Underdog Alabama Abortion Clinic Re-Opens After Tough Fight

Last month's doomed attempt to crowdfund abortions has led to an awakening of sorts for liberals to reclaim abortion as an issue. Slate recently advocated for doing away with the "awfulization of abortion," and now we have a new film starring Jenny Slate that radically insists abortion is not radical, or even a big deal. Now, some real-world victories are making pro-abortion stances an outright trend, including one this week in North Alabama, where women once again have a convenient location for health screenings, tests, and abortions.  The Alabama Women's Center has reopened in its new location.  The previous building didn't comply with the state's outrageous, anti-abortion TRAP laws, and the clinic's owner fought a long battle with protesters and state & local government agencies to relocate.

This was not an easy process.  Opponents fought the clinic at every turn with outrageous arguments and even accusations of racism: 

• They picketed at the new clinic location - well before it opened - and complained that it was across the street from a middle school.
• They kept up the protests at the school and added a novel new twist. Locating the clinic in a mostly minority neighborhood was racism.
• They told the Huntsville Zoning Board that the clinic should be allowed to open because the picketing & demonstrations (that they were organizing!) shouldn't be allowed near public schools.
• Opponents even picketed the CLOSED clinic location.