That is wonderful Hatshepsut. These women need all the support they can get. I would love to volunteer myself if I wasn't so busy with working with the GLBT, rape crisis center, working, and school. Good luck to you and be safe!
This is just wonderful!! Congratulations and be careful!
I went to a NorCal PP yesterday and it was all free. Staff was awesome, and kept apologizing about the wait. Note that it was very busy and I still got in at my appt time and was out in an hour. I told them compared to Southern AZ PP, they were great with time efficiency.
I escorted at a clinic for a while. It was infuriating the things people would yell at these women. "Mommy, I love you! Don't kill me!" That was one of the milder favorites.
On a side note, I have a picture of myself at about age 8 holding a protest placard that read, "Abortion kills children" and just beaming at this anti-abortion rally that was held in my city. It's hilarious. Thank god I grew up to think for myself!
As a counter protest, a woman should stand outside the Planned Parenthood offices with a sign that says
That should shut them up for a few minutesI'm HIV positive and a meth addict. Will you adopt my baby to save it?.
Promote yourself and earn more money! This is a business that is owned by strippers for strippers. Let's make that money!





Good for you Hatshepsut! The PP nearest to me is wonderful. I applied to volunteer there about a year ago, but they never called me. Maybe the PP by me has all the volunteers they need. I was really nervous when I went in for my abortion last year because I had never gone through it before and didn't know what to expect, and the staff members there were very supportive and non-judgmental. They had protesters outside too, but thankfully they didn't yell anything at me. They just wove around their stupid signs.




Yesterday I flipped off a nun.
Amongst the protesters yesterday was a very outspoken nun. There was a client leaving the PP building, and was immediately hounded by Sister Satan. I offered to escort the young lady back to her car, but she declined, saying that she could get back on her own. I asked if she was sure, and then respected her wish. Sister Satan glared at me and screamed, "Respect her freedom!" Uh, I left after the young lady declined my offer. Sister Satan kept blocking her path, shoving brochures in her face, and screaming that PP is racist and only likes to abort black and Hispanic babies (uh, then why does the foster care and adoption system have black and Hispanic babies as a majority?). I wasn't respecting her freedom? Later, when I was back on the premises, she started screaming at me through the gate that I was sinning the worst ways possible. I just ignored her.
After I finished my shift, I took my my baseball cap and changed clothes. As a result, Sister Satan didn't recognize me and thought I was yet another baby-killer. She hounded me. I stuck my middle finger in her face and watched her go purple. The bored housewives also got a bit wide-eyed. I think that they were expecting me to get struck by lightening.
Last edited by Hatshepsut; 10-18-2007 at 12:24 PM.
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