http://www.npr.org/2011/09/01/140094051/obama-takes-tougher-stance-on-abortion-protesters
The Justice Department is starting to crack down on abortion clinic protesters. Good. This needs to be enforced more. Of course people who protest at abortion clinics think it infringes on their First Amendment rights. Except that the Justice Department isn't saying they can't protest. They're saying you can't physically stop someone from going in to the clinics. So don't do that and you'll be fine.
My only qualm with this article is that it talks about Planned Parenthood and sort of paints it as an abortion clinic. And it's not. It's so much more than that. As someone who has used and still uses the services of Planned Parenthood without ever having an abortion- if we want to change the perception of Planned Parenthood, we have to stop focusing on just the abortion aspect. The clinic I go to doesn't do abortions- probably why I've never encountered any protesters. Because ladies going to get their birth control is less controversial. If anything, those damn protesters should be there cheering me- by using PP services for birth control, I'm preventing me being put into a situation where abortion is a choice/option.
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