Clinic Picketed by Operation Rescue Keeps Doors Shut
Managers of an East Los Angeles family planning clinic decided to keep their doors shut Saturday after hundreds of Operation Rescue members staged an anti-abortion protest in front of the building.
Despite heavy rains, about 500 singing and praying Operation Rescue members lined the sidewalk in front of La Mejor Family Planning Clinic, 4055 Whittier Blvd., about 8 a.m, said Susan Finn, an Operation Rescue spokeswoman.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Rafael Estrada said about 150 pro-choice demonstrators also staged a counter-demonstration in front of the building.
Estrada said deputies were dispatched to the scene, but no arrests were made.
“The manager at about 1:20 p.m. opted not to open the clinic for business,” Estrada said.
La Mejor normally opens on Saturdays at 9 a.m. and usually performs an average of 20 to 25 abortions, Finn said.
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