Clinic violence on the annivesary of Roe v Wade
January 22, 2009 1:23:00
by Karina
Web Editor
Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Action Fund
Today marks the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that gave women the legal right to terminate a pregnancy. Anti-choicers mark the day by holding large protests across the country, including a huge March for Life protest in front of the Supreme Court Building in DC.
At the Minnesota Capitol building in St. Paul, Minnesota Concerned Citizens for Life hold their annual protest featuring speeches and messages from anti-choice politicians from the local and national level.
Also, in St. Paul, while anti-choice protesters peacefully protested across the street from the Planned Parenthood Highland Park Clinic, an extreme anti-choicer decided to ram his SUV against the front door of the clinic. Thankfully, no one was injured and little damage was done.
KSTP has a video about the incident.
These kinds of violent acts are extremely rare, but they do further emphasize the need to move beyond the divisive abortion debate and start talking about solutions that actually reduce the need for abortion. Planned Parenthood does more in a single day to prevent the need for abortion than anti-choice protesters do in a lifetime. If we could all come together and focus on increasing access to family planning and birth control, and providing medically accurate, age-appropriate responsible sex education, then we could dramatically reduce the rate of unintended pregnancy and keep the government away from legislating what are private and personal matters.
Today, on the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota reaffirms its commitment to this cause.
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