Originally published at National Catholic Register
Gibbons has spent a combined nearly 11 years in prison for her pro-life work. She had been in jail since June.
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Ontario judge acquits elderly pro-life activist.
Linda Gibbons is not your average grandmother. This year, she was arrested four times — all for her pro-life activism outside abortion facilities.
The 76-year-old Canadian was brought in and out of an Ontario court in handcuffs before she was finally acquitted on Dec. 5. Ontario Judge Maria Speyer ruled that Gibbons was not guilty of criminal mischief to property.
Gibbons was on trial for holding up a sign outside a Toronto abortion facility that performs abortions up to the middle of the second trimester of pregnancy.
Gibbons stood in the 50-meter (164-foot) buffer zone, enacted in 2017 as part of the Safe Access to Abortion Services Act. She held her characteristic sign with an image of a young child that read: “Why Mom? When I have so much love to give.”
Gibbons “did not accost anyone or impede any patient as they made their way to the clinic other than having to step around her,” the judge found. The judge ruled
