Abortion foes get up close and personal after court erases buffer zones - Los Angeles Times

/la-na-abortion-buffer-zone-20140703-sto

  • (En relation avec http://seenthis.net/messages/270923)
    Abortion foes get up close and personal after court erases buffer zones
    http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-abortion-buffer-zone-20140703-story.html

    Patients and staff at the Boston clinic say they have noticed a big difference since the buffer zone law was struck down.

    On Wednesday, protesters walked with impunity over the yellow line that had been painted on the sidewalk after the 2007 law was passed. They sat in chairs and prayed, sang hymns, and offered to help anyone walking into the clinic, handing them fliers that pictured an ultrasound with the words, “How could I ever have thought of aborting this baby!”

    The protesters largely ignored the volunteer escorts in vests helping women into the center and the three police officers standing on a corner nearby, who ignored them back.

    “Good morning, Jesus loves you,” said Mary O’Donnell, an 82-year old woman carrying rosaries and pamphlets who arrived at the center at 7 a.m. to try and stop women from having abortions.

    #ivg