Anti-Abortion Activists To Picket Naperville, Aurora

NAPERVILLE, IL -- Starting Friday, anti-abortion activists will begin a campaign of picketing street corners in the Chicago area, including those in Naperville and Aurora. The series of protests will last from July 7 to 15.

The Pro-Life Action League, the organization running the protests, calls the campaign the "Face the Truth" tour. They plan to picket at busy intersections where volunteers will "hold large signs featuring carefully selected images of abortion victims, with captions designed to evoke sympathy from passersby."

The images on the signs depict human fetuses in various stages of development, with phrases like "life is beautiful at 7 weeks," and "she'll never learn to walk." They will also display photos of aborted fetuses.

They will start in Joliet and Shorewood on Friday, making their way through downtown Chicago and the suburbs throughout the week, taking Sunday off. The protesters will arrive in Naperville and Aurora on Saturday, July 15.

A press release from the Pro-Life Action League says they are expecting counter protests.

This is when and where the anti-abortion rallies will be in Aurora and Naperville on Saturday, July 15:

• 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.: Aurora Planned Parenthood Eola Road and New York Street
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Naperville Washington Street and Ogden Avenue
• 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Aurora: Fox Valley Mall Route 59 and Aurora Avenue/New York Street

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