“40 days for life” is one of those vile anti-abortion events where they spend 40 days harassing healthcare workers and patients at women’s health clinics twice a year (or once a year, when you happen have a winter the poor dainty warriors for god can’t handle). Well, the internet blackout I’m suffering from caused me to miss the fact that they’ve started again earlier this week, and will be continuing until November 6th. I’ve already messaged the clinic here to ask if they still need help, and will be trying to figure out if there’s counter-protests staged at any point.
I very much want to encourage everyone to do the same, so here’s the list of cities they’re scheduled to show up and be the nasty little anti-women creeps that they are, sorted by state:
Alabama
Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, TuscaloosaAlaska
AnchorageArizona
Chandler, Flagstaff, Glendale, Goodyear, Phoenix, Tucson,Arkansas
Fayetteville, Little RockCalifornia
Bakersfield, Carmel, Chico, Downey, Fairfield, Fresno, Gilroy, Glendale, Hayward, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Montclair, Napa, Pasadena, Riverside, Rosemead, Sacramento, San Diego/El Cajon, San Diego/Miramar, San Diego/San Marcos, San Fernando Valley, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Santa Rosa,
Stockton, Vacaville, Vallejo, Watsonville, Whittier, Yucca ValleyColorado
Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort CollinsConnecticut
Hartford, NorwichDelaware
Dover, WilmingtonDistrict of Columbia
WashingtonFlorida
Clearwater, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Naples, Pensacola, Sarasota, St. Lucie County, St. Petersburg, Tampa, West Palm Beach,Georgia
Atlanta, Columbus, Lawrenceville, Marietta, Savannah, Toccoa,Hawaii
HonoluluIdaho
BoiseIllinois
Aurora, Champaign, Chicago, Downers Grove, Granite City, Ottawa, PeoriaIndiana
Bloomington, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Lafayette, Lake County, South Bend, WarsawIowa
Ames, Ankeny, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Fairfield, Sioux City, Storm Lake, UrbandaleKansas
Overland Park, WichitaKentucky
Lexington, LouisvilleLouisiana
Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Shreveport/Bossier City,Maryland
Annapolis, Baltimore, College Park, Frederick, Germantown, Silver SpringMassachusetts
Attleboro, Haverhill, Lynn, Springfield, WorcesterMichigan
Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Brighton, Dearborn, Eastpointe, Flint, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Southfield, Sterling Heights, Traverse City,Minnesota
Alexandria, Duluth, Mankato, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Rochester, St. Cloud, WalkerMississippi
Hattiesburg, JacksonMissouri
Columbia, Lebanon, St. LouisMontana
Billings, Helena, Kalispell, MissoulaNebraska
Bellvue, Lincoln, OmahaNevada
Las VegasNew Hampshire
Concord, Greenland, New Jersey, Cherry Hill, Hackensack, Manville, Plainfield, Shrewsbury, Toms River, Trenton, WoodbridgeNew Mexico
AlbuquerqueNew York
Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Cobleskill, Goshen, Ithaca, Long Island, New York City, Niagara Falls, Plattsburgh, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Schenectady, Spring Valley, SyracuseNorth Carolina
Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Raleigh, Winston-SalemNorth Dakota
FargoOhio
Akron, Bedford, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Lima, Painesville, Sharonville, ToledoOklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma City, TulsaOregon
Beaverton, Bend, Eugene, Forest Grove, Portland, SalemPennsylvania
Allentown, Bryn Mawr, Chester County, Collegeville, Hanover, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Reading, WarminsterPuerto Rico
BayamónRhode Island
Cranston, ProvidenceSouth Carolina
Charleston, Columbia, GreenvilleSouth Dakota
Sioux FallsTennessee
Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville, Tri-CitiesTexas
Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Beaumont, Bryan-College Station, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Grimes and Waller Counties, Harlingen, Houston, Killeen, Lufkin, McAllen, Montgomery County, San Angelo, San Antonio, TaftUtah
Salt Lake CityVermont
BurlingtonVirginia
Alexandria, Charlottesville, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, Newport News, Richmond, Roanoke, Virginia BeachWashington
Everett, Olympia, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, VancouverWest Virginia
ViennaWisconsin
Appleton, Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Racine, Wausau
And their non-US targets:
Canada
Alberta
Calgary, EdmontonBritish Columbia
Vancouver, VictoriaManitoba
WinnipegNew Brunswick
Fredericton, MonctonNova Scotia
HalifaxOntario
Guelph, London, Mississauga, Oakville, Ottawa, SudburyQuébec
Montréal, QuebecEngland
Birmingham, LondonAustralia
New South Wales
Sydney/WestmeadQueensland
BrisbaneSouth Australia
AdelaideTasmania
HobartVictoria
MelbourneArgentina
Rosario, San LuisGermany
SaarbrueckenSpain
Barcelona, Badajoz, Cantabria, La Granja de San Ildefonso, Lugo, Madrid, Medina Sedonia, El Puerto de Santa Maria, Segovia, Sevilla, Toledo, Valencia
I’m in Ontario, but not near any of the cities named. But I’m curious–how do you find out more specifically where they’re planning to go? (As far as I know, no Planned Parenthood clinic here does abortions–do you think they’ll still show up at them to protest?) There’s a Morgentaler Clinic in Toronto, but that’s not on their list. Strange.
Shared along with the Guardian article on “sweet” support. Curious but they don’t appear to be targeting France – will have to do some investigation.
Thanks for the heads up Jadehawk. I just sent my email offering my services as a volunteer to the clinic that is being targeted by the anti-choice crowd in Edmonton during the 40 days of insipid harassment.
Your post is appreciated.
Ibis, they have a detailed list with addresses on their website. I didn’t want to link to them though. If a city you can go to to help is on this list, you can either ask the clinics if they’re being targeted and need help, or you can find the website of the anti-choicers and see which clinics they’re listing.
And apparently, they do target clinics that don’t specifically provide abortions (or don’t provide them temporarily), as well as late-term-abortion clinics.
oh, and I suppose I should link to the baked good counter-protests, too, since they’re awesome:
http://40daysoftreats.tumblr.com/
http://secular-europe-campaign.org/2011/10/uk-cakes-and-the-right-to-choose/
:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
Seconded. ^_^