Fine for Thee, Not for Me

With all of the "trumped up" rhetoric these days surrounding abortion, antis are even MORE emboldened these days, and they believe they can pretty much do what ever they like on the sidewalks outside of clinics. From what we can tell, no one is telling them they can't.

The national anti-abortion nonprofit organization 40 Days for Life apparently believes that their anti-abortion protesters are deserving of more "peace and security" than other people, you know, like patients they come to harass, so they hired armed security guards to keep other protesters, pro-choice counter-protesters, off of the PUBLIC sidewalk.

Their hired armed security guards sprayed the pro-choice protesters with mace, and one even reached for his gun, because these people were protesting THEM, exercising THEIR rights to free speech.

Patients, clinic staff, and escorts have had to contend with antis harassing them with bullhorns for years. But when someone gives them the same treatment they expect others to suffer, their well funded national non-profit calls an armed security detail.

Antis think they should be immune from the treatment they cause everyone else to suffer. And from all accounts, they aren't wrong. When called, the police declined to arrest their security for their assaults, and instead are preparing a report for the district attorney.

Time after time, we see antis given the benefit of the privilege of their wealthy, white, "good Christian" position with little to no consequences for their activities outside of clinics such as harassment, disturbing the peace, trespassing, assault, and numerous other illegal activities.

Everyday, we see some new escalation in anti-abortion behavior at clinics. Given no one is telling them they can't, and there are no consequences, it's no surprise. And it never ends well.

But yes, please, tell us again how they are just “peaceful Christians” praying outside clinics.

Click over to NBC for the article - “Armed anti-abortion guards pepper spray counter-protesters at California Planned Parenthood”.

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