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The following is a chapter from Joe Scheidler's CLOSED: 99 Ways To Stop Abortion. To order CLOSED with a credit card or for information on mail-in orders, call 773-777-2900.

Introduction

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This book is based on the equation that abortion equals murder. It will make sense only to those who believe without question that abortion is the unjust, premeditated taking of an innocent human life. Closed: 99 Ways to Stop Abortion is a collection of methods that can be used, and that have been used successfully, to stop abortions.

In America, a violent death from abortion takes place every twenty seconds. That is a total of 4,500 deaths every day, 1.7 million abortions each year. Slaughter of a nation's posterity will destroy that nation both physically and spiritually. America is being destroyed by the killing of its children before they are born.

Those who understand abortion and want to stop it have an obligation to recruit others into the pro-life movement and to pass onto them their experience and expertise so that, in time, the injustice of abortion will end. Pro-life activists cannot wait for the legislative and judicial process that will make abortion illegal. The activist has to save lives now.

We wonder at intelligent people passing laws and making rulings to justify the barbaric destruction of human beings in the name of privacy. We marvel also at the broad acceptance of this travesty as a solution to the personal problem of unplanned pregnancy.

But not all Americans were mesmerized by the abortion rulings. From the beginning, small groups of pro-life people fought the trend to make the killing of the unborn acceptable. They have been succeeding in their efforts to bring society back to its senses, and they are convinced that in time they will win.
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No social movement in the history of this country has succeeded without activist taking to the streets. Activism, including demonstrations, pickets, protests, and sit-ins, is necessary not only to save lives, but to garner public attention, bring the media into the struggle, and shake politicians into recognizing the determination of anti-abortion supporters. Anyone who misses this purpose of activism is a poor student of history.

This book is about acting on the conviction that every unborn human life is of inestimable value, in itself, to society, and in the eyes of God. This book says it is not enough to believe in the value of that life and condemn abortion. It say that unless we act on our hatred of abortion we are little better than those who support it.

This book is based on an act of faith. It takes the belief in defenseless human life seriously, and proposes ways to save those lives through suffering, sacrifice, prayer and action. It is a response to the command to go and teach, and it teaches that we shall not kill.

Since the activities and methods proposed in this book are intended to interfere with and even stop the business of abortion, when you use them clinic personnel may file complaints against you or call the police and have you arrested. Cases resulting form these actions will often be dismissed. But they may also result in some form of penalty, fines or supervision.

If you have any questions about the legality or advisability of any of the method of protest discussed in this book, we suggest that you consult a competent attorney before you engage in them. We do not intend to suggest or recommend any activities that the reader would consider immoral or unethical.

Whatever you decide to do must conform to your rightly formed conscience. But if you are willing to suffer and be ridiculed for the sake of small and helpless human beings whom you will never know and who will never know what you did for them, this book is for you. Read it and learn.

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