After the pro-life activist who is taking the video says to the workers, “So this is what you do after you put a woman in the hospital,” one of the workers responds, “You’re lucky it isn’t you in the hospital.”
The school told parents in a letter Monday that while the principal's promotion of the 40 Days for Life had "created a very difficult atmosphere for everyone," they agreed to "move forward" with him at the helm nevertheless.
A woman approached the 40 Days vigil participants in Winnipeg. She said she wanted to talk. “I saw the immense pain, hurt and shame that she was carrying,” said one of the volunteers.
The principal at the Winnipeg Catholic school had urged families to participate in the local 40 Days campaign in a school newsletter, and then told media on Tuesday he was considering it as a voluntary “official school activity” to satisfy community service hours.
The Manitoba government signaled this week that the 40 Days campaign would not qualify under their "community service" requirements, which they say are meant to support “worthwhile causes or organizations.”
“The violence of this, of having it happen not once but twice, is troubling,” said Helen Westover, spokeswoman for the local 40 Days for Life. “One begins to wonder that if they are not held accountable, what are they going to throw next?"
Three women who were considering abortion were waiting at a crisis pregnancy center for their free ultrasound - with one problem: there was no ultrasound technician available to do the ultrasounds.