On Friday there were only two grumpy old men, Chris and I, at American Family Planning.  Three abortion appointments went in at 9.  One was Hispanic, which was the first Hispanic I’ve seen there in several weeks.  It was frustrating not to have Alicia, who was in teacher in-service meetings, but I did the best I [...]

Guadalupe Partners were at American Family Planning Friday and Saturday of this week.  The experiences of the two days were very similar.  There were six appointments on each day, the clientele was largely African-American, and the number of accompanying men/boyfriends on each day was higher than usual.  On both days the crowds were distressingly indifferent [...]

At American Family Planning yesterday we kept a vigil for one.  The only other woman with an abortion appointment had listened to Sandy, had looked over our material, had sat in the car a long time debating, and had finally left.  There remained, then, only an Indian couple who had pulled into the parking lot [...]

Several nights ago Guadalupe Partners hosted a sidewalk couseling workshop.  There were a few newcomers to the idea of sidewalk counseling; the majority of those in attendance, however, were, in some capacity, already out on the sidewalks.  Being together in a format in which we could exchange ideas and experience some [...]

No news is good news, they say.  I neglected to write a summary last weekend, partly because we have been so busy in following up with the turn-aways from Summit.  I will describe just one, whom we visited last night.  Actually, the “one” who was turned away translated into eleven–eleven, that is, for whom she [...]

I went to American Family Planning on this morning with the conviction that something was going to happen.  I wasn’t dismayed when the parking lot was more crowded than usual, because I’ve seen it that crowded before on days when they ended up with almost no business.  Well, at the end of our vigil there, [...]

We were back in our parkas Saturday morning.  There was much wind, occasional rain, and occasional snow mixed in with the occasional rain.  But in this bleak atmosphere, apparently there were some who were still conscious of the beauties of life and the beauties of motherhood.  On the day before Mother’s Day, only one customer [...]

The customers at American Family Planning become fewer and fewer, yet they also become harder and harder.  We pleaded and we prayed yesterday morning–apparently without making a dent in the consciences of those going it.  Then, Tara stopped by, and she had with her her blue-eyed foster baby.  Alicia took Kayle and held her in [...]

There were four abortion appointments yesterday at American Family Planning.  Once again, we noted a car with a rosary hanging from the windshield.  Its occupants told us that there was nothing wrong with “family planning.” Another couple did leave before the abortionist arrived.  Sidewalk counselors at Summit  gave out every envelope that they had.  We [...]

We visited a new mother on Saturday.  She is not one whom we had met at the abortuary, but was referred to us by another mom., Rita, who met this woman near her children’s school.  She stands on the corner there and sells snacks to the kids when they come out of school–things that she [...]