A 20-year-old legal fight over protests outside abortion clinics ended Tuesday with the Supreme Court ruling that federal extortion and racketeering laws cannot be used against demonstrators.
For you law folks out there, how does this impact clinics and clinic security/defense workers since 1994 freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act?

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I think this is uber-important, especially with the crap nominations to the Supreme Court

From NARAL:
COLORADO NEEDS A PRO-CHOICE GOVERNOR!

PLEASE EMAIL OR WRITE MAYOR JOHN HICKENLOOPER TO ASK HIM TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR
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Banned the troll - sorry it took so long, I was out of town ( Read more... )

I really liked this piece on how escorts changed the entire atmosphere for patients.

My escort training seminar for Planned Parenthood is coming up fast. Do any of you have tips or things that I should know? I'm really excited about this. :)

In addition to the poll re: what patients want from escorts that I put up on abortioninfo, I have put up polls on afterabortion (here) and abortionstories (here).

It's always kind of tricky escorting - you want to do whatever is best for the patient, but it's hard to say what that is. What would they LIKE from escorts?

So I put up a poll in abortioninfo to see what people might like to see from us. the poll is over here.

Here is a national petition you can sign to encourage senators to question John Roberts thoroughly on his views of women's rights and Roe v. Wade.
( Here is the text of the petition )

how old does one need to be a clinic escort?
i really want to do this but am having trouble finding clinics around me (ridgewood, new jersey, near new york city) that need escorts (which leads me to my next question- do ALL clinics have escorts?)
i dont know much about the topic and would love to learn. so thank you in advance.

This is one of my all time favorite comics. Ever. But it is not for those that are easily offended by crass use of abortion humor.
The Dancing AbortionClick Next at the bottom, he makes an appearance on the third strip and it only gets worse from there ( Read more... )