12/12/2023
GREENVILLE, South Carolina (LifeSiteNews) — Local officials in a South Carolina County are considering revocation of an abortion facility’s business license over the pervasive harassment and public disorder caused by pro-abortion activists who congregate outside, according to a local pro-life leader.
Writing in a guest post for Students for Life of America, Campaign for Abortion Free Cities Greenville leader Hayden Laye details what has been going on outside Greenville Women’s Clinic (GWC), outside of which pro-life volunteers commonly engage in peaceful protest of abortion, sidewalk counseling for those tempted to resort to it, and silent prayer for all involved.
“In the past, I have had the police wrongly called on me (for the ridiculous and untrue assertion that I broke an umbrella of theirs while they were using it to block my pro-life sign),” Laye writes. “In addition, along with many others, I’ve also had multiple pieces of property stolen by these protesters. I’ve also had cowbells rung in my ears for more than four hours straight while merely standing quietly outside.”
“When we try to move away from the entrance to the GWC, even going across the street, these protesters just continue to follow us and harass us,” he continues. “They also disgustingly hang condoms filled with rotting food around the facility to try to prevent us from exercising our First Amendment rights.”
Such behavior has become so pervasive that Greenville Councilman Stan Tzouvelekas has introduced a resolution that would revoke GWC’s business license on the grounds that it “constitutes a public nuisance” through what transpires outside the building, the “unusually high number of response calls” that law enforcement has been forced to make to the business, and its failure to “provide sufficient security measures to protect people and property located on the premises.”
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