June 15, 2021

6 Ohio Pro-Life Activists Arrested at Abortion Clinic

Police arresting Father Fidelis Moschinki on June 4
Six Ohio pro-life activists were arrested on June 4 and 5 on charges of trespassing after they entered abortion businesses and counseled women against abortion.

Those arrested include a Catholic priest and an 18-year old.

The activists were participating in a Red Rose Rescue mission; inspired by Canadian pro-life activist Mary Wagner. She repeatedly enters abortion businesses and offered red roses to pregnant mothers inside. In this instance, the Red Rose Rescuers offered roses and cards with the phone numbers of local pregnancy centers. The card includes the message: “You were made to love and to be loved ... your goodness is greater than the difficulties of your situation. Circumstances in life change. A new life, however tiny, brings the promise of unrepeatable joy.”

Dr. Monica Migliorino Miller, who organized the Red Rose Rescue missions, was one of the people arrested during the event. She was held for five hours before being released by police. When describing the rescue missions, she said, “Our goal is to talk to moms one on one and give them a hope that they otherwise wouldn’t have. They’ve already gone past the sidewalk counselors on the sidewalk and so this is our last effort to reach them before they walk down a hallway to abort their baby.”

“They deserve a defense,” Miller said. “They deserve someone to stand up and witness for them. So that’s why we don’t leave them. We remain in solidarity with the victims of abortion. And that’s why we don’t leave. And that’s where the possibility of arrest is going to come in, because when the police order us to leave we very politely refuse and tell them why.”

Miller has a pretrial hearing set for June 22.

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