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New York Post
2 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Man caught on video attacking pro-life activists handed slap-on-the-wrist sentence
A 28-year-old man who was caught on video attacking two pro-life activists outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Baltimore was sentenced this week to a year of home detention and three years of probation. Baltimore Circuit Judge Yvette M. Bryant rebuffed prosecutors' calls for a 10-year sentence against Patrick Brice, 28, after he was found guilty of two counts of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment in relation to the May 2023 incident, according to The Baltimore Banner. Advertisement 'What about my rights and my well-being?' one of the victims in the attack, Mark Crosby — who was 73 years old at the time — reportedly shouted at Bryant on Thursday as she left the bench. Brice said on May 26, 2023, he intended to debate Richard Schaefer – the other victim, who was 84 – about the concept of sin outside the Planned Parenthood facility, but then lost it after Schaefer made what he perceived to be a racial remark, The Baltimore Banner reported. Surveillance video showed Brice shoving Schaefer into a flowerpot and then assaulting Crosby when he rushed to his aid. 'I just snapped one day,' Brice was quoted by The Baltimore Banner as saying in court Thursday before apologizing to both men. Advertisement As part of his sentence, Brice must complete anger management classes, undergo drug and alcohol screening, and remain in therapy, the website added. It also said Crosby suffered permanent damage to his right eye as a result of the assault. 4 A 28-year-old man who was caught on video attacking two pro-life activists outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Baltimore was sentenced this week to a year of home detention. Youtube/WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore 'This was not a minor altercation between two parties with differing views on abortion. It was a vicious, targeted assault on two senior citizens whose only 'offense' was praying for expectant mothers and offering life-affirming alternatives to abortion,' Tom Brejcha, the President and Chief Counsel of the conservative law firm Thomas More Society, said in a statement. Advertisement 'One of the victims was knocked unconscious. The other suffered broken facial bones and a lifelong eye impairment. This was an act of cowardice and cruelty, and sheer mayhem. This crime deserves far more serious consequences than a 'get out of jail free' card and a one-year home detention that amounts to nothing more than a slap on the wrist,' he added. In May 2023, images posted on the Facebook page of Jay Walton, the president of the Baltimore County Right to Life chapter, purportedly showed Crosby wearing a shirt with the message 'Pro Life,' with swelling over his eye and blood covering his face following the attack. 4 Baltimore Circuit Judge Yvette M. Bryant rebuffed prosecutors' calls for a 10-year sentence against Patrick Brice, 28, after he was found guilty of two counts of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment in relation to the May 2023 incident, according to reports. Youtube/WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore 'One of our volunteers, Mark Crosby, was brutally beaten on May 26, 2023, while he was praying in front of the Planned Parenthood in Baltimore City,' Walton wrote on a GoFundMe page at the time. 'Mark is currently in the hospital being treated for the serious injuries he sustained.' Advertisement 'For years, Mark has prayed in front of the Planned Parenthood in Baltimore City to let the scared, young abortion-minded women know that they are loved, that their baby is loved,' Walton added. In a redacted police report, a Baltimore police officer said one of the victims, later identified as Crosby, told investigators he was standing outside the Planned Parenthood clinic 'in support of Pro-life ideals when an unidentified [white male] attacked another member of the same beliefs as [him].' 4 Police released video that they said shows an assault of two men outside the Planned Parenthood offices in Baltimore. Youtube/WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore The individual 'stated that he immediately went to assist and was struck by the suspect and fell to the ground, where he was struck in the face,' the report said. Police say the other victim, later identified as Schaefer, 'advised the suspect had approached volunteer members of the Planned Parenthood and spoke with them before directing his attention to him. That victim said 'the suspect spoke with him in an aggressive manner, opposing [his] pro-life ideals and without warning tackled him into a large flowerpot,' the report added. 4 One of the victims of the violent assault at the Planned Parenthood. Youtube/WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore It also noted that several witnesses saw the assault unfold, with one telling investigators that the 'conversation between the suspect and [victim] was a debate over their ideas about pro-life and pro-choice viewpoints.' Advertisement Crosby's attorney Terrell Roberts read a statement in court on behalf his client, saying that the incident demonstrated a 'gross disregard for the law and human decency.' 'We were in no position to defend ourselves,' Crosby wrote, according to The Baltimore Banner. 'To treat elderly folks with that kind of brutality is shocking.'
