Matthew A. Jackson, Pro-Life Activist (1984 to 1992):
· Participated and/or organized several dozen pickets of abortion mills;
· Participated and/or organized pickets of the homes of 8 abortionist;
· Sidewalk counseled 2 mothers approaching an abortion not to go through with their scheduled abortions and took them to a CPC;
· Was the 1st Pro-Lifer to devise the concept of the lock and block rescue;
· Directly participated in 8 rescue missions (sit-ins) risking arrest:
- 4 with Randall Terry/Operation Rescue, New York City, May 1988;
- 3 with Don Tresman/Rescue America, Hou., TX, Sep ’86, *Jan ’88 & *Mar ‘89 (* lock & block)
- 1 with James C. Kopp, Houston, TX, Jun ’88 (assisted lock & block);
· Arrested 8 times:
- 3 class B misdemeanor arrests resulting in convictions and one jail sentence;
- 5 class C misdemeanor arrests.
· Indirectly participated in 8 rescue missions in a support and training (lock & block) role;
· Assisted Robert H. Ruff in raiding the Houston Planned Parenthood dumpster in November of 1986. The intention was to look for the dead babies that PP recently killed. Instead, they found a few dozen discarded file boxes that had files containing more than two years worth of classified documents. Some of them were financial statements that revealed how PP was funded and how they misused and embezzled tax dollars. This discovery is known to be the greatest amount of inside information ever to be gathered on PP. Robert went on to decipher all the information that he acquired on PP and in 1990, he published his findings in a book that he wrote entitled, Aborting Planned Parenthood.
· Was the 1st Pro-Lifer in Harris County, TX to serve a jail sentence (8 days) for participating in a rescue mission;
