Raleigh, NC – In the morning of Saturday, December 3, a sidewalk advocate in Raleigh, North Carolina, watched a fire truck pull up to A Woman’s Choice of Raleigh, located at 3305 Drake Circle. The emergency lights were flashing, but the sirens were not on. Shortly after, an ambulance with Wake County EMS arrived. It was close to 10 a.m.
Earlier that morning, the same sidewalk advocate had arrived around 8:30 a.m., a half hour before the clinic opened. She reports that she noticed a middle-aged woman, possibly Caucasian, standing at the door with a young Hispanic girl. The girl looked like she could be in her teens. The advocate called out a greeting and, at first, the older woman and girl returned the greeting. However, once the older woman realized the sidewalk advocate was not with the abortion clinic, she turned her body away and encouraged the young girl to do the same. She began talking to the young girl without pause, as if to distract her from hearing any of the life-affirming options being offered from the sidewalk.
At about 8:40 a.m., the clinic opened early to let the two inside. An hour later, the fire truck and ambulance arrived. |
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