clipped from a community post on feministing, "
We Choose Humanity: An Abortion Provider's Call to Action" by elizabeth barnes, who's a clinic director in philly:
I have heard many times that the risk of violence comes with the territory of being an abortion provider. I do not accept this. I will live with it, but I do not accept that this risk comes with the territory. I do not accept the feeling in the pit of my stomach when I train staff how to evacuate after a bomb threat as casually as the average person at work might show someone where the coffee pot is. I do not accept that I have become an expert in combating domestic terrorism, that my gut instincts are so finely honed due to a concerted expenditure of effort and energy and fear. I do not accept that this is our lot. I challenge this expectation and I ask you to do the same. I can live with it, but I do not accept it.