Have You Heard About Linda Gibbons?

Posted by Robert A. Jason:

PLEASE COME AND BRING AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN OF ALL AGES BY or AFTER 8 a. m. TO YONGE AND COLLEGE STREETS IN TORONTO ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2ND FOR AN ALL-DAY PEACEFUL WITNESS TO THE PLIGHT AND CONDITIONS OF LINDA GIBBONS.

Linda Gibbons witnesses peacefully against abortion at the Scott Abortion facility on Gerard St. in Toronto. She stands beside the sidewalk at the entrance to the abortuary and simply offers to talk with the women going in. If these women do not wish to talk, Linda does not bother them.

Linda does not heckle women going for an abortion as she knows the painful dilemma of these vulnerable women. She does not hassle them. Linda only serves as a check on their conscience. Some do stop and speak with her.

Linda Gibbons has had an abortion herself and has three children, her second pregnancy having been terminated in abortion. She regrets this deeply. Linda tries to keep women from the guilt that she herself will always bear for taking the life of her baby within her womb through an abortion before she became a Christian.

“Put the baby up for adoption or raise it yourself”, Linda advises. Added to the guilt are many, many emotional and physical complications from abortion. Linda desperately wants to spare women from these problems AND she wants babies in the womb to enjoy safety and security. Yet every year Canada murders more than 100,000 innocent unborn babies, more than 3,000,000 in total since 1969. This has a chilling, devastating effect upon all of Canada.

Linda planned to get out of prison after her upcoming court dates of June 2nd and 3rd as she comes before three judges. She wants to visit her own elderly mother. The three judges will hear an appeal of the 1994 ‘temporary’ injunction of Premier Bob Rae’s government which prohibits anyone from being in a 60-foot zone around the abortion facility.

Daniel Santoro, Linda’s lawyer, has stated that the Crown Attorney is not yet ready to proceed with this case. As of June 3rd, Linda will have served exactly 500 days in prison, far longer than her usual six months. Linda entered prison on January 21, 2009 and there is no fixed time when she can leave. This is a crime and even prison officials admit this.

We MUST help Linda. I visited her on Tuesday, May 25th and Linda has aged. Prison life is hard. Often Linda has been denied her mail. For three months Linda suffered with a bad cold. She usually refuses to see a prison doctor because she is afraid of what the doctor might give her. Nonetheless, Linda’s health condition got so bad that she did see a doctor.

Linda has suffered more than seven years in prisons for her peaceful pro-life witness. Although Linda is non-violent and harmless, she has served more time in jail that Karla Homolka and men who have used a gun to hold up a variety store.

Please come by 8 a. m. on Wednesday, June 2nd to the southwest corner of Yonge and College streets in Toronto for an all-day witness. There will be T-shirts and signs available or bring your own. This is a time to focus on the many, many injustices done to Linda Gibbons.

Linda has often been falsely charged with disturbing the peace. She has many times been charged with Obstructing a Peace Officer. This is silly. At the time when Linda Gibbons is standing beside the sidewalk at the entrance to the abortuary, the Sheriff (the Peace Officer) is across town eating his doughnuts and drinking coffee. Rather, the abortion staff at the Scott Abortion facility phone the Sheriff and summon him to come.

The Sheriff gives more respect and attention to the abortion facility staff than to Linda. He then reads out the 1994 ‘temporary’ injunction to Linda. In other words the abortion facility staff force the Sheriff to act against Linda. Enshrined in law are the words that protect the “economic interests” of the abortion facility. This means that if Linda should succeed in convincing a woman not to have an abortion that this would reduce the amount of money made by the abortionist and his staff that day. This is viewed as a crime.

The far greater crime is the treatment of Linda Gibbons as police, the courts and the attorney general’s office have conspired together to deny her justice. THIS MUST STOP.

Please bring as many people as you can by 8 a. m. to Yonge and College streets in Toronto on June 2nd and 3rd for an all-day peaceful witness of the plight and conditions of Linda. This is not a time to witness against abortion, our main work. We can no longer afford to have people say that the crime of Linda Gibbons is about abortion. The judicial system has grossly wronged Linda. It’s crimes include: multiple injustices and false charges, loss of freedom of speech, the violation of an innocent woman, the targeting of a Christian, the victimization of the poor and the denial of logic in the public square.

Make all signs just about Linda Gibbons as we want Linda freed. Signs you might consider are:

Let Grandma Go Free
Grandma Wrongly Charged
Grandma Denied Justice
We Love Grandma
Why Hurt Grandma?
Attorney General Should Resign

Signs will be provided. Bring as many people as you can. This should be a peaceful witness and no one should be harmed or threatened by police or legal action of any kind. We want to draw the media attention that Linda Gibbons deserves.

Most of all pray, for prayer can and does bring down the strongholds opposed to God and decent society. If you have questions, please contact Gord Truscott at 519-835-9506. Thanks for whatever you can do to help Linda Gibbons. Of all the people I know, Linda Gibbons is the closest to being a saint for her passion to help the unborn. Please come out to support Linda in this time of serious need. Let the world know that you are a friend to Linda Gibbons. Thank you very much.