Alabama mobilizes, but not without anti-choice haters
The Alabama Reproductive Freedom Summer kicked off in Birmingham late last week, but (of course) along with the anti-choice brigade behind them.
Less than a decade after the 1998 bombing of the New Women All Women Health Clinic, anti-choice protestors have begun to gather around the same clinic shortly after the kick-off:
A national anti-abortion protest in Birmingham confronted the city with large graphic signs and slogans this morning.About 100 protesters gathered in front of the New Woman All Women Clinic. Another 30 were in front of Planned Parenthood. About 20 people held signs along U.S. 280 at the Summit during rush hour traffic.
And of course so many more would choose to gather around the previously attacked clinic. Sigh.
If you're in the area, make sure to check out the event and show your support; let’s hope it goes smoothly.
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I keep trying to find a first-person blogger account of how the scene is in Birmingham and I can't find any! I've been searching Technorati, google, 'bama bloggers sites...and I can't find a single pro-choice blogger who's written about the protests from being in Alabama.
Vanessa can you find any? I'm happy to link to blogger's accounts.
No, I haven't either. I predict something may pop up mid or later in the week, since the protests just started yesterday.
There's some new development where somehow the protestors managed to get the director of the clinic is Tuscaloosa arrested?? At least that is what the protestors are bragging about on their website. I'm trying to find some legitimate news source reports on it.
I got here via http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2007/07/23/on-the-ground-report-from-birmingham which seems to be a blog from a pro-choicer who has been at the clinic.