Pro-Choice Support For Carhart Clinic Prevails In Omaha

Published September 01, 2009 @ 06:00AM PT

Good news everyone - the counter protest against the anti-choice group, Operation Rescue, succeeded last Friday with a 2-1 ratio of pro-choice vs. anti-choice activists at the event in Omaha, Nebraska.

Omaha World Herald reported on the event, saying the following:

Supporters of Dr. LeRoy Carhart's abortion clinic outnumbered opponents during a nearly five-hour protest today in Bellevue.

About 50 anti-abortion demonstrators prayed at the south side of the clinic. Some were repeating the Hail Mary and Our Father. Some knelt on the ground. Many held rosaries.

About 100 supporters of abortion rights gathered in front of the clinic, many well ahead of the 8 a.m. demonstration start by anti-abortion groups.

By 1 p.m. most of the abortion protesters were gone. About that time, pro-choice advocates began to depart, too. An hour later, just about 20 of the pro-choice advocates remained.

Both sides had promised a peaceful demonstration. And that's what it was.

I'm very glad to hear that the demonstration was peaceful and that pro-choice activists outnumbered the anti-choice protesters, which accurately represents how citizens in the United States actually feel about abortion. As stated in a July 2009 Gallup poll, 57% of U.S. citizens believe abortion should be legal under certain circumstances and 21% believe that it should be legal under any circumstances. The results of this poll and this protest continue to indicate that pro-choice is the upward trend in the United States and women are finally being seen as trust worthy decision makers when it comes to this issue.

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Hell yeah...

Freedom is the right of all sentient beings...Including women who aint ready to have kids yet.

Posted by Thomas McHugh on 09/02/2009 @ 09:21PM PT
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Time to send another check to Priests for Life and HLI.

Posted by Thomas Berg on 09/08/2009 @ 07:07PM PT
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No one should be forcibly used as a resource for another. Women are not chattel. We have the right to vote, but not to have control over our own uteruses? 77% of anti-choice leaders are men. 100% of them will never get pregnant.

Posted by Chelsea Dub on 09/13/2009 @ 07:04PM PT
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How about the freedom to be born, Mr. McHugh? Abortion is murder, and if a woman is not ready to have kids then she shouldn't have gotten pregnant. Besides, there are always adoption agencies ready to provide help to anyone who needs it. Also, Ms. Dub, a baby is a separate human being, not just a part of the mother's uteurs. If you would like do discuss this further, I would be happy to.

Posted by Vinny Ambrosino on 10/04/2009 @ 02:11PM PT
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