Mary Lou Greenberg

On The Issues Magazine

Mary Lou Greenberg has been an activist since the early days of the 1960s women’s liberation movement and has defended abortion clinics across the country from anti-women fanatics. She has written for a number of publications, including both the print and online editions of On the Issues Magazine as well as Revolution Newspaper. Mary Lou Greenberg lives in New York City.

It’s Up to Us to Defend Abortion Rights

As someone who has worked with abortion providers and defended clinics for many years, I have learned that the only way to prevent anti-abortion protesters (or, "antis") from physically interfering with women (and their accompanying partners, relatives or friends) going into a clinic is by relying on our own efforts – and not laws.