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LAMBTON COUNTY, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — An Ontario pro-life billboard has been vandalized and burned for the fifth time in what police are reportedly investigating as a “hate crime.”
During the night of August 18, pro-abortion vandals burned and spray painted a pro-life billboard reading “Choose Life” located beside a road in Lambton County, Ontario, according to pro-life organization Lambton Right to Life (LRTL).
“Well, their (sic) at it again…” LRTL wrote on their Facebook page, along with pictures of the damaged sign. “Someone doesn’t like a message of Life or Love… This isn’t just happening somewhere else in the world.”
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.
On the first side, the word “life” was crossed out and replaced with “death,” ironically appearing to admit that abortion is the murder of unborn babies. Part of the picture of the mother and her child was also torn off and partially burned.
On the other side, parts of the sign were burned. One of the tires of the mobile sign was also burned.
According to LRTL, police are currently investigating the vandalism as a potential “hate crime.”
LRTL President Deacon John Lammers told LifeSiteNews that this is hardly the first time the sign has been damaged.
“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,” he explained.
Another time, pro-abortion activists torn down about half of the panels. While Lammers originally thought the panels were hidden in a nearby ditch, they were never recovered.
Despite the sign being repeatedly vandalized, Lammers remains determined to spreading the pro-life message and rebuilding the sign.
Lammers told LifeSiteNews that he “absolutely” wants to repair the billboard.
“I have to talk to our committee for sure, but yeah, I would say so,” he said. “The structure is fine. We just need new tire and new panels, so it’s acceptable, again.”
Lammers added that the LRTL billboard is hardly unique in being targeted by pro-abortion activists as violent backlash is expected while “trying to promote a culture of life” in a culture of death.
Indeed, as LifeSiteNews previously reported, in March, an unidentified man vandalized and stole signs from the 40 Days for Life vigil in Toronto, Ontario.
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 their designated time.
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