A few feet away, the protesters stationed a video camera. It was pointed away from the building's front entrance but still able to show people walking to the clinic. Deis said, "If I were coming for an abortion, it might be a little intimidating."
Josh Brahm organized the protest. He says demonstrators are not trying to intimidate anyone, "If something comes up where the prochoice are angry at us, we have a camera that records it. We specifically set up the angle so it is not capturing people going into the clinic."
Planned Parenthood's Director Maryann Garcia disagrees and has positioned volunteers outside to escort people inside. Garcia said, "They're here to intimidate our patients who need access to health care. A lot of people these days don't have health insurance, and we help them."
Everyday for the next 40 days, antiabortion rights supporters will be outside Planned Parenthood. Both sides hope the next four weeks will be peaceful.
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