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Barbara Jean Willke, 'mother of pro-life movement,' dies at 90
AP via Fox News.com ^ | April 16, 2013

Posted on 04/16/2013 10:57:38 AM PDT by Kaslin

CINCINNATI – A prominent longtime opponent of abortion has died in Cincinnati. Barbara Jean Willke was 90.

She died Sunday at a hospital; no cause of death was released immediately.

Willke co-authored the influential 1971 "Handbook of Abortion" with her husband, obstetrician John C. "Jack" Willke. The book has shaped the thinking of generations of anti-abortion activists.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: abortion; barbarawillke; moralabsolutes; nationalinterest; prolife
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To: Mr. Lucky

It was just my thought, however insuccinctly given. Sorry....I only intended tribute to her.


21 posted on 04/16/2013 12:00:14 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer; Mr. Lucky

Stop it now! I will not allow my thread to be hijacked.


22 posted on 04/16/2013 1:05:10 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

No


23 posted on 04/16/2013 2:38:33 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Kaslin

RIP.


24 posted on 04/16/2013 5:29:17 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Kaslin

RIP, Mrs. Wilkie.


25 posted on 04/17/2013 8:41:26 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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