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I fear you're correct. Screaming "whore" and "murderer" at scared girls entering and leaving a Planned Parenthood building is not a good way to win the public relations battle on this issue. Mainstream pro-life groups are smarter than that, but the zealots do more harm than good.

I agree. Instead of caring about the children and being compassionate, a lot of pro-lifers just scream abuse at women and their partners, doctors, nurses, and anyone else who works in the building. There are some pro-life groups that work through churches, providing pre-natal care and help to pregnant women in desperate situations, proving that they actually care about these women and their unborn children. People who "protest" at abortion clinics are usually just zealous bullies.

"There are some pro-life groups that work through churches, providing pre-natal care and help to pregnant women in desperate situations, proving that they actually care about these women and their unborn children. People who "protest" at abortion clinics are usually just zealous bullies."

Sometimes that it true. But most times we all work together very closely. At our counselling center in Southern California, we had one husband and wife team that stood in our parking lot (which was right next to the abortion clinic) and asked the girls as they approached the door of the abortuary if they knew what their baby looked like right now. Then, she would pull out a picture of an 8 to 12 week fetus. This woman was about 4' 10" and the most soft spoken woman I have ever met. She never threatened them, and often offered to let them come into the office for a drink while they waited for their appointment time. She was never derrogatory or inflamatory, and the gentleness of her manner was the key to our success.

On one such occasion, a girl was entering (from our parking lot which we never towed them out of) when she begged her to just stop and chat for a minute. Compassion and listening were her big "weapons". She spoke very kindly to the girl and suggested she at least consider her baby's future. Something struck this girl and she agreed to postpone her appointment and come into our center to chat. To make a long story short, the girl chose to keep her baby.

She was there to have her NINTH abortion!

'Nuff said.