The Right is only escalating its attacks on a safe health care procedure, and we are just letting it happen.
Every anti-abortion bill that’s introduced—let alone passed—exposes patients and providers alike to violence. “When I think about violence against abortion providers and patients, it starts at the state level,” Dr. Stephanie Mischell, an abortion provider in Texas and a Fellow with Physicians for Reproductive Health, told Jezebel.
In a floor speech, Sen. Mazie K. Hirono gave her support to abortion care workers of all stripes. “These doctors, nurses, and staff fear for their lives just to provide access to reproductive care. Being an abortion provider is a dangerous profession in this country,” Hirono said.
around the last abortion clinic in the state, The Pink House, in 2020 about a year after enacting it. Anti-abortion protesters said the zone violated their free speech rights.At the West Virginia clinic, there’s a city ordinance with an eight-foot buffer zone. “I have seen countless instances of protesters violating it, and I’ve only ever seen two actually be arrested and fined for it,” Quiñonez said.
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