe Access to Abortion Services Act. She was praying and offering women life-affirming choices for their preborn babies.<\/p>\n

Gibbons had been arrested four times since May for breaking that “bubble zone,” and faced two criminal charges of “failing to comply” and “mischief” in connection with those arrests. In all, Gibbons has spent nearly 11 years<\/a> combined in prison for her pro-life activism. This time, she had been in jail since June.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: pro-life victory!<\/p>\n

An Ontario judge ruled pro-life heroine Linda Gibbons was NOT guilty of the criminal offence of \u201cmischief\u201d for interfering” with the running of the Toronto Abortion Clinic.<\/p>\n

Linda’s actions do “not amount to criminal mischief to property,\u201d ruled\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/9PqgsKJlpI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Campaign Life Coalition (@CampaignLife) December 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n