From: Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines — 26th August 2012 at 00:17
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Eric Scheidler was in grade school when he was introduced to the power of John Willke's persuasion. It was the 1970s and the now 87-year-old Dr. "Jack" Willke was renowned as a physician-turned-advocate for abolishing abortion. Willke's teachings resonated four decades later in the controversy this week over Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin's remarks on pregnancy and rape. Willke's use of graphic photos of "unborn children" energized followers in the nascent anti-abortion movement of the 1970s. ...