{"id":8020,"date":"2004-01-30T12:39:58","date_gmt":"2004-01-30T12:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/meanwhile_at_another_college.html"},"modified":"2004-01-30T12:39:58","modified_gmt":"2004-01-30T12:39:58","slug":"meanwhile_at_another_college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/meanwhile_at_another_college.html","title":{"rendered":"Meanwhile at another college.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;a href=&quot;www.thomasaquinas.edu\/news\/pressroom\/releases\/2004\/clinic_closed.html<br \/>\n&#8220;&gt;Thomas Aquinas students help close down abortion clinic<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIn an interesting twist, the date of the clinic&#8217;s closing also marked the sixth anniversary of the untimely death of another Thomas Aquinas College student, 19-year-old Angela Baird, who launched this pro-life prayer and sidewalk counseling ministry months before she died. After a freak hiking accident, Angela offered what sadly turned out to be her last sufferings for the victims of abortion. Student numbers in front of the clinic swelled to more than 100 the day after Angela&#8217;s death, and eventually leveled off to 10 to 15 students, twice a week. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;a href=&quot;www.thomasaquinas.edu\/news\/pressroom\/releases\/2004\/clinic_closed.html &#8220;&gt;Thomas Aquinas students help close down abortion clinic In an interesting twist, the date of the clinic&#8217;s closing also marked the sixth anniversary of the untimely death of another Thomas Aquinas College student, 19-year-old Angela Baird, who launched this pro-life prayer and sidewalk counseling ministry months before she died. 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