D.C. to 'walk for choice' again
Back in February, pro-choice activists staged a walk in Washington, D.C. to protest federal legislation that would infringe on a woman's right to choose. Well, that's still happening. So District activists will again walk for choice next Saturday, this time outside late-term abortion provider LeRoy Carhart's Germantown, Md. clinic.
The "walk"—really more of a stationary rally, but Stationary Rally for Choice doesn't have the same ring to it—will take place from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, on the sidewalks outside of Reproductive Health Services in Germantown. On Facebook, organizers say that rally attendees will "stand in solidarity with [Carhart] and his staff" on behalf of "uterus owners throughout the nation and the world." There will be signs.
Also on-site at the Germantown rally spot: The Maryland Coalition for Life's new offices, which sprung up across the parking lot from Carhart's clinic last month in an effort to provide alternate "choices, information, and referrals at no cost” to women considering abortion. (Pregnancy termination has really been a boon for that office park!) At the time, Mike Martelli, executive director of the coalition, said that there "will be no protesting or picketing or harassment of people" at that office. Reached by phone today, Martelli said that the offices are "absolutely not" planning a counter-action to the rally.

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