Pro-Life Office Inundated With Hateful Calls In Wake Of Health Care Vote

 I know Troy Newman, the Director of Operation Rescue, personally.  He is one of the nicest, most caring and considerate people you would ever want to know. He is very professional and extremely dedicated to the plight of the innocent unborn. It just breaks my heart that someone would be sending him and his staff these horrible messages, threatening their lives. Please join me in praying for their protection and also that the perpetrators of these crimes be caught and convicted.
 
Wichita, KS - Telephones at Operation Rescue's national headquarters were inundated with hateful messages in the wake of the weekend vote on health care in the House of Representatives. Operation Rescue has been outspoken in its opposition to the Obama health care takeover plan, especially provisions that would provide taxpayer funding for abortions.
 
The calls filled the mailboxes of several extensions and ranged from nonsensical messages, to sexually explicit "dirty phone calls," to anti-Christian, hate-filled tirades. In weeks preceding the vote Operation Rescue staff members received death threats.
 
"Normally we don't give the threats and hateful calls we receive much thought. But lately there has been much made about threats to Democrats that supported the health care takeover, and we thought that people needed to know that the hate calls are flowing both ways," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.
 
"This kind of harassment and intimidation will never deter us from our mission to save the lives of innocent babies and stop abortion in our nation," said Newman. "However, we do take security precautions and are working with the FBI, which continues to investigate death threats against me and my staff."
 
Listen to sampling of the calls (Warning: Strong, offensive language; hateful messages)
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Comments

  1. EC Gefroh3/25/10, 2:20 PM

    Jean, praying for Troy and all at OR.

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  2. Jean Heimann3/25/10, 3:56 PM

    Thank you, Esther!

    God bless you!

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  3. Anonymous3/25/10, 9:36 PM

    Is this just like the 10 democrats claiming they have been threatened for voting for obamacare..., like AL Gore in 2008 encouraging his followers to cause disruption to the Republicans, etc., etc., etc...

    You KNOW this is caused by the democrats, a.k.a socialists.

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