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{{short description|Canadian anti-abortion advocate (born 1974)}}
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'''Mary Wagner''' (born 1974) is a Canadian anti-abortion advocate who has served prison sentences for entering abortion clinics to counsel mothers against abortion without consent of the facility staff.
'''Mary Wagner''' (born 12 February 1974<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-25 |title=Mary Wagner siedzi w więzieniu - napisz do niej na urodziny |url=https://info.wiara.pl/doc/3669842.Mary-Wagner-siedzi-w-wiezieniu-napisz-do-niej-na-urodziny |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=Instytut Gość Media}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-05 |title=Mary Wagner z Kanady w Rzeszowie - Diecezja Rzeszowska |url=http://www.diecezja.rzeszow.pl/2016/07/mary-wagner-kanady-rzeszowie/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805022034/http://www.diecezja.rzeszow.pl/2016/07/mary-wagner-kanady-rzeszowie/ |archive-date=2016-08-05 }}</ref>) is a Canadian anti-abortion advocate who has served prison sentences for entering abortion clinics to counsel mothers against abortion without consent of the facility staff.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Wagner protested in private abortion clinics in [[Toronto]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/10/23/mary-wagner-diamond-jubilee-medal-for-abortion-activist_n_2005596.html|title=Mary Wagner, Convicted Anti-Abortion Activist, Gets Diamond Jubilee Medal From Tory MP Maurice Vellacott|date=2012-10-23|work=HuffPost Canada|access-date=2018-02-16|language=en-CA}}</ref> She was arrested for the first time in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/your-gods-wrong-anti-abortion-activist-to-appeal-conviction-saying-judge-attacked-religion|title=‘Your God is wrong’: Anti-abortion activist to appeal conviction, saying judge attacked religion|date=2012-06-07|work=National Post|access-date=2018-02-16|language=en-US}}</ref> Following a nearly two-year-long trial, Judge Fergus O'Donnell found her guilty of the charges, sentencing her to nine months in prison and two years away from abortion clinics.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.therebel.media/courts_criminalize_pro_life_activism|title=Multiple arrests don’t stop pro-life activist Mary Wagner from changing minds, saving lives|work=The Rebel|access-date=2018-02-16|language=en}}</ref>
Wagner protested in private abortion clinics in [[Toronto]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/10/23/mary-wagner-diamond-jubilee-medal-for-abortion-activist_n_2005596.html|title=Mary Wagner, Convicted Anti-Abortion Activist, Gets Diamond Jubilee Medal From Tory MP Maurice Vellacott|date=2012-10-23|work=HuffPost Canada|access-date=2018-02-16|language=en-CA}}</ref> She was arrested for the first time in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/your-gods-wrong-anti-abortion-activist-to-appeal-conviction-saying-judge-attacked-religion|title='Your God is wrong': Anti-abortion activist to appeal conviction, saying judge attacked religion|date=2012-06-07|work=National Post|access-date=2018-02-16|language=en-US}}</ref> Following a nearly two-year-long trial, Judge Fergus O'Donnell found her guilty of mischief and probation violation, sentencing her to nine months in prison and two years away from abortion clinics.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}


On December 23, 2014, after entering the Bloor West Village Women's Clinic abortion facility in [[Toronto]], Wagner was arrested again and charged with disruption of business operations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://canadiantimes.ca/ct2/index.php/canadian-values/stop-abortion/1214-mary-wagner-arrested-again-in-toronto-while-speaking-to-abortion-minded-women|title=Mary Wagner arrested again in Toronto while speaking to abortion-minded women|last=b|first=k|website=canadiantimes.ca|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,76842,17181909,Mary_Wagner__znana_antyaborcyjna_dzialaczka__znow.html?disableRedirects=true|title=Wyborcza.pl|website=wyborcza.pl|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.interris.it/sociale/arrestata-l-attivista-anti-abortomary-wagner|title=Canada - Arrestata l'attivista anti-aborto Mary Wagner|access-date=2018-03-23|language=it}}</ref>
On December 23, 2014, after entering the Bloor West Village Women's Clinic abortion facility in [[Toronto]], Wagner was arrested again and charged with disruption of business operations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://canadiantimes.ca/ct2/index.php/canadian-values/stop-abortion/1214-mary-wagner-arrested-again-in-toronto-while-speaking-to-abortion-minded-women|title=Mary Wagner arrested again in Toronto while speaking to abortion-minded women|last=b|first=k|website=canadiantimes.ca|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,76842,17181909,Mary_Wagner__znana_antyaborcyjna_dzialaczka__znow.html?disableRedirects=true|title=Wyborcza.pl|website=wyborcza.pl|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.interris.it/sociale/arrestata-l-attivista-anti-abortomary-wagner|title=Canada - Arrestata l'attivista anti-aborto Mary Wagner|access-date=2018-03-23|language=it}}</ref>


