It’s abortion day at Planned Parenthood and, try as they might, those who lined the street hadn’t had much luck changing any minds. The possibility of looming success, perhaps undoing the constitutional right to abortion found in Roe v. Wade, isn’t talked about much here, though. Yet for all the reasons the woman lists to end her pregnancy, Berry feels encouraged that she’s reaching her. Mark Baumgartner, the softspoken founder of A Moment of Hope, knows the caricature many have of anti-abortion figures like him. Now, Baumgartner leads a group of employees and volunteers big enough to stand outside Planned Parenthood every minute it’s open.

Source: New York Times June 14, 2022 16:31 UTC