Joseph Scheidler
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Joseph Scheidler is a noted American pro-life activist, National Director of the Pro-Life Action League, former Benedictine monk, and named defendant in the NOW v. Scheidler litigation, a 19-year saga which was ultimately resolved in Scheidler's favor by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2006. Scheidler lives in Chicago with his wife Ann, and has seven children and fifteen grandchildren, many of whom are involved in his organization.
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- Official Pro-Life Action League Biography
- Chicago Tribune: Defiance Pays off for Abortion Foe
- Congressional Testimony on Scheidler's case by Professor G. Robert Blakey of Notre Dame Law School