A pro-choice man brutally attacked a pro-life sidewalk counselor outside an Albuquerque Planned Parenthood abortion clinic today. Phillip Leahy, who has ministered for many years outside various Albuquerque abortion clinics, was attacked with a baseball bat while attempting to provide information and options to people entering the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic.

Leahy was in a public street, standing on a scaffolding in order to be able to speak to people on the other side of the wall that surrounds the abortion clinic. Sources say that a man brought a girl into the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic, then drove his car around to the alley, got out, approached Leahy and swung at him with a baseball bat.

It is unknown currently whether the man struck Leahy with the bat. In any event, the scaffold was struck and the pro-life activist was knocked to the ground. Witnesses report that Leahy appeared to be in great pain before an ambulance arrived to take him to the UNM Hospital Emergency Room.

Father Stephen Imbarrato, chaplain of Project Defending Life, a local pro-life activist group, accompanied Leahy to the hospital. "I anointed Phil and the priest chaplain brought him communion," said Imbarrato. "We're waiting now for the results of the x-rays. Most likely, Phil has a broken right shoulder and hip. He is in a lot of pain."

Police said they could not interview the girl the perpetrator dropped off due to doctor-patient confidentiality but indicated that they have a "good idea" of who the assailant is. No arrest has been made yet.