70-Year-Old Woman Faces Prison Sentence for Planned Parenthood Vandalism

Lindsey EllefsonApr 1st, 2016, 2:26 pm
 

A few weeks ago, the following message appeared just like this in red paint on the side of a Planned Parenthood in Ohio:

SATAN DEN OF BABY KiLLERS GOD SEE ALLLL MARK 9:42

The story was picked up by a few outlets and a local anti-abortion protesting group immediately spoke out to claim they hadn’t done it. If it wasn’t the people who stood outside of the clinic with signs every day, though, then who could it have been who not only wrote the message on the wall, but splashed red paint across the front door?

It was, according to the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office, 70-year-old Rachel Jackson. God isn’t the only one who see’s “ALLLL,” apparently, because she has been apprehended and charged by a grand jury with one count of breaking and entering, one of vandalism, and one of aggravated trespass, according to NBC 4.

She faces up to two years in prison and six months in county jail.

A statement from Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio blamed “vitriolic, hateful rhetoric” for the vandalism. This summer, smear videos were released by the Center for Medical Progress which purport to show Planned Parenthood officials discussing the illegal sale of fetal parts. The organization has been cleared of these charges in a number of internal investigations, Planned Parenthood filed suit against CMP in January.

Later in January, the creators of the videos, David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, were indicted on various charges including felony charges for tampering with a governmental record and a misdemeanor charge related to purchasing human organs.

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