Abortion foes, accustomed to small wins, ready for a big one
Associated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C. — The first of them arrived outside the clinic past 4 a.m., before a steady rain fell and a scalding sun rose, and all along, they had prayed for a moment like this. One of the clinic’s rainbow-vested workers, Allison Terracio, sees what’s unfolding and cries, “They got one!” A majority of Americansbacks abortion rights, and Terracio believes the anti-abortion group’s sidewalk coterie uses trickery, empty promises and manipulation in the guise of kindness to sway women from something they’ve already carefully thought through. “In some ways, even a conversation is a miracle.” Berry and a colleague lead the woman across the street from the clinic to their group’s idling RV, where she says she’s about seven weeks pregnant. “There are caring people who want to help you.” Inside the group’s RV, the woman who emerged from the clinic is deep in conversation with Berry and one of the A Moment of Hope interns, who bonded with the woman over their shared childhoods in foster care. “She’s trying to snatch this one” Berry begins doubting her decision to have the woman follow her to the doctor’s office instead of just driving her.
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