In Their Own Words

Statements of Imprisoned Anti-Abortion Activists

The assassin Paul Hill

The Paul Hill Authorized Home page  Some essays by Paul Hill and articles about him. Includes Hill's essays Why Shoot An Abortionist? and I shot an Abortionist: Defending The Defenseless   The latter piece is nearly identical to the essay posted at mttu.com, listed below.

Why I Shot An Abortionist  by Paul Hill. "I was determined to do everything in my power to prevent John Britton from killing any children that day— or ever again."

Should We Defend Born and Unborn Children With Force?   July, 1993 - Murderer Paul Hill's statement, loosely based on Christian Reconstructionist ideas.

Justifiable Homicide? - A Covenantal View of Justice   A Christian Reconstructionist refutation of Paul Hill's theories. Hill's errors: he was self-ordained, he didn't consult any chain of command, his timing was wrong. "Pro-life activists must not engage in violence. Those who do kill abortion doctors should be tried as murderers and executed if found guilty."

Letter from murderer Paul Hill    An August, 1997 letter to the Prisoners of Christ website: "The key to successfully making abortion illegal is for the people to assert their right to defend life so the government will do so on their behalf."

Shelley Shannon

An Unlikely Terrorist: Shelley Shannon  Extensive documentation by Court TV for the piece they did on Shelley for their Mugshot series.

Join the Army - or - How to Destroy a Killing Center if You're Just an Old Grandma Who Can't Even Get the Fire Started in Her Fireplace  A spacey account by Shelley Shannon on how the Almighty taught her to make firebombs.

The Shelley Shannon Authorized Home page  This site contains several pieces about Shelley and these essays she wrote: "Join the Army," "Toward the Use of Force," and "Shelley's Warning."

A letter from "Shelly" Rachelle Shannon, 5-24-97   "I really don't expect to survive my prison time. It's extremely stressful."

Other Violent Antis

Letter from David Lane   "I had been set enter Job Corps when I started to be torn in two directions. The Job Corps was on one side, and the Pro-life ministry on the other. I prayed for about a week before the Lord allowed me to become a full-time missionary to the preborn . . ." Serving 18 years for "vandalism."

Webpage of Don B. Anderson   Serving 42 years for arson. He's been in prison since June, 1982.

Statement by arsonist James Anthony Mitchell   "But of all my sins, I am most ashamed of daily allowing children to be murdered at the hands of those who are morally equivalent to paid hit men, serial killers, and child molesters. When we refuse to restrain, by legitimate and necessary force - those who perform such wanton violence - then we consent and participate in their violent acts." James is only into "legitimate and necessary" arson. He's serving a 10-year sentence.

The Brockhoeft Report  16 chapters.

Letter from arsonist Leland Smart   Lee is 7 years into a 20-year arson sentence, and he's beginning to feel mighty low: "I’ve not written to hardly anyone in the past year, a deep dark depression beset me & I’ve suffered silently with it so far with a little prayer & fasting."

Anarchy in the name of God  January 24, 1999 - Interview with activist Paul deParrie and adherent of "defensive action," the doctrine that holds that it is right to kill abortionists. "The 'justifiable homicide' theory comes from soul-searching, Bible reading and hours of prayer, he says."

Speeches and Articles of Anti-Abortion Activists

The Draft and a Godly Affection for Our Daughters  May 20, 2003 - Missionaries to the Pre-born co-founder Matt Trewhella declares: "American men no longer have a godly affection for their daughters and have forgotten their roles as father because the State has become father."



Dan Holman's Speech at his Sentencing    Daniel Holman in the court of Judge William Sosnay November 4th, 1999. He received a 15-month sentence for bail jumping. The text is an unimaginative reworking of videotape and workshop propaganda that most of the Missionaries to the Preborn use as boilerplate. To see what Dan had to say about Judge Jean DiMotto, who later sentenced him to 7 months, click here.

The Judgment of God: The unattractive alternative to justice  December 2, 2002 - An essay by Dan Holman. The price for not ending abortion: "The sin must stop and be taken to the cross of Jesus Christ. Only He can pay the penalty by his death, by the shedding of His own innocent blood. The alternative is the innocent blood of your children."

Forgiveness and Repentance   A short article by Milwaukee Missionary to the Preborn, Drew Heiss. Bro. Drew just wants these fallen women to repent, so sometimes he puts on a gorilla mask and shouts at them from inches away: "Don't tear the arms and legs off your baby!"

The heresy of Pacifism: An open letter to Johnson County Right to Life  Dan Holman condemns the attitudes of certain moderate prolife people who "disapprove of preaching and pleading for the life of the baby. They do not approve of the use of bloody photographs of the unborn babies, even though it is proven that preaching and the photos save lives."