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Escorts and
pro-choice snow angel
January 22,
2005 |
WHO is
WACDTF?
The
Washington Area Clinic
Defense Task
Force
is an all-volunteer, non-violent group
founded
in the 1980s to
promote peaceful and
safe
access to
women's
health
clinics in the
Washington,
DC
metropolitan
area.
WHAT does WACDTF
do?
We provide
escorts to ensure a
peaceful and reassuring
presence for patients,
their companions, and
staff, at several
local
clinics.
WHY is WACDTF necessary?
Because many
anti-Choice protesters
still try to intimidate
or harass anyone who
provides or uses
services
at
reproductive
health
clinics.
WACDTF
helps counter these
protesters' acts of
harassment, picketing, and
vandalism at
clinics
so
that they
remain open
and
accessible for all
women. We escort
at
the
invitation
of
clinic
owners and in
cooperation
with local
law
enforcement.
WHEN are escorts needed?
Escorts
are
generally needed
each
Saturday,
rain or shine,
between 7 - 11
a.m.,
depending on the
clinic.
And
of
course,
we
mobilize on
the days
surrounding the
January
anniversary of
Roe
v.
Wade,
when
thousands of
anti-Choice
protesters
are in
town
each
year.
HOW do I get involved?
We hold
monthly trainings for people
to learn how to
become
clinic escorts. It is easy, and generally
takes only 1½ hours to
learn the techniques we
use to defuse
potential
problems
with
clinic
protesters.
Volunteer
escorting
is
an
important
way
to
take
a
peaceful,
proactive
stance against
the
religious
right,
which
wants to
control
women's
options. Come
and
help us
prevent
that
from
happening
locally on
the
front
lines of
this
insidious
movement
against
women's
rights.
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