Canadian pro-lifer Linda Gibbons referred to mental health court for remaining silent during hearing

Veteran pro-lifer Linda Gibbons has been referred to a mental health court after she refused to answer questions posed to her by a judge during a hearing following her latest arrest.

On June 21, a Toronto judge referred 75-year-old Christian grandmother Linda Gibbons to a mental health court because she would not answer questions regarding her pro-life activism outside a Toronto-area abortion mill.

“The 75-year-old Christian grandmother would not answer questions or even gesture when prompted by the judge,” Campaign Life Coalition’s Pete Baklinski posted on X.

“Indeed, instead of answering the questions, Linda chose to remain silent, witnessing to the silence of the babies killed every day in Canada by abortion,” he continued.

“She chose instead to identify with the preborn targeted for abortion who cannot speak for or defend themselves,” Baklinski explained. “As a result of her silence, the judge referred Gibbons to a mental health court, which determines the cases of those who are experiencing mental health difficulties.”

“Linda, of course, is not mentally ill,” Baklinski clarified, explaining that Gibbons is “choosing to be like Christ, who was also silent when facing oppression and affliction, like a lamb which is silent when led to the slaughter (Isaiah 53:7).”...

Gibbons’ latest hearing followed her third arrest in just three weeks for holding a pro-life sign outside the notorious Morgentaler abortion clinic in Toronto.

The clinic, located in an office complex on 727 Hillsdale Avenue in Toronto’s upscale Leaside neighborhood, is one of many started by or named after Canada’s most notorious abortionist, Henry Morgentaler.

Her latest arrest took place on June 13. At the time, Gibbon’s close friend John Bulza told LifeSiteNews that the pro-lifer was “told she could leave if she promised not to go back to the Morgentaler mill.” Gibbons refused to “agree to the terms” offered to her, so she was sent to the Vanier Centre for Women.

Gibbon’s ministry is now considered criminal in Canada thanks to Ontario’s Safe Access to Abortion Services Act which was put into effect on February 1, 2018, and was passed the previous year by then-Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal government.

The law bans any pro-life activity, including praying, sidewalk counseling, and showing “disapproval” of abortion, within 50 meters of Ontario’s eight abortion facilities.  

While the law was implemented by Liberals, the long-reigning Progressive Conservative of Doug Ford has never challenged the law...  

In total, Gibbons’ pro-life activism has resulted in her spending almost 11 years in jail for her peaceful witness to mothers and unborn children.