Tue Jul 12, 2022 – 3:30 pm EDTTue Jul 12, 2022 – 3:32 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Six pro-life activists were sentenced to jail this morning in Virginia.
Pro-life heroine Joan Andrews and her five companions had taken part in a “Pink Rose Rescue” in Alexandria, VA, in November 2021. A Pink Rose Rescue is an initiative during which pro-lifers enter abortion clinics, knowingly risking arrest, to persuade women who are preparing to have their babies killed to choose life instead. The women are given a pink or red rose, typically with information about abortion or pregnancy resource centers.
“Today, 6 peaceful pro-life advocates, primarily representing Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU), and led by pro-life legend Joan Andrews Bell, were jailed after pleading ‘no contest’ to trespassing charges related to a Rescue at the Alexandria Women’s Center, the largest abortion business in Northern Virginia, on November 16th, 2021,” states a PAAU press release following the trial.
The following activists each received a custodial sentence:
Joan Andrews Bell, founder of The Apostolate of Gloria Dei, was sentenced to 30 days in jail. Lauren Handy, Director of Activism, PAAU, was sentenced to 30 days in jail. Kristin Turner,
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