John C. Rankin
May 21, 2011

   This strategy can literally help tens of thousands of women readily turn away from their abortion appointments, and be directed to a Pregnancy Support Center. In the name of Jesus.

   First employed in Massachusetts in 1989-1991 in front the largest abortion center in the state, on nearly every Saturday morning, we saw 200-300 women turn away from their abortion appointments by their own choices. Many women went to Crisis Pregnancy Centers, gave birth, and a number found Jesus.

   After nine months of this witness and worship, the hundreds of college activists recruited by the National Organization for Women (NOW) stopped their counter demonstrations, since we "were persuading too many of them."

   The Brookline Police commended our conduct, and the Boston Globe, other media and the Attorney General could not criticize it.

   The SAU has been restarted as of May 14, 2011, in front of Planned Parenthood in the South Bronx. That morning, thousands of people saw the signs, and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Though we cannot know how many women coming in for an abortion or other appointment turned away, we know it happens. For example, we did see one young woman approaching the Planned Parenthood offices from the street, then turn away immediately upon seeing our presence and signs.

   We plan to work closely with Pregnancy Support Centers to direct these women to such places of refuge and practical support.

   These signs, the Green Poster and the Yellow Posters [scroll down for all 12 questions]), are powerful in causing people to think reflectively. Any form of honest thinking intrinsically advances the Gospel, and sends the devil fleeing. In fact, in 1989, when we first started this at Preterm abortion center, one pro-abortion activist said in our presence to a fellow activist, "These people are more dangerous than Operation Rescue – they are going for our minds."

   The goal is to organize the SAU in front of every abortion center in the nation, also using the Jeremiah 19 Liturgy (http://teinet.net/jeremiah19.html). As well, we want to make large banners. The first one, as used in Massachusetts, is our one slogan, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHOOSE LIFE. The second one would be one of our questions: CAN YOU IMAGINE JESUS PERFORMING AN ABORTION? WHY NOT? These banners can be seen a block away and are visually dominant.

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