As I arrived at the clinic Saturday morning a lot of things came back to me, like the sinking in my stomach as I drove up to the clinic, not knowing if it would be quiet, or if dozens of protestors would greet me with hatred and sign waving. Not a lot has changed in [...]
The first time I stood outside of an abortion clinic was in the summer of 2010. Activists like me were spending the week defending a clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina, that had been targeted for a national event by a rowdy anti-choice group called Operation Save America (OSA). The first time I saw these protestors [...]
There are so many New Year’s resolutions going around, many of which will fall off in a couple of months. Want a solid resolution idea? Pledge to adopt your local abortion clinic today! Part of Feminist Majority Foundation’s National Clinic Access Project, our Adopt A Clinic campaign is a great activist tool for student groups [...]
“God is not mocked! You will swim forever in a lake of fire! You are a murderer!” This voice overpowered the passing Ft. Worth traffic as I escorted a patient into a women’s clinic on October 22 this year. I stood directly in between the patient and the man, doing everything I could to conceal [...]
We were there because they were there. This is what we kept reiterating to those asking us why we would come out to Germantown, Maryland to spend 14-hour days holding signs in the hot sun – it was a necessary response to the presence of Operation Rescue and other anti-choice activists who came with local [...]
Anti-choice activists have gathered in Germantown, Maryland this week to target a man, a clinic, and a woman’s right to choose. Beginning this past Sunday, Dr. Leroy Carhart and his clinic, Germantown Reproductive Health Services, has become the main target of the anti-choice group Operation Rescue’s “Summer of Mercy 2.0.” Their intent, to shut down [...]
Guest Post by Alexa Nelen, University of Central Florida When Operation Save America/Operation Rescue (OSA/OR) announced its plans for a “siege” of Orlando abortion clinics (July 16-23,) pro-choice allies did not wait long before taking action. This event drew around 40 anti-choice protestors, and organizations such as Feminist Majority Foundation, NOW, and local student groups [...]
Having had an abortion when I was just 18 and totally unprepared for an unplanned pregnancy, I am reminded every time new legislation is passed that limits abortions or anti-abortion activists harass women and clinics that this choice is not something to take for granted, that, unfortunately, a fight is required to maintain this legal [...]
The East Coast Campus Team had a very eventful week with all of the Roe V. Wade events going on! On Thursday January 20 the Team attended the “We are the Champions Event” hosted by Choice USA, where several pro-choice leaders went “head to head” to discuss reproductive issues facing women today. Among these women [...]
Every Saturday morning members of the Feminist Union at UNC Charlotte gather on East Hebron Street in front of Family Reproductive Health, a comprehensive women’s health care clinic, prepared to brave the elements and the antis. Anti-abortion extremists such as Flip Benham, leader of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America, who was found guilty this week of [...]
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