Many Fronts of Pro-life Battle: Bank of America, Yard Signs, and Other Updates from Pro-Life Waco

1. Protest Bank of America
2. Defund Planned Parenthood Yard Signs
3. A Busy Pro-Life January: I-35 Overpass and State Capital grounds
4. Clinic Worker Stories: Live Streaming VideoMonday Evening

from John Pisciotta (The Protest Retireee), 

Director of Pro-Life Waco

Friends dedicated to ending the shedding of innocent blood, Christmas is near. Pro-Life Waco will slow its outreach, but will not hit the pause button.


1. Protest Bank of America

For the remainders of December, will continue Protest Bank of America in Waco but NOT IN AUSTIN. We restart our impactful weekly protest events at Bank of America in Austin on Wednesday, January 6.

So on Tuesdays, December 22 AND 29 we stand in the public square for life at the Waco BOA branch at 1100 Valley Mills Drive from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Perhaps at this time of year you have a schedule change that will allow you to join in. Perhaps you have thought about joining this outreach but haven’t. We would love to have you with us to proclaim with our presence, our signs and our flyers. Park in the Kentucky Fried Chicken lot directly across the street from Bank of America or use street parking of Emerson Drive which is right off Lake Air Drive (with Harold Waite Restaurant on your right and Uncle Dan’s BBQ Restaurant on your left). Come out with your family, perhaps in Christmas dress, and create a very special family memory for Christmas 2015.

For those of you outside of Waco and Austin, I looking for (with great urgency) folks in other cities and states who will deliver weekly Protest Bank of America outreach in their cities beginning in January. I want Bank of American national executives to feel “shock and awe” about protests at Bank of America branches around countries. Pro-Life Waco will provide large protest sign to the “coalition of the willing.” Look and read all about #ProtestBOA by clicking here.


2. Defund Planned Parenthood Yard Signs

I know you seen the special yard signs with the messages “Defund Planned Parenthood” and “End Planned Parenthood’s Evil.”

If you want a sign to display in your front yard, just pick one or two up at my front doorsteps 4200 Grim Ave. The signs are free. Display the sign and you will be sending the profound message that your neighbors have at least one neighbor family that cares deeply about defending innocent life.

3. A Busy Pro-Life January: I-35 Overpass and State Capital grounds

In addition to PLW’s regular monthly activities of First Sunday Life Chain and Second Sunday Pro-life Gathering, we will have two special events in January. On Saturday, January 16, we will again deliver a pedestrian overpass outreach on Interstate 35 near Baylor. 

On the following Saturday, January 23, we will vanpool to Austin for the annual March and Rally for Life at our State Capital. These are tremendous outreach events. I will provide details later. In the meantime please mark your calendar.

4. Clinic Worker Stories: Live Streaming Video Monday Evening

Finally, a very special life streaming video broadcast will happen beginning at 7 p.m. on Monday December 21. The name is “Exposed: Clinic Worker Stories.” This is from Abby Johnson’s outreach to Planned Parenthood employees. Four former PP employee will share their stories about experiences working in the abortion industry. You can register to listen live here:

One more “finally”. Pro-Life Waco has some special needs for volunteer support for 2016

• Someone to take still photos at PLW outreach events.
• Someone to take video (and possibly edit) at PLW outreach events.
• Someone(s) will to help drive the pro-life billboard truck to and from Planned Parenthood on weekdays.

Please email me at prolifewaco@gmail.com if you can help.

I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and strong ministries for the Gospel of Life in 2016.

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#ProtestBOA in 7th Week in Texas

Pro-aborts respond with counter protest in Austin
Texas Observer on site at 515 Congress Avenue for article defending Planned Parenthood

from John Pisciotta, Director
Pro-Life Waco

In its 7th week, our protest against Bank of America seeks a termination of Bank of America’s 100% matching grants for employee donations to the now disgraced Planned Parenthood. #ProtestBOA happens each week in Waco and Austin—and hopefully soon in other cities. #ProtestBOA at the downtown BOA branch in Austin Wednesday brought a counter demonstration and a hit piece on pro-lifers from the leftist Texas Observer. I am pleased the article was published. You can read the article here.

The article focuses more attention on the controversy over Bank of America and also contains flagrant lies. 1. It is untrue, as stated in the first paragraph, that pro-lifers mocked a personal story of abortion. 2. As explained later in the article, the alleged mocking came from a statement by a Bank of America security guard who was not happy with our weekly protests in Austin. 3. Texas Observer states we were aggressive and harassing in our behavior. I will not waste my words with a response. There was aggressive behavior from a young man on the other side. Except for this one man, all on the Planned Parenthood side and our side were well-behaved.

I’m more into action than words these days. My response to the “heavily edited distortions” of Texas Observer is: WE SHALL RETURN. The article implied that all the 10 protesters in Austin Wednesday were from Waco. Actually, eight were from Waco. We were joined by fellow foot soldiers from Round Rock and Georgetown. Obviously, we do not have a lot of participation from the Austin area at this time.We would enthusiastically appreciate collaboration from anyone from Travis or nearby counties. We will be at the BOA branch at 515 Congress Avenue for the foreseeable future on Wednesdays from 11-1 p.m.

I close with making it clear that we win EACH TIME WE PROTEST. Our winning involves the clear message to the Austin business community that it is not a good idea to partner in any way with Planned Parenthood. We are also an encouragement to many people in the Austin-area who are pro-life. In Austin, those on our side tend to whisper their support rather than shouted it out. We want to be an encouragement to those people. We also pass out flyers on #PPSellsBabyParts to do the job the mainstream media refuses to do. Finally, pro-lifers have various gifts to offer our cause. For some, it is participation in a challenge in the public arena to Planned Parenthood and their supporters. Pro-Life Waco makes public proclamations possible. I believe the #ProtestBOA is a worthwhile and winnable cause. So who’s afraid of the second largest bank in America and their media allies in Austin?! See more on #ProtestBOA at the our website using this link.

Achieving the capitulation of Bank of America will likely require a collaboration among several pro-life organizations. If your organization is willing to deliver weekly protests at a Bank of America branch in your community, pro-life Waco can work with you on this so that there is virtually no financial cost to you. I would be so pleased to hear from you.

I end with photos of the sights of #ProtestBOA in Austin last Wednesday.

URGENT ACTION REQUEST TO CHALLENGE BANK OF AMERICA

Note: This is something we can all do no matter where we live as Bank of America is located throughout the USA.

from John Pisciotta, Director
Pro-Life Waco

Our Hometown Pro-Life Action group can bring a divorce between BOA and PP by midweek with 200+ phone calls. I made mine this morning.

The phone number for BOA Charitable Giving is 800-218-9946. Choose option #1 from the menu. Tell them that there is a huge PP controversy. If BOA does not announce that they will not donate to PP in the future, this would be a big mistake. You can mention that Coke, Ford, Xerox, American Cancer Society have already made this public divorce.

I told the phone person that there would be public demonstrations in Waco at BOA if this split does not happen SOON. That was not an idle threat. Hometown Pro-Life Action Group on Facebook was created for THIS HOUR.

Call now! You can make more than one call, from different phone numbers. Don’t keep calling from the same phone number. I was told that they are well aware of the PP scandal. When BOA folds, we will move on to the next company. We need to bring intense pressure on one or two companies at a time. Share this message to your friends and other groups. We are the pro-life infantry with great influence if we work together.