Joseph Scheidler
Encyclopedia
Joseph M. Scheidler is a noted American pro-life
activist, National Director of the Pro-Life Action League
, former Benedictine
monk, and named defendant in the NOW v. Scheidler litigation, a 19-year saga which was ultimately resolved in Scheidler's favor by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2006. He is known as the "Father of Pro-Life Activism". Scheidler lives in Chicago
with his wife Ann, and has seven children and nineteen grandchildren, many of whom are involved in his organization.
Pro-life
Opposition to the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-life, or anti-abortion, movement, a social and political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction...
activist, National Director of the Pro-Life Action League
Pro-Life Action League
The Pro-Life Action League is an American pro-life organization founded by Joseph M. Scheidler in Chicago in 1980. It describes its type of activism as "non-violent direct action".It was prominently involved in the NOW v. Scheidler 2006 Supreme Court decision....
, former Benedictine
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
monk, and named defendant in the NOW v. Scheidler litigation, a 19-year saga which was ultimately resolved in Scheidler's favor by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2006. He is known as the "Father of Pro-Life Activism". Scheidler lives in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
with his wife Ann, and has seven children and nineteen grandchildren, many of whom are involved in his organization.
External links
- Official Pro-Life Action League Biography
- Chicago Tribune: Defiance Pays off for Abortion Foe
- Congressional Testimony on Scheidler's case by Professor G. Robert Blakey of Notre Dame Law SchoolNotre Dame Law SchoolThe Notre Dame Law School, or NDLS, is the professional graduate law program of its parent institution, the University of Notre Dame. Established in 1869, NDLS is the oldest Roman Catholic law school in the United States. NDLS is ranked 22nd among the nation's "Top 100 Law Schools" by U.S. News &...