{"id":1469242,"date":"2022-05-09T17:14:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T21:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1469242"},"modified":"2022-05-09T17:14:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T21:14:46","slug":"pro-abortion-handmaids-showed-up-to-mothers-day-mass-catholics-took-matters-into-their-own-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-abortion-handmaids-showed-up-to-mothers-day-mass-catholics-took-matters-into-their-own-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Abortion Handmaids Showed Up To Mother\u2019s Day Mass. Catholics Took Matters Into Their Own Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-abortion-handmaids-showed-up-to-mothers-day-mass-catholics-took-matters-into-their-own-hands%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1469242&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-09-at-3.42.06-PM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Pro-abortion protesters who showed up to demonstrate at mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles were promptly ushered out of the church by attendees, video footage shows.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Police Department told The Daily Wire on Monday afternoon that though police officers responded to disturbances at the cathedral on Sunday, they are not seeking the the pro-abortion protesters for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act since the cathedral did not attempt to pursue any charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the time we responded, the protesters had left the location,\u201d a spokeswoman said. \u201cOfficers remained at the location for any further protests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FACE Act\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/crt\/offenses-against-reproductive-health-care-providers\">prohibits<\/a>\u00a0\u201cviolent, threatening, damaging and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right\u201d to obtain abortions.<\/p>\n<p>It also bans the use of force, physical obstruction, injury, or intimidation to \u201cinjure, intimidate or interfere with any person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Archdiocese of Los Angeles said in a statement to The Daily Wire that \u201cthe incident was handled accordingly by Cathedral Security ensuring limited disruption of Mass,\u201d noting that \u201cdemonstrations had been anticipated across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to join our prayers as an Archdiocese in solidarity with the US Catholic Bishops to pray for change in our laws to help all women in need in our communities,\u201d the archdiocese statement said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pro-abortion protestors at LA Cathedral. Forced out by mass attendees and security. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j3U7dVfAtJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/j3U7dVfAtJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CatholicVote.org (@CatholicVote) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatholicVote\/status\/1523493852715253762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Video footage shows Catholics kneeling shortly before the distribution of communion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/251176\/costumed-protesters-disrupt-los-angeles-mass\">according to the Catholic News Agency<\/a>, while several pro-abortion protesters, most dressed like handmaids, stand in the aisles of the Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRespect us,\u201d the mass attendees can be heard telling the protesters. Several women can be seen sitting in the pews of the church with roses next to them, which the church presumably handed out for Mother\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pro abortion activists disrupt a Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in LA. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XGiTHT7co0\">pic.twitter.com\/XGiTHT7co0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Bukuras (@JoeBukuras) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBukuras\/status\/1523470203362758656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One masked woman, who appears to be either an usher or attendee at the mass, can be seen pushing the protesters out of the aisles. The organist begins playing as the handmaids depart the church.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a right to my body,\u201d yells one of the handmaids, as a small group of people half-pushed, half-escorted her out of the church. \u201cMy choice!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet out of here,\u201d a man can be heard yelling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet your hands off me!\u201d she yells repeatedly, her voice echoing off the walls of the cathedral.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Marxists try to disrupt Mass at Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels.  Security, ushers and parishioners said they were not having it.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cathedral?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cathedral<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Catholic?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Catholic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HlN8yHxPKL\">pic.twitter.com\/HlN8yHxPKL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Romangod7 (@Romangod7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Romangod7\/status\/1523368533119234048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/leftist-groups-direct-protestors-to-descend-upon-supreme-court-justices-homes\">Leftist organizations<\/a>\u00a0had called for abortion supporters to demonstrate at the homes of conservative Supreme Court justices. One of these groups, Ruth Sent Us, also called for protesters to \u201cstand at or in a local Catholic Church\u201d on Sunday, Mother\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s despicable, anti-Catholic bigotry,\u201d Roger Severino, the former director of the Office of Civil Rights at the United States Department of Health and Human Services,\u00a0said last week, \u201cbecause the church stands in defense of innocent human life. It doesn\u2019t get any more offensive than that, to try to interfere with somebody\u2019s First Amendment freedoms in the name of supporting abortion on demand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire observed police guarding multiple parishes in Washington, D.C. on Capitol Hill after the parishes alerted parishioners to be on the lookout for disturbances. Pro-abortion protesters do not appear to have disrupted any D.C. masses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Whether you\u2019re a \u2018Catholic for Choice\u2019, ex-Catholic, of other or no faith, recognize that six extremist Catholics set out to overturn Roe,\u201d Ruth Sent Us tweeted. \u201cStand at or in a local Catholic Church Sun May 8.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whether you\u2019re a \u201cCatholic for Choice\u201d, ex-Catholic, of other or no faith, recognize that six extremist Catholics set out to overturn Roe. Stand at or in a local Catholic Church Sun May 8. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WarOnWomen?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WarOnWomen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MothersDayStrike?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MothersDayStrike<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v2vtpd12Gp\">pic.twitter.com\/v2vtpd12Gp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ruth Sent Us \ud83e\udea7 (@RuthSentUs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuthSentUs\/status\/1521566593850826752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-abortion protesters who showed up to demonstrate at mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles were promptly ushered out of the church by attendees,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":496,"featured_media":1482168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1469242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1469242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1469242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1469242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}