Well-Publicized Pickets in Front of Abortion Clinics Are Counterproductive for Pro-Lifers

One abortionist talks about how antiabortion protest that his clinic actually led to an increase in business:

“They would stage a picket at the office and would at the same time make it a media event. They would call the press, they would all arrive, and the next day I would get twice as many phone calls because people would know I was doing the abortions – so, in fact, they made my name known.”

This indicates that large media events in front of clinics, as opposed to peaceful sidewalk counseling, often work against the pro-life movement and, in fact, lead to more abortions.

Carole Joffe. Doctors of Conscience: the Struggle to Provide Abortion before and after Roe Versus Wade (Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon press, 1995) 165

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Sarah Terzo is a pro-life writer and blogger. She is on the board of The Consistent Life Network and PLAGAL +

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