Hundreds Defend Clinic From Abortion Protest
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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Chanting “this is not Wichita,” hundreds of abortion rights advocates formed a barrier around an abortion clinic Saturday to defy protests by members of Operation Rescue.
Although protesters had promised a massive rally against the city’s five clinics that offer abortions, only 75 Operation Rescue supporters showed up at the Emma Goldman Clinic for Women, authorities said.
About 12 other people who picketed the Planned Parenthood clinic were met by about two dozen abortion rights demonstrators.
There were no arrests, police Sgt. Ron Fort said.
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