LAMBTON COUNTY, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — An Ontario pro-life billboard was burned twice in one weekend after it was vandalized just two weeks ago.
During the early hours of September 1-2, pro-abortion vandals torched a pro-life billboard reading “Choose Life” located beside a road in Lambton County, Ontario, according to Deacon John Lammers, Lambton Right to Life (LRTL) president.
“Police are taking it rather seriously,” he told LifeSiteNews, adding that “the wooden frame seems very resilient” to the vandals’ constant attacks.
The sign read “Choose Life” beside a picture of a mother holding her young baby. The other side read “Take my hand, not my life,” alongside a picture of a baby’s hand in its parent’s.
Pictures sent to LifeSiteNews show both sides of the sign were badly burned, with nearly half of the paneling being completely burned.
“Well, if (it) wasn’t burnt enough … someone burned it some more … and that someone needs our prayers,” LRTL wrote on its Facebook page.
This is the second time in just over two weeks that the sign was targeted. As LifeSiteNews previously reported, pro-abortion vandals burned and spray-painted the sign on August 18th in what police called a “hate crime.”
Additionally, the sign has been damaged numerous times in the past years, including in 2020 when it was burned to the ground.
“It’s been spray-painted a couple of times over the last couple years, and it’s been rebuilt from a previous fire that burnt it right to the ground,” Lammers explained.
Another time, pro-abortion activists tore down about half of the panels. While Lammers originally thought the panels were hidden in a nearby ditch, they were never recovered.
According to Lammers, the LRTL billboard is hardly unique in being targeted by pro-abortion activists. Violent backlash has come to be expected while “trying to promote a culture of life” in a culture of death.
Indeed, as LifeSiteNews previously reported, an unidentified man vandalized and stole signs in March from the 40 Days for Life vigil in Toronto.
Earlier this month, an Ontario judge ruled that 40 Days for Life can continue to litigate against the “digital activism” of a pro-abortion TikTok user who aimed to disturb their pro-life prayer vigils.
The videos suggested that viewers sign up for prayer vigils and “then not show up.” 40 Days for Life relies on volunteers to sign up on their website and then pray for an end to abortion on public streets during a designated time.