Planned Parenthood: Harassment in the "Extreme"

When a person makes a false claim about someone else, the term psychologists use to describe that is "projection." Planned Parenthood is "projecting" when Amy Moy, associate vice president for public affairs at Planned Parenthood Golden Gate, said "federal and state laws do not do enough to protect women seeking reproductive health care in cities such as Oakland." She also said "the buffer ordinance is necessary because there is extreme harassment and intimidation in the city of Oakland."

She's right when she says, "there is extreme harassment and intimidation in the city of Oakland;" but by whom is the question? Do you hear what's being said? Since when is harassment (much less in the "extreme") not a crime? If these pro-lifers are the offenders, then be done with it and charge them with harassment. Do it now and make the consequences extreme; and watch those mean sidewalk counselors stay away. There's no need for a buffer zone law to make Constitutionally protected actions illegal.

In other words, Planned Parenthood is guilty of "extreme harassment and intimidation." They are harassing and intimidating the citizens that try to help women going in to kill their preborn babies. Who are these PROJECTORS? I can tell you who they are not: they are not "seeking reproductive health care." They are the harassers and intimidators.

The good news: now the Oakland City Counsel is being advised to rewrite the ordinance that provides an 8 foot buffer zone to Planned Parenthood. It is being argued that the ordinance is not content neutral and unfairly targets parties from one side of the issue only (the pro-life sidewalk counselors). U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer agrees and has ordered the city of Oakland, CA to rewrite this ordinance. The timeline is January 15, 2008 for the revised ordnance to be reintroduced to the city counsel.

Here we have it; Planned Parenthood doesn't want Oakland, CA to have good law; they want Oakland to harass pro-lifers - simple logic and common sense says so. Call your city councilman and let them know what you think and that you are paying attention to how they deal with this, most important, First Amendment issue.