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Defend America on Monday, February 22, 2010 10:54:39 AM
Woman who threatened protester cancels abortion
Mechelle Hall
dabbed tears from her eyes Tuesday as she pleaded guilty to
second-degree assault for brandishing a knife and threatening a woman
who urged her not to get an abortion.
By:
Mark Stodghill, Duluth News Tribune
Mechelle Hall dabbed tears from her eyes Tuesday as she pleaded guilty to
second-degree assault for brandishing a knife and threatening a woman who urged her not to get an abortion.
Yet, she revealed later, she never got it.
Hall,
26, of Superior, admitted her crime in a St. Louis County courtroom
under questioning by county prosecutor Nathaniel Stumme. Public
defender Laura Zimm told Judge David Johnson that, under terms of a
plea agreement, Hall would receive probation and wouldn’t have to serve
any jail time. It was a routine, perfunctory court hearing.
The
surprise came when Hall was reached by phone at her Superior home
Tuesday evening. She said she never had the planned abortion. Hall said
she decided to keep the baby after being confronted by anti-abortion
protesters Leah Winandy and her mother, Sarah, on Nov. 24. She said she
was stressed out and they made her realize that she didn’t want to end
the life she was carrying inside her.
Hall was asked if there was anything she’d like to say to the Winandys.
“Thank
you for being there,” she said. “If they weren’t there, I probably
would have gone through with it and regretted it for the rest of my
life. It probably would have gone the other way. I’m sincerely sorry
for doing that to her.”
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/160551/