Abortion Clinic & Anti Demonstrators
Abortion Clinic & Anti Demonstrators
Various Ohio TV news stories related to the abortion issue.
Abortion Clinic & Anti Demonstrators
Caucasian male reporter stands in park in Columbus, Ohio; reports more than a 1000 legal abortions have been performed in the city since Ohio's anti-abortion law was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Roe v. Wade decision, that there is only one clinic operating in the state, yet more are slated to open. MOS EST shots of abortion clinic. MS reporter interviewing white woman on the issue of abortion; she thinks the state legislation has no place in determining abortion and contraception laws, though would be open to guideline set by the state health department (pro-choice views). MS reporter talking to woman who has her back to camera for anonymity purposes; woman says that it is the woman's decision and the woman's only, that it was her decision to have an abortion; the reporter asks what she would have done with an unwanted child, to which she replies that she wouldn t harm the child, but wouldn't have given it the care it needed and deserved "You can't love and take care of something you don t want, so why have it?".
Abortion Clinic & Anti Demonstrators
MOS. MS group of middle-class Caucasian anti-abortion protesters in picket line outside vacant building in which an abortion clinic is slated to open; pro-life demonstration with protest signs saying "Adoption, Not Abortion" & "Abortion Mill Can Kill Mom" & "Abortion Clinic Opening Here-- Do You Care?"
Abortion Clinic & Anti Demonstrators
MOS. TLS inside auditorium, Caucasian kids and parents in attendance; appears to be a zoning or assembly hearing. MS woman, flanked by her children, holding up collage of pictures of babies. MS assemblywoman-- wearing cat's eye glasses and butterfly collar with polka dot print-- speaking to audience.
Abortion Clinic & Anti Demonstrators
TLS group of Caucasians-- mostly women and out of place children-- marching in quiet demonstration outside medical facility; anti-abortion or pro-life protest. MS protesters with signs reading "Citizen Rights, Let's Fight" & "Please, No Abortion Clinic Here" & "Carpetbaggers Go Home" & "Support Mayor DeJohn-- No Abortion Clinic in Matfield Heights" & "Abortion is Not Healthy for Unborn Children". CU feet of marchers. MS little girl holding sign that says "Abortion is Killing". MS white woman w/ short coif talking to reporter, speaking out against abortion in her neighborhood. MS old man recognizing the local zoning law permitting the opening of an abortion clinic, yet citing the need for proper medical "controls" in a real hospital. MS demonstrators marching in circle on sidewalk; one woman holds sign that reads "Abortion Kills - Choose Life".