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Pro-life activists tried to begin the march, they were blocked by the mob of about 200 pro-abortion protesters

Australian ‘March for the Babies’ turns violent, protestors assaulted, police look on



A group of pro-abortion thugs attacked a pro-life demonstration in Melbourne, Australia, over the weekend as groups across the land took place in activities to promote the ‘40 Days for Life Campaign’. The attack was pre-planned and well co-ordinated with a number of adults being assaulted while police looked on.
Melbourne, Australia’s second biggest city sits in the State of Victoria, which authored legislation to legalize abortion right up to the time of birth. This particular march is called the ‘March for the Babies’ and specifically draws attention to this law, passed October 10th 2008. American pro-life activist Bryan Kemper told LifeSiteNews.com he is bruised and sore, but recovering, after a mob of pro-abortion counter-protesters attacked him and his team of pro-life activists during the march. He said he was thrown to the ground and repeatedly kicked. Several other members of his team were also roughed up. Bernie Finn, a State MP, said “I was belted in the head but I've still got the remnants of an egg in my hair. What we saw today was literally a public mugging on the streets of Melbourne and Victoria Police let it happen. We had people being assaulted, being kicked, being stomped on and they sat back and watched.” Finn also said Liberal MP Andrew Elsbury was pulled down and stomped on and he plans to raise the matter with police.

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According to Sky Australia; Victoria Police played down the protests saying there were a couple of scuffles between opposing groups but these stopped once police intervened. “No one has been charged with assault and no matters have been brought to the attention of police,” a spokeswoman said. Pro-choice rally organiser Liz Walsh seemed to have a similar view and said a counter-rally was arranged to highlight how important it is for women to have the right to choose. “There was a scuffle and part of that was standing our ground and not wanting to be intimidated by people who want to shame women for having control over their own reproductive lives,” she said. The question remains is how there was a scuffle. What Ms. Walsh doesn’t say is that the ‘Disrupt’ people decided to do just that by forcibly blocking the march. LifesiteNews.com though provides a more enlightened version of events:
Trouble began brewing even before the march began, said (Bryan) Kemper. “When the pro-life activists tried to begin the march, they were blocked by the mob of about 200 pro-abortion protesters. So we all sat in protest and started praying,” he said. “Then the police let them start attacking us.” After this the pro-lifers tried to begin marching again, but the counter-protesters pushed back, preventing them from doing so. The standoff continued for over an hour, before the pro-lifers decided to change their route. But that was when things started to get really ugly. “As we got to the stage the pro-aborts took over our stage and starting stealing banners and signs,” said Kemper. “That is when I was knocked to the ground and kicked and stepped on.”
The organizers of the counter protest reveal as much on their Facebook page. On September 26th, for example, readers are told on ‘Disrupt the 40 Days for Life’ - “Sign Up to the Schedule. Fill Their Rosters. Every spot taken will mean one of their volunteers will NOT be at the clinic to harass women. Every spot taken is a victory for choice and for the health of women.” The organization actually organized to infiltrate so as to take away participating spots for pro-life activists. This may also have caused confusion and contributed to the violence. On the night before the march, Kemper was delivering a speech to the Youth for Life dinner. A group of ‘Disrupt’ supporters burst into the room and started chanting. Said Kemper on the night: “I stopped the talk and cleared a whole table of people and asked them to sit down, have some food and wine and join us. They did. They sat there for about 10 minutes listening before getting restless again and they left without incident. It was obvious they did not expect to be welcomed and loved instead of yelled at, I can't wait to see them all at the Australian March for Life today and talk to them.” Clearly as their name on Facebook suggest they are an organization to disrupt the peaceful and orderly lobbying procedure of a protest march. Debate is not on their mind, only disruption. Lefty’s cannot win in the arena of ideas. As a post on the ‘Disrupt’ page says on February last year – “If individuals would like to attend clinics for a peaceful pro-choice vigil by all means do so. However this action is designed to keep anti-choice activists from the clinics in the first place, using their own system against them.” The march for euthanasia and the defence of abortion rights have not formally met on common ground – yet, but with laws that allow the abortion ‘procedure’ right up until birth as happens in Victoria, Australia; one wonders how long it will be before post birth extinguishing occurs on supposedly humanitarian grounds or to protect the well-being of the mother. 40 Days for Life continues in Australia until November 3rd.


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