The last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi, the Jackson Women's Health Organization, may appreciate U. S. District Judge Daniel Jordan III for blocking a state law that would have closed its doors.
But the group also can thank the Jackson Police Department for running interference as well.
Several city police officers swooped in and arrested a preacher named Chet Gallagher while he walked along a public sidewalk in front of the abortion clinic, preaching the Word of God to a dozen or more people, this week.
The charges? Don't know; police didn't tell him.
Department officials even declined to give him charging documents when he was ordered to appear in court in June.
"It's hard to say what they're charging me with," Gallagher told WND in a phone interview. "I think they are charging me with obstructing a public sidewalk and resisting arrest, but after four hours in jail they still didn't clarify what the charges were."
WND calls to the police department weren't returned.
Gallagher told WND that the Jackson officers have a history of issuing citations for outlandish charges to pro-lifers who maintain a presence in front of the clinic.
"One gentleman was cited for allowing the sign he was holding in his hands to touch the sidewalk, rather than resting it on the top of his feet," Gallagher told WND.
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