Another Saturday, another parking lot

[neadods]

We have a pro-choice activist among our anti-abortion protesters. To be honest, she freaks me out more than our regulars, who are being quiet. Frankly, she's giving me the Eeyore vibe despite being on "our side." She's already tried to school us on our jobs twice.

ETA: "Our" protestor wants to be buddies with us and says she's on a mission of support to the clinic owners. I rather get the impression the clinic owner is as dubious as we are.

In the meantime, one of the new antis claims to have previously been an escort, but now waves around a sonogram of her own son. Because apparently her wanted healthy child magically means every pregnancy is wanted and healthy. I shall dub her "Excort."

Comments

[belovedwarrior.livejournal.com]

Ah yeah, the pro-choice protester was there when I did my first shift and I really did not like it. In my opinion, nobody should be protesting outside a medical facility. It's not the place, regardless of whether you're for or against. It's none of anyone else's business.

AGREED. I was trying to put to words how I feel about the whole pro-choice/pro-life protesting thing and you nailed it right on the head. It is difficult enough for women to make informed medical decisions without being under scrutiny from a crowd and publicly called out. That should be between her and her doctor. This is why I feel so icky about it all. It's a medical facility! Not a public forum.

[hernerdiness.livejournal.com]

Seriously, take your protests to the capitol or some place that is more of a public forum... If you want to make large-scale political changes, you have to appeal to politicians and the public, not to vulnerable individuals.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Ah, but every vulnerable individual scared off is a "baby saved."

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, the sidewalk is a public forum.

I did point out to an anti-choice coworker who smoked that she was also indulging in what she considered "reckless" behavior, but if she ended up with something in her body she didn't want because of it, she wouldn't have to walk a gauntlet to get to oncology.