Friday, January 04, 2008

Women jailed for pleading for unborn, ten years after incident

Nebraskan activists face five to eight month sentences.

ReligionAndSpirituality.com

Pro-life activists Shari McKee and Melissa Abbink were jailed Dec. 28 for speaking to Lincoln abortionist Winston Crabb on two occasions in front of his home 10 years ago. Abbink faces five months while McKee has been sentenced to serve eight months.

In February, 1998, both were charged with violating the "focused picketing" ordinance even though neither had signs and both incidents lasted only a minute each, just long enough to plead for the lives of pre-born children as he walked from his car to his house, Christian Newswire reported Friday.

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