In 2015, Wagner argued in court that violating her probation order by entering an abortion clinic and distributing anti-abortion materials to patients was a [[Necessity (criminal law)|necessity]] to protect the lives of unborn children. This was rejected by the court and upheld on appeal.<ref>https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/protester-fails-to-convince-judge-that-anti-pipeline-civil-disobedience-was-a-necessity Protester fails to convince judge that anti-pipeline civil disobedience was a ‘necessity’, National Post</ref>
In 2015, Wagner argued in court that violating her probation order by entering an abortion clinic and distributing anti-abortion materials to patients was a [[Necessity (criminal law)|necessity]] to protect the lives of unborn children. This was rejected by the court and upheld on appeal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/protester-fails-to-convince-judge-that-anti-pipeline-civil-disobedience-was-a-necessity |title=Protester fails to convince judge that anti-pipeline civil disobedience was a 'necessity'|work=National Post}}</ref>


In April 2016, Wagner was released from prison after serving a sentence for counselling women{{clarify|date=August 2021}} at a clinic.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23293691.2018.1523120|title= Conscientious Affirmations: A Response to Conscientious Objections to Abortion|year= 2018|doi= 10.1080/23293691.2018.1523120|last1= Shaw|first1= Jessica|journal= Women's Reproductive Health|volume= 5|issue= 4|pages= 277–286|s2cid= 81240613}}</ref> On December 12, she was detained inside the abortion center in Bloor West Village, after dissuading one of the women from aborting.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.corrispondenzaromana.it/notizie-brevi/canada-natale-cella-lattivista-pro-life-mary-wagner/|title=Canada: Natale in cella per l'attivista pro-life Mary Wagner - CR - Agenzia di informazione settimanale|work=CR - Agenzia di informazione settimanale|access-date=2018-03-23|language=it-IT|archive-date=2018-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092413/https://www.corrispondenzaromana.it/notizie-brevi/canada-natale-cella-lattivista-pro-life-mary-wagner/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was charged{{clarify|date=August 2021}} and sentenced to nine months in prison.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://gosc.pl/doc/4127555.Mary-Wagner-potrzebuje-twojej-pomocy-wyslij-list-do-sedziego-w|title=Mary Wagner potrzebuje twojej pomocy - wyślij list do sędziego w Kanadzie|date=2017-08-21|work=gosc.pl|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crossmap.com/news/poland-embraces-pro-life-champion-mary-wagner-at-world-youth-day-30365|title=Poland Embraces Pro-Life Champion Mary Wagner at World Youth Day|website=www.crossmap.com|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref> In August 2017, [[Telewizja Polska]] reported that Wagner's mother appealed to Poles to send letters of support to a Canadian judge considering her sentence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvp.info/33731212/dzialaczka-prolife-mary-wagner-prosi-polakow-o-pomoc|title=Działaczka pro-life Mary Wagner prosi Polaków o pomoc|access-date=2018-03-23|language=pl}}</ref> In September 2017, Polish right-wingers staged a demonstration in support of Wagner in front of the Canadian Embassy in Warsaw.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17405904.2019.1676808 |title='Murderers of the unborn' and 'sexual degenerates': analysis of the 'anti-gender' discourse of the Catholic Church and the nationalist right in Poland|year=2020|doi=10.1080/17405904.2019.1676808|last1=Żuk|first1=Piotr|last2=Żuk|first2=Paweł|journal=Critical Discourse Studies|volume=17|issue=5|pages=566–588|s2cid=210358322}}</ref>
In April 2016, Wagner was released from prison after serving a sentence for counselling women at a clinic.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23293691.2018.1523120 Conscientious Affirmations: A Response to Conscientious Objections to Abortion</ref>


