E-Mail to me from Pro-Life ActionLeague
At the Pro-Life Action League, we knew him as "Jim from Michigan"
-- that's how he always announced himself when he called to update
us on his pro-life activities and ask our advice on this or that.
Today, Jim Pouillion was shot and killed while holding a picture of
an unborn baby bearing the caption "Life," outside Owosso High
School. He regularly witnessed for life there.
Jim's murder is deeply disturbing for all of us in the pro-life
movement, especially activists out on the front lines, publicly
fighting against abortion.
Not only have we lost a brother activist, but we have to reflect on
our own safety out there on the streets. Should we back down from
public protest of abortion?
I know that Jim would say NO. He had faced verbal attacks and even
assault over the years. One time a driver tried to run him down.
But Jim stood his ground. And now, he is with the Lord.
Despite the horror of today's murder of a pro-lifer, we must also
remember that such violence is extremely rare, and never before has
an activist been shot and killed like this.