Associated Press
03-07-2025
- Health
- Associated Press
Deacons Of Hope Acquires Second Location To Serve Mothers With An Unplanned Pregnancy
Pro-Life Ministry Takes Over Nativity House in Kansas City, Kansas 'We are on our way to being the hands and feet of Jesus in that way with this latest facility and more that I know we will develop.'— Deacon Kevin Cummings OVERLAND PARK, KS, UNITED STATES, July 3, 2025 / / -- The Nativity House in Kansas City has become the second facility that Deacons Of Hope is using to provide services to mothers with an unplanned pregnancy. Deacon Dr. Kevin J. Cummings, Co-Founder and General Moderator of the nonprofit pro-life ministry made the announcement today, noting that this follows the path they have taken with the St. Mary's Home for Mothers. 'We are truly blessed to be able to have the Nativity House as part of our services,' Deacon Kevin said. 'The fact that they have already partnered with Providence Medical Center to offer services like pregnancy, labor and delivery, and newborn education is directly in line with what we have already been doing for more than three years in Liberty, Missouri, at our St. Mary's Home for Mothers. We look forward to being able to help more women with this second facility.' He continued, 'I have said it before. No pregnant woman should ever have to choose an abortion simply because they're homeless.' Working in partnership with the Gabriel Project of Kansas City in development of the aforementioned sites, Deacons Of Hope also has a pregnancy resource center on the campus of Benedictine College (Atchison, Kansas). Plus, there is the Mission Thrift Store (Gladstone, Missouri) operated by Deacons Of Hope where sales proceeds go to St. Mary's Home for Mothers. Decreed as a Public Clerical Association of Christ's Faithful by both the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph and the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas, and comprised of members who are permanent deacons in the Catholic church, Deacons Of Hope aims to provide housing for women who find themselves pregnant, without a job, or without a place to live, and provide people who want to care for them. 'On September 14, 2022, Archbishop Joseph Naumann (Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas) gave us our decree,' Deacon Kevin said. 'Providing facilities like the Nativity House (8921 Parallel Parkway) and St. Mary's Home for Mothers is exactly what we envisioned when we were in the formative period leading up to that date. There are many charisms, graces and teachings that bind Deacons of Hope together but first and foremost it is this: To preserve and defend the image and likeness of God in humanity at every stage of life. We are on our way to being the hands and feet of Jesus in that way with this latest facility and more that I know we will develop.' Find more about the organization at where there are also links to Facebook and YouTube. Bruce Wawrzyniak Now Hear This, Inc. +1 813-854-8000 [email protected] Visit us on social media: Facebook YouTube Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
Associated Press
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
Anti-abortion doctors ask Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn 1998 ruling
Lawyers for the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists have filed an appeal asking the state Supreme Court to overrule its 1998 decision and declare Mississippi's effective ban on abortion constitutional. In a 1998 ruling in Pro Choice Mississippi v. Fordice, the state high court said the state constitution provides Mississippians a right to abortion. Late last year, a Hinds County judge ruled members of AAPLOG did not have standing to pursue a lawsuit to overturn the 1998 decision because they have not been harmed by the court ruling. AAPLOG, represented by new public interest law firm American Dream Legal, is appealing that ruling, and asking the state Supreme Court to 'clarify whether Mississippi considers elective abortion a crime or a constitutional right,' according to a press release. Based on another Mississippi case, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the decades old Roe v. Wade right to abortion via the U.S. Constitution. The Mississippi Legislature has passed laws that prohibit most all abortions in the state and there are no clinics in Mississippi offering abortions. But the 1998 state Supreme Court decision holding that the state constitution provides a right to abortion has never been overturned and remains on the books. American Dream Legal in a statement said Mississippi's criminal ban on abortion conflicts with the Fordice decision, and this has AAPLOG physicians 'caught between conflicting legal duties: refer patients and risk prosecution under state law — or refuse to refer and risk professional ruin.' 'The people of Mississippi enacted a law that protected unborn life and took down the U.S. Supreme Court's abuse of judicial authority in Roe v. Wade,' said Aaron Rice, attorney for AAPLOG and CEO of American Dream Legal. 'It is only fitting that we likewise put an end to efforts by the courts in our own state to impose abortion by judicial fiat.' In the Hinds County case, both the state, through Attorney General Lynn Fitch, and pro-abortion rights supporters argued that the doctors did not have standing. It's unclear whether the high court will hear the appeal. In recent years, the state Supreme Court has taken a limited view of who has standing in various cases. ___ This story was originally published by Mississippi Today and distributed through a partnership with The Associated Press.
Washington Post
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Italy's court says 2 mothers can register as parents on birth certificates
ROME — Italy's Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that two women can register as parents of a child on a birth certificate, saying recognition of parental rights cannot be restricted to the biological mother in families with same-sex parents. Advocates for LGBTQ+ rejoiced at the ruling, while the association Pro Life and Family denounced it as sending thousands of children born to same-sex parents into 'an existential joke.'
Associated Press
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
Italy's court says 2 mothers can register as parents on birth certificates
ROME (AP) — Italy's Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that two women can register as parents of a child on a birth certificate, saying recognition of parental rights cannot be restricted to the biological mother in families with same-sex parents. Advocates for LGBTQ+ rejoiced at the ruling, while the association Pro Life and Family denounced it as sending thousands of children born to same-sex parents into 'an existential joke.' The court ruled that it was unconstitutional for city registers to deprive children born to same sex-parents of recognition by both the biological mother and the woman who consented to the medically assisted pregnancy and assumed parental responsibilities. In recent years, some city registrars had begun to record only the name of the biological mother on birth certificates, and not the name of her partner. In order to have legal rights and responsibility over the child, the non-biological mother then had to 'adopt' the child. A 2004 law had provided for such limited parental recognition. But thanks to an Interior Ministry circular in 2023, the restrictions were being enforced anew as part of the policy of the far-right-led government of Premier Giorgia Meloni to crack down on surrogacy and promote traditional family values. The ruling does not address the legality of medically assisted procreation: Italy has strong restrictions on IVF and has had a ban on surrogacy since 2004. Last year Italy expanded the ban to criminalize Italians who go abroad to have children through surrogacy.
