Editing Randall Terry (section)

==Career as an activist==
In 1986, Terry was arrested for the first time for chaining himself to a sink at an [[abortion clinic]]. Terry was frequently in the news because of his activities as the leader of Operation Rescue.

Terry was named as a co-defendant in the 1994 [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] case, ''[[NOW v. Scheidler]]'', a [[class-action suit]] to compel anti-abortion leaders to compensate clinics for loss of business. Terry [[legal settlement|settled out of court]] with the [[National Organization for Women]]. Rather than pay the settlement, Terry promptly filed for bankruptcy, prompting Senator [[Charles Schumer]] to propose an amendment to a bankruptcy bill in [[United States Congress|Congress]] which would "specifically ... prevent abortion opponents from using the bankruptcy code to avoid paying court fines." The amendment was not included in the final bill. In 1998, NOW obtained more than 25,000 "frequent flyer miles" which were held by Terry in order to help satisfy a legal judgment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publiceye.org/body_politic/news/now80310.htm |title=NOW LDEF Gets Randall Terry's Frequent Flier miles |publisher=Publiceye.org |access-date=February 26, 2011}}</ref>

In 1990, Terry helped to organize protests outside the hospital where [[Nancy Cruzan]] was a patient, around the time when her feeding tube was removed. The group Missouri Citizens for Life was also involved in the protests, along with the Rev. Patrick Mahoney, a former [[Operation Save America|Operation Rescue]] staffer. He was also involved in protests which were related to the [[Terri Schiavo]] case. In 1994, Terry was a named defendant in [[Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc.|Madsen v. Women's Health Center Inc.]] which ultimately made it all the way to the US Supreme Court. The Justices sided with Aware Woman Clinic and upheld a Buffer Zone. 

[[File:Randall Terry at Equality March.jpg|thumb|Terry counter-protesting at the [[National Equality March]] in 2009]]
On March 20, 2009, the White House announced that President [[Barack Obama]] was going to speak at the May 17 Commencement of the [[University of Notre Dame]]. Terry declared that Notre Dame, which is one of the foremost Catholic universities in the nation, should not have allowed Obama to speak. Terry objected to Obama's speech because Obama supports abortion rights. In an article which was published in the university's newspaper, ''The Observer'', Terry was quoted as stating that he planned to turn the commencement into "a circus." On the Notre Dame campus on May 1, 2009, Terry was arrested for violating a no-trespassing order. He posted a [[Bail bond|bond]] of $250 at the St. Joseph County Jail, was released that same day, and was assigned a court date later that month.<ref name="ND"/><ref>[https://archive.today/20120714023346/http://southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090501/News01/905010173/1130 Randall Terry Bonds Out of Jail], 2009. Available only via paid archive at ''South Bend Tribune'' of Indiana. Excerpt available here [http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/05/randall-terry-bonds-out-of-south-bend.html] accessed May 29, 2009.</ref> In a statement which he released to a Christian news service, Terry claimed that Notre Dame's invitation to Obama was a betrayal of Catholic teaching, comparing it to [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]]' betrayal of [[Jesus Christ]].<ref name="NDCN">[http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=33463 Arrested at Notre Dame; Statement by Randall A. Terry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629170651/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=33463 |date=June 29, 2009 }}. May 5, 2009. Christian Newswire story in ''Catholic Online'' (news).</ref>

When [[Kansas]] obstetrician [[George Tiller]] was murdered while he was serving as an usher in his [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] church on the morning of May 31, 2009, Terry immediately issued a statement in which he denounced Tiller.<ref>[http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/7392310537.html "Dr. Tiller's Death: Randall Terry Releases Video for Pro-life Leaders Concerning Dr. Tiller's Killing"], Christian Newswire, May 31, 2009, Retrieved June 8, 2009</ref><ref>Barnes, Robert. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/31/AR2009053101181.html Abortion Provider Shot Dead In Church], June 1, 2009. ''Washington Post.''</ref> On the same day, June 1, Terry released a video in which he called president [[Barack Obama]] and pro-choice politicians "child killers", and he also stated that Tiller was a "[[mass murder]]er" who "reaped what he sowed." He voiced regret that Tiller was not able to "get things right with his maker" and he also stated that it was unfortunate that Tiller did not get a "trial of a jury of his peers and to have a proper execution."<ref>[http://crooksandliars.com/media/play/wmv/8514/ Randall Terry Video Statement on Tiller Murder] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929111937/http://crooksandliars.com/media/play/wmv/8514/ |date=September 29, 2011 }}, June 1, 2009. [[Crooks and Liars]]. Accessed June 4, 2009.</ref> Terry's comments provoked a backlash, and Operation Rescue released a statement disavowing any connection to Terry, specifically criticizing his statement that Tiller's murder had "the potential to propel us more quickly to our goal."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-06-08 |title=Statements Concerning Randall Terry and His Unbiblical Lawsuit Against Troy Newman {{!}} Operation Rescue |url=https://www.operationrescue.org/noblog/three-statements-concerning-randall-terrys-unbiblical-lawsuit-against-troy-newman/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hirschhorn |first=Dan |date=18 January 2011 |title=Abortion foe plans Obama challenge |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/01/abortion-foe-plans-obama-challenge-047760 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529222146/https://www.politico.com/story/2011/01/abortion-foe-plans-obama-challenge-047760 |archive-date=29 May 2023 |access-date=19 February 2025 |website=Politico}}</ref> In an editorial, the ''[[Albany Times-Union]]'' accused Terry of undermining the credibility of the "generally peaceful" anti-abortion movement.<ref>"Murder, in the name of life", Albany Times Union, June 4, 2009</ref>

In 2013, Terry appeared on an episode of MTV's ''True Life'' and during his appearance on the show, he advocated the criminalization of all forms of [[birth control]]. During the course of the episode he stated, "Do we want to make the pill illegal? Yes. Do we want to make the IUD illegal? Yes. The morning after pill? Yes. The patch? Yes. Anything that's a human pesticide, they all have to be made illegal. A woman has to go to jail if she kills her baby."<ref>{{cite web|last=Marty|first=Robin|title=They Are Coming for Your Birth Control: 'Do We Want to Make the Pill Illegal? Yes!'|date=April 26, 2013 |url=http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/04/25/they-are-coming-for-your-birth-control-do-we-want-to-make-the-pill-illegal-yes/|access-date=April 29, 2013}}</ref>

Terry produces and hosts a television program titled ''Randall Terry: The Voice of Resistance'', which airs on The Walk TV<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewalktv.wordpress.com/programs/|title=Programs|date=August 15, 2016}}</ref> and can be seen on his website "Voice of Resistance".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.voiceofresistance.com/|title=Home}}</ref>