In the conservative state of Alabama, access to abortion is already very restricted

When they arrive for an abortion at this clinic in the very conservative state of Alabama, patients have to hide behind umbrellas and face vehement criticism from anti-abortion activists. “Don’t kill your baby, the Lord has big plans for you. Don’t be murderers, choose life“, launches one of them. They come every day for this purpose.

Inside the establishment, faced with such pressure as soon as they arrive, some women crack. “Having these people screaming behind the door is really hard. I don’t wanna be here and yet I’m here, so having people yelling at you doesn’t help you feel better“, testifies a patient. The gynecologist, for her part, got used somehow to the presence of these demonstrators. “They are here often, but especially on the day of operations“, she says. She makes the trip every month from the progressive state of Rhode Island, where she usually practices. The clinic is short of doctors.