Nation IN BRIEF : PENNSYLVANIA : Clinics Locked by Abortion Protesters
From Times staff and Wire reports
Police arrested and carried away 143 abortion protesters after they locked the entrances to two downtown Philadelphia abortion clinics with bicycle locks in an “all-women’s rescue.” Police Sgt. David Brown said the protesters were taken to the Police Academy, where they were issued citations for trespassing. Abortion-rights supporters held counterdemonstrations, but Brown said there were no reports of violence.
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