bebinn:prochoiceamerica:This week, the Supreme Court will debate whether anti-choice protesters shou
bebinn:prochoiceamerica:This week, the Supreme Court will debate whether anti-choice protesters should have the right to get up close to harass women outside abortion clinics. This graphic from the New York Times shows an example of a current buffer zone (the orange area on the map) designed to protect patients. Seems pretty reasonable to us. #ProtectTheZoneBefore the buffer zones, protestors and terrorists could stand outside the doors, physically blocking patients and staff from entering the building. They could disguise themselves as police officers and demand personal information from patients at the doorway, scream into patients’ faces while grabbing their arms, and worse.The majority of clinic staff still say they fear for their patients’ safety in the face of the protestors. One former patient of Kermit Gosnell, convicted of performing deadly illegal abortions, said she visited his clinic because it had no one waiting to harass her outside.As always, the protestors themselves have little to no self-awareness:Ms. McCullen said she found the [buffer zone] to be intimidating, frustrating and a violation of her First Amendment rights.Intimidating, frustrating, a violation of your rights…sounds a lot like anti-choice harassment outside clinics. -- source link
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