Boston Globe: "Clinic's move is resisted"

Clinic's move is resisted
Neighbors cite abortion protests

By James O'Brien
Globe Correspondent / May 14, 2009

A Brookline medical facility that provides abortions is facing opposition to its proposed relocation across town to Harvard Street, with a number of neighbors saying they are not opposed to the procedure, but rather to the abortion protesters already demonstrating on their sidewalks.

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Marie Sturgis, executive director of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, an antiabortion group, said in an interview she did not keep track of whether any of her members were among the protesters, but said of the events, "The point is education, to let those neighbors know what will go on there. You've heard about not liking the messenger. But the message is valid."

Even the demonstrators with a graphic sign "or dressed as the Grim Reaper do have a message," said Sturgis. "What is this new entity, this new clinic going to do? They're going to kill children."

Brookline clinic to open: the locals are only upset about the pro-lifers who come with

As a new clinic opens near Brookline, the local media isn't upset about the children being killed at the facility, they're only concerned that the local pro-lifers might point this out to people nearby. The bonus point in the article is that the pro-abortion people quoted admit that the buffer zone law isn't about 'safety' but is clearly about limiting freedom of speech and about broadcasting unpopular messages.