Jason Cantrell spends five days a week outside of Atlanta-area abortion clinics, seeking to reach women considering the procedure through his evangelism.
There’s been a wide array of responses to his presence, he said. Some don’t support his efforts, though others have been receptive to his offers for prayer and a “blessing bag” with gifts, pregnancy resources and his contact information so he can organize a baby shower.
He’s been doing all of this since 2016 and has received the required permits for sound amplification. But an incident over his amplified street preaching in the Atlanta suburb of Forest Park, Georgia, is landing him in court on a misdemeanor charge on Nov. 12.
He was cited in July under a clause in the city’s noise permit that says it becomes “‘null and void’ if any complaints are received about the noise level,” according to the American Center for Law and Justice, a conservative organization focused on religious liberty issues that’s representing Cantrell.
The group is also involved in other litigation related to amplified speech, including lawsuits on behalf of anti-abortion activists arrested outside of an Ohio clinic and street preachers arrested in Chicago.