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== Political support ==
On December 12, 2016, Wagner was detained inside the abortion center in Bloor West Village, after dissuading one of the women from aborting.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.corrispondenzaromana.it/notizie-brevi/canada-natale-cella-lattivista-pro-life-mary-wagner/|title=Canada: Natale in cella per l'attivista pro-life Mary Wagner - CR - Agenzia di informazione settimanale|work=CR - Agenzia di informazione settimanale|access-date=2018-03-23|language=it-IT}}</ref> She was charged and sentenced to nine months in prison.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://gosc.pl/doc/4127555.Mary-Wagner-potrzebuje-twojej-pomocy-wyslij-list-do-sedziego-w|title=Mary Wagner potrzebuje twojej pomocy - wyślij list do sędziego w Kanadzie|date=2017-08-21|work=gosc.pl|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crossmap.com/news/poland-embraces-pro-life-champion-mary-wagner-at-world-youth-day-30365|title=Poland Embraces Pro-Life Champion Mary Wagner at World Youth Day|website=www.crossmap.com|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref>
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In 2012, Conservative Member of Parliament [[Maurice Vellacott]] presented a [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]] to Wagner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/they-are-the-real-heroes-of-humanity/|title=They are the real heroes of humanity!|work=Maclean’s|access-date=2018-10-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/tory-mp-awards-diamond-jubilee-medal-to-jailed-anti-abortion-activist|title=Tory MP awards Diamond Jubilee medal to jailed anti-abortion crusader Linda Gibbons|work=National Post|access-date=2018-10-02}}</ref><ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23293691.2018.1523120 Conscientious Affirmations: A Response to Conscientious Objections to Abortion</ref> Some 60,000 medals were handed out, with each member of Parliament allocated thirty medals to disburse as they saw fit. Vellacott protested the honouring of [[Henry Morgentaler]] and hailed Wagner as a "hero of humanity".<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mp-defends-giving-queen-s-jubilee-medal-to-jailed-woman-1.1198998 MP defends giving Queen's Jubilee medal to jailed woman, CBC</ref> Interim liberal leader [[Bob Rae]] criticised the award as potentially illegal incitement.<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tory-inciting-anti-abortion-activists-to-break-law-rae-says-1.1198997 Tory inciting anti-abortion activists to break law, (as well they should) Rae says, CBC</ref>


In 2015 the [[Poczta Polska|Polish Post]] issued a [[Postage stamp|stamp]] with her likeness.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wpolityce.pl/spoleczenstwo/233482-poczta-polska-wyemitowala-znaczki-z-wizerunkiem-mary-wagner |title=Poczta Polska wyemitowała znaczki z wizerunkiem Mary Wagner |work=wPolityce.pl |date=12 February 2015 |access-date=26 April 2022 }}</ref>
In August 2017, [Telewizja Polska]] reported that Wagner's mother appealed to Poles to send letters of support to a Canadian judge considering her sentence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvp.info/33731212/dzialaczka-prolife-mary-wagner-prosi-polakow-o-pomoc|title=Działaczka pro-life Mary Wagner prosi Polaków o pomoc|access-date=2018-03-23|language=pl}}</ref> In September 2017, Polish right-wingers staged a demonstration in support of Wagner in front of the Canadian Embassy in Warsaw.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17405904.2019.1676808 ‘Murderers of the unborn’ and ‘sexual degenerates’: analysis of the ‘anti-gender’ discourse of the Catholic Church and the nationalist right in Poland</ref>

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== Political support ==
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In 2012, Canadian Conservative Member of Parliament [[Maurice Vellacott]] presented a [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]] to Wagner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/they-are-the-real-heroes-of-humanity/|title=They are the real heroes of humanity!|work=Maclean’s|access-date=2018-10-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/tory-mp-awards-diamond-jubilee-medal-to-jailed-anti-abortion-activist|title=Tory MP awards Diamond Jubilee medal to jailed anti-abortion crusader Linda Gibbons|work=National Post|access-date=2018-10-02}}</ref><ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23293691.2018.1523120 Conscientious Affirmations: A Response to Conscientious Objections to Abortion</ref> Some 60,000 medals were handed out, with each member of Parliament allocated thirty medals to disburse as they saw fit. Vellacott protested the honoring of [[Henry Morgentaler]] and hailed Wagner as a "hero of humanity".<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mp-defends-giving-queen-s-jubilee-medal-to-jailed-woman-1.1198998 MP defends giving Queen's Jubilee medal to jailed woman, CBC</ref> Interim liberal leader [[Bob Rae]] criticised the award as potentially illegal incitement.<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tory-inciting-anti-abortion-activists-to-break-law-rae-says-1.1198997 Tory inciting anti-abortion activists to break law, (as well they should) Rae says, CBC</ref>


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Mary Wagner (born 12 February 1974[1][2]) is a Canadian anti-abortion advocate who has served prison sentences for entering abortion clinics to counsel mothers against abortion without consent of the facility staff.

