Word: clinics
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Last Saturday morning an abortion clinic in Asheville, N.C. was bombed. While no one was hurt in the blast, the continued violence against abortion clinics and abortion providers is a threat to Americans' constitutional rights. The bomb, which did not explode completely, was placed next to a wall near the waiting room. Had it achieved its aim, it could have killed or injured people waiting to be seen for any of the number of services that the clinic provides...
...intimidation and harassment of clinic workers has led to a decline in doctors willing to provide abortions, as well as created a culture of fear for those who go to them. This violent targeting of abortion clinics and their doctors must end. Most pro-life activists do not condone these acts, however many of the major anti-abortion groups do not condemn them either. On the whole there is a dismaying lack of response from these groups, a silence which many take to be a form of consent. If opponents of abortion rights wish to give their movement any integrity...
...Already there has been a Justice Department Injunction to prevent Operation Rescue volunteers from physically blocking clinic doors. Still, the Operation Rescue Web site urges anti-abortion activists to, "Picket the communities, clubs, churches, and offices of baby killers." There is no justification for the use of these tactics against private individuals. Public protest in a public forum is a constitutional freedom, but the targeting of individuals in the places they live and work constitutes harassment and intimidation...
This Saturday, find a Planned Parenthood in the Boston area. Protect patients and doctors as they enter the clinic. Stand up for the constitution. Send a message that the abortion battle will be fought with words and laws, not with guns and violence. Today, send a note to an abortion provider near you thanking them for continuing to do their job despite the tremendous odds. Salute America's modern-day heroes. Meredith B. Osborn '02, a Crimson editor, lives in Greenough Hall...
...Ayres, a Harvard Law School graduate and current director of the Cambridge-based Amahoro Advocacy Clinic, and Shelter Inc., began a term as the UN attorney in Rwanda...