Clinic Escort, And All Thing Related

I saw this map in Time Magazine, and it’s terrifying: look at Illinois surrounded by states where abortion is banned or restricted. So we are in the center of public interest. I get it.

Last Saturday, a group of reporters from one of the city’s progressive newspapers came to the clinic at the start of our first shift. As I was told, they were asked not to come, but they came anyway. And just so you know – the situation is increasingly bad there. The number of antis is growing; they are loud and intimidating.

I understand that many people are outraged. However, for some reason, they don’t understand the difference between an anti-abortion rally and escorting. For the first event, you want as many people as possible; you want to be loud and visible. But when you are escorting patients to the clinic, you want the opposite. I can’t even start telling you how many bad things happen when counter-protesters start to attack antis by a clinic. Recently, we were asked not to put anything regarding escorting on our social media; that’s how bad things have become.

So, friends – it’s not a field trip.