Biography

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Wagner protested in private abortion clinics in Toronto.[3] She was arrested for the first time in 2012.[4] Following a nearly two-year-long trial, Judge Fergus O'Donnell found her guilty of mischief and probation violation, sentencing her to nine months in prison and two years away from abortion clinics.[citation needed]

On December 23, 2014, after entering the Bloor West Village Women's Clinic abortion facility in Toronto, Wagner was arrested again and charged with disruption of business operations.[5][6][7]

In 2015, Wagner argued in court that violating her probation order by entering an abortion clinic and distributing anti-abortion materials to patients was a necessity to protect the lives of unborn children. This was rejected by the court and upheld on appeal.[8]

In April 2016, Wagner was released from prison after serving a sentence for counselling women[clarification needed] at a clinic.[9] On December 12, she was detained inside the abortion center in Bloor West Village, after dissuading one of the women from aborting.[10] She was charged[clarification needed] and sentenced to nine months in prison.[11][12] In August 2017, Telewizja Polska reported that Wagner's mother appealed to Poles to send letters of support to a Canadian judge considering her sentence.[13] In September 2017, Polish right-wingers staged a demonstration in support of Wagner in front of the Canadian Embassy in Warsaw.[14]

Political support

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In 2012, Conservative Member of Parliament Maurice Vellacott presented a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to Wagner.[15][16][17] Some 60,000 medals were handed out, with each member of Parliament allocated thirty medals to disburse as they saw fit. Vellacott protested the honouring of Henry Morgentaler and hailed Wagner as a "hero of humanity".[18] Interim liberal leader Bob Rae criticised the award as potentially illegal incitement.[19]

In 2015 the Polish Post issued a stamp with her likeness.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "Mary Wagner siedzi w więzieniu - napisz do niej na urodziny". Instytut Gość Media. 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  2. ^ "Mary Wagner z Kanady w Rzeszowie - Diecezja Rzeszowska". 2016-08-05. Archived from the original on 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  3. ^ "Mary Wagner, Convicted Anti-Abortion Activist, Gets Diamond Jubilee Medal From Tory MP Maurice Vellacott". HuffPost Canada. 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  4. ^ "'Your God is wrong': Anti-abortion activist to appeal conviction, saying judge attacked religion". National Post. 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  5. ^ b, k. "Mary Wagner arrested again in Toronto while speaking to abortion-minded women". canadiantimes.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  6. ^ "Wyborcza.pl". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  7. ^ "Canada - Arrestata l'attivista anti-aborto Mary Wagner" (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  8. ^ "Protester fails to convince judge that anti-pipeline civil disobedience was a 'necessity'". National Post.
  9. ^ Shaw, Jessica (2018). "Conscientious Affirmations: A Response to Conscientious Objections to Abortion". Women's Reproductive Health. 5 (4): 277–286. doi:10.1080/23293691.2018.1523120. S2CID 81240613.
  10. ^ "Canada: Natale in cella per l'attivista pro-life Mary Wagner - CR - Agenzia di informazione settimanale". CR - Agenzia di informazione settimanale (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  11. ^ "Mary Wagner potrzebuje twojej pomocy - wyślij list do sędziego w Kanadzie". gosc.pl. 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  12. ^ "Poland Embraces Pro-Life Champion Mary Wagner at World Youth Day". www.crossmap.com. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  13. ^ "Działaczka pro-life Mary Wagner prosi Polaków o pomoc" (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  14. ^ Żuk, Piotr; Żuk, Paweł (2020). "'Murderers of the unborn' and 'sexual degenerates': analysis of the 'anti-gender' discourse of the Catholic Church and the nationalist right in Poland". Critical Discourse Studies. 17 (5): 566–588. doi:10.1080/17405904.2019.1676808. S2CID 210358322.
  15. ^ "They are the real heroes of humanity!". Maclean’s. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  16. ^ "Tory MP awards Diamond Jubilee medal to jailed anti-abortion crusader Linda Gibbons". National Post. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  17. ^ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23293691.2018.1523120 Conscientious Affirmations: A Response to Conscientious Objections to Abortion
  18. ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mp-defends-giving-queen-s-jubilee-medal-to-jailed-woman-1.1198998 MP defends giving Queen's Jubilee medal to jailed woman, CBC
  19. ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tory-inciting-anti-abortion-activists-to-break-law-rae-says-1.1198997 Tory inciting anti-abortion activists to break law, (as well they should) Rae says, CBC
  20. ^ "Poczta Polska wyemitowała znaczki z wizerunkiem Mary Wagner". wPolityce.pl. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
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