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Pastor Durbin's Abortion Debate
An alleged Satanist has resorted to ringing a cowbell to interrupt a Christian pastor who regularly stands outside a Planned Parenthood in Arizona to try to convince women not to undergo abortions.
In a video shared by Christian Broadcasting Network, the gathering of a group of pro-life Christians outside a Planned Parenthood clinic was interrupted by a cowbell-wielding supporter of the abortion giant. Pastor Jeff Durbin is seen calmly talking and pleading with the woman to have a conversation, but she only responds with vulgarity and continuous ringing of her cowbell.
“I have the ability to engage, but I don’t engage with crazy,” the woman said before letting out a string of profanities.
For Durbin, the interaction with the woman is a scene that “the world must see.” He explained that such encounters are not
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For several more minutes, she continued to cackle and ring the cowbell before exiting the scene.
In an article published on Feb. 27, Metro describes Pastor Durbin as a person with “resolutely old school” views. The publication says the Arizona-based minister believes that abortion should be treated as a murder and that women who terminate their pregnancy ought to be executed.
In addition, Durbin reportedly pickets Planned Parenthood facilities bearing signs that read “Babies are murdered here.” He also drew controversy when he compared abortion to “modern day Holocaust,” and added that the number of abortion victims since the landmark Roe v Wade ruling pale by a metric tonne in comparison to Hitler’s victims in Nazi Germany.
Durbin believes that there is no situation where abortion is acceptable --- not even rape, incest, or medical conditions where terminating the life of the fetus is necessary to save the mother’s life. While he admits that rape is a violation of a human body, he contends that abortion is also a similar

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