The tale of Grace—an Irish immigrant and servant accused of a heinous crime in 19th-century Canada—is a story of women who endured sexual violence, back-alley abortions, life in a new land, and sometimes lived to tell their story. But sometimes, they lived out someone else's incomplete history.
Rewire has identified at least half a dozen state lawmakers and officials who are board members or are otherwise connected to anti-choice fake clinics that receive funding today or could qualify to receive state funding.
Janet Porter, who runs an anti-LGBTQ hate group, also repeatedly invoked host Poppy Harlow's pregnancy to promote the Alabama candidate accused of sexual misconduct with a minor.
An anti-choice fake clinic made edits to its website after a Rewire article prompted a consumer watchdog to file a complaint with Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.
“[Republicans] know they cannot achieve this goal of the anti-choice movement in the light of day, since it has failed every time it has been in front of the voters."
The number of protesters was more than enough to drop the clinic's full Saturday roster to less than half of the typical number of patients it sees—showing exactly what sort of impact a large presence can have outside a clinic, regardless of whether that presence is openly hostile.
