#Dobe~ClasSy!☠ Posted February 24, 2019 Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) olice have been called in by medics attacked by pro-life abortion campaigners, as experts warn that social media has made these activists more militant. It comes ahead of a US-backed campaign that will see vigils held outside 10 UK clinics over the period of lent, for 12 hours a day. Officers from the Greater Manchester Police met with Marie Stopes abortion clinic staff this month to offer them increased support around a centre in South Manchester and agree a plan with nurses ahead of the 40-day anti-abortion effort in March. The Birmingham South BPAS abortion clinic also faced protests for the first time in January, prompting concerned staff to schedule appointments with police and councillors. A leaked report from the Manchester Marie Stopes International centre, seen by The Telegraph, details the daily abuse faced by the clinic’s staff, who say facing protestors has become part of their daily routines. Nurses described finding screws in the tyres of their cars and said they were followed and told to “go to hell” in cards posted through the door. “One man knocked on the door and shouted "baby killing b***ards" at the nurse who answered the door. Another member of staff had their car vandalised,” one entry in the report reads. Another says: “She ran over and hit me across my back. I told her never to do that again.” Sarah Strut, a nurse of 15 years, said she feels increasingly intimidated by campaigners in Manchester. She told The Telegraph: “They have physically tried to stop me going into a clinic, I parked my car across from the clinic and they tried to block me in. “You try to remain confident but being surrounded by four or five people who don’t like what you do is quite frightening. “It’s disheartening for the staff - we’ve done a lot of training to get to where we are.” One midwife who works at the BPAS clinic in Richmond, London said she takes daily measures to avoid pro-life camps. “Every day now I enter and leave work via the back door to avoid the confrontation and them running towards me as I walk in the front gate,” she said. “I don’t leave work to go for lunch anymore because I don’t want a conflict.” Edited February 24, 2019 by Dobe
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