Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Trial on April 26

Linda Gibbons will be in court this Thursday, April 26, 2012. Supporters are encouraged to come out and fill the courtroom to show their support for Linda's ongoing battle for the unborn. The trial will begin at 10 am in room 504 of the College Park courthouse at Yonge and College Streets in Toronto.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Imprisoned Again Dec 17, 2011

Linda arrested again for protesting outside Morgentaler clinic on Hillsdale Avenue in Toronto.

Gibbons arrested again

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Update on Linda


After two decades of myriad arrests, hours upon hours of court time and nearly nine years on and off behind bars, Linda Gibbons, the country’s most prolific anti-abortion protestor, gets her day before the country’s highest court Wednesday.
Daniel Santoro, Ms. Gibbons’ lawyer, will tell the Supreme Court of Canada his 63-year-old client was abused by a criminal justice system that overstepped its bounds.
He will not argue about Ms. Gibbons’ rights to freedom of speech nor freedom of religion, but that the criminal court should never have been involved in something that began as a civil matter...
Mr. Santoro said it is rare for the criminal courts to pursue a single case of someone breaking a civil injunction for so long. He has argued in the past that the Crown knew it could not make a civil case for a permanent injunction and so has dodged the issue by charging Ms. Gibbons under the Criminal Code. - Charles Lewis, National Post

Read the entire article here

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Linda Gibbons Freed

from LifeSiteNews


Linda Gibbons was freed on November 4, 2011 after the judge ruled that she had been charged by a sherriff who read the wrong injunction, thereby rendering Linda not guilty of breaking the current injunction.

Linda made the comment that it is unconstitutional to ban pro-life protesters from abortion clinics. Linda is awaiting a Supreme Court hearing on Dec. 14 which will determine whether injustice has been done by charging her with a civil offense and hearing the case in criminal court.

As far as considering a legal counteraction if the Supreme Court finds she has been improperly prosecuted criminally for some 17 years is concerned, Gibbons appeared unenthused. “If I thought for one second it would advance the cause of the unborn, I would do it. But for personal loss and suffering, my purpose has always been to bring relief to the unborn children.”

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Gibbons Trial Set for November 4

From LifeSiteNews

TORONTO, Ontario, September 20, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Linda Gibbons will stand trial on Nov. 4 on a charge of disobeying a court order in connection with her latest demonstration outside a Toronto abortion site this past August 4.
According to Gibbons’s lawyer, she will be pleading not guilty. The date was set during a recent appearance before a justice of the peace.
Although Gibbons has been conducting such peaceful demonstrations since 1994, this is the first time she has been arrested at the Morgentaler facility site. The location is protected by a 150-metre, court-imposed “bubble zone” that prohibits pro-life activity within its boundaries. For the past number of years, it has been her practice to demonstrate at the Scott facility site downtown.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Further Details on Linda's Latest Arrest

There have been some corrections made to the story of Linda's latest arrest. The clinic where she was walking has a larger bubble zone that was legislated years ago. This article reveals just how many priviliges the government was willing to give to Henry Morgentaler.

Linda Gibbons Arrest Not Related to 1991 Temporary Injunction