LOCAL News :: Gender & Sexuality
Protest the Anti-Choice Fanatics!
The "Pro-life action league" is planning their summer blitz...Let's show them that we don't want them in our neighborhoods!
The "Pro Life Action League," a fanatical anti-choice group is planning their "summer blitz" tour of Chicago, beginning on July 7.
This group is against all birth control and "fornication" (their phrase, not mine). The leader, Joe Scheidler, is known for his "sidewalk counseling"--harrassment of women trying to enter Planned Parenthood and other clinics.
Activists from across the city have met the PLAL at every stop on their campus tour so far, putting so much pressure on these nutcase anti-choicers that they didn't even have the guts to turn out to their last few stops.
We need to continue the momentum!
Here's the group's summer schedule--let's show them that we won't let them come to our neighborhoods without a fight!
Keep abortion safe and legal!
Summer Blitz: July 7-17
Wednesday, July 7
Downtown Chicago
9:00-10:30 Kennedy Overpasses
Meet at Madison St. and Des Plaines St.
11:30-1:00 Daley Plaza
Clark St. and Washington St.
3:30-5:30 Union Station
Madison St. and Wacker Dr.
Thursday, July 8
Downtown Chicago
9:00-10:30 Kennedy Overpasses
Meet at Madison St. and Des Plaines St.
11:30-1:00 Art Institute
Michigan Ave. and Monroe St.
3:30-5:30 Union and Ogilvie Stations
Adams St. and Wacker Dr.
Friday, July 9
Downtown Chicago
9:00-10:30 Kennedy Overpasses
Meet at Madison St. and Des Plaines St.
11:30-1:00 Buckingham Fountain
Lake Shore Dr. and Jackson Blvd.
3:00-4:30 Kennedy Overpasses
Madison St. and Des Plaines St.
Saturday, July 10
Southwest Suburbs
9:00-10:30 Naperville
Washington St. and Ogden Ave.
11:30-1:00 Westmont
Cass Ave. and Ogden Ave.
3:00-4:30 Elmhurst
North Ave. and York Rd.
Sunday & Monday, July 11 & 12
Days off for worship & family
Tuesday, July 13
Rockford
9:00-10:30 Downtown Rockford
6th St. and Jefferson St.
11:30-1:00 East Side Rockford
East State St. and Alpine Rd.
3:30-5:30 East Side Rockford
East State St. and Perryville Rd.
Wednesday, July 14
South Side Chicago
9:00-10:30 Chicago: Mount Greenwood
103rd St. and Pulaski Rd.
11:30-1:00 Chicago: Gage Park
55th St. and Kedzie Ave.
3:30-5:30 Chicago: Bridgeport
Archer Ave. and Halsted St.
Thursday, July 15
Northwest Suburbs I
9:00-10:30 Hannover Park
Irving Park Rd. and Barrington Rd.
11:30-1:00 Hoffman Estates
Golf Rd. and Roselle Rd.
3:30-5:30 Rolling Meadows
Euclid Ave. and Plum Grove Rd.
Friday, July 16
Northwest Suburbs II
9:00-10:30 Arlington Heights
Arglington Heights Rd. and Golf Rd.
11:30-1:00 Des Plaines
Oakton and Lee St./Mannheim Rd.
3:00-4:30 Glenview
Glenview Rd. and Waukegan Rd.
Saturday, July 17
North Suburbs
9:00-10:30 Evanston
Central St. and Green Bay Rd.
11:30-1:00 Skokie
Davis St. and Ridge Ave.
3:00-4:30 Lincolnwood
McCormick Blvd. and Touhy Ave.