The Real Face of Pro-lifers at the Colorado Planned Parenthood—and Why They're Not Backing Down

Pete Baklinski : Dec 3, 2015
LifeSiteNews.com

"We are there peacefully. We don't want anyone's death. I don't want the death of an abortion provider. I want his conversion. I don't want the death of a baby in the womb. I want the mother's conversion so that the baby stays alive. It's about praying for conversion, conversion of heart, conversion of mind."

(Colorado Springs)—By now the grey-grizzled mug of Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Lewis Dear has been plastered all over the internet along with statements from the abortion giant saying that the pro-life movement is responsible for encouraging violence through its "hateful rhetoric." (Photo Credit / Michele Mason)

But as details emerge of the shooter as a deeply disturbed recluse who had little interest in the abortion debate, it becomes harder and harder to lump him in with genuine pro-lifers who love every life and would never advocate violence against anyone. For pro-lifers, every life has value and dignity, including preborn babies, moms and dads, abortion doctors, and yes, even violent men who commit serious crimes. No real pro-lifer would ever condone the abortion of Hitler.

Real pro-lifers who peacefully pray weekly in front of the Planned Parenthood of Rocky Mountains where the shooting took place last Friday say they condemn all forms of violence and were just as shocked as everybody else to learn of the violent rampage that took the lives of three people, none of whom were Planned Parenthood employees.

One pro-lifer, a Catholic priest who visits the clinic every week where he has celebrated Holy Mass—rain or shine—since 1994 told LifeSiteNews that he is personally praying for the shooter's conversion and that "God will have mercy on his soul." (Photo Credit / Michele Mason)

Father Bill Carmody, Director of the Respect for Life Office in the Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs, said the difference between what he and other fellow pro-lifers do in front of the Planned Parenthood center compared to the shooter did is "obvious."

"We are there peacefully. We don't want anyone's death. I don't want the death of an abortion provider. I want his conversion. I don't want the death of a baby in the womb. I want the mother's conversion so that the baby stays alive. It's about praying for conversion, conversion of heart, conversion of mind," he said.

Father Carmody called it "very disingenuous" of Planned Parenthood to...

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