One star for this pack of pro-abortion lies.
Lots of accusations against pro-lifers, all of them unsubstantiated. I know people who sidewalk counsel and it's nothing like what this author portrays. She accuses sidewalk counselors of yelling and screaming at women, but also condemns them for being too polite and nice. She accuses 40 Days for Life, whose whole philosophy is nonviolence and respect for women, of harassing pregnant people and threatening clinic workers. She even accuses a 40 days for life demonstrator of carrying a Nazi flag – and even though she says that pro-choice escorts record videos of pro-life infractions, apparently, no one thought to take a picture of this flag, and the story hasn't been corroborated by a single other person. I believe it's a complete fabrication, and the author has no proof to demonstrate that it happened, just one escort's word.
And don't even get me started on the ableism in this book. The author shows disrespect for disabled people, painting us as dupes who are used by pro-lifers, because, apparently, a disabled person is helpless and we can't think for ourselves. But of course, if we are at the clinics, it can't be because we made a choice to be there and we care about the issue – it has to be because the evil antichoicers are exploiting us – because as disabled people, we obviously have no agency or ability to make our own decisions, we're just helpless. Ironically, she then goes on to commend a disabled woman who testified against pro-life laws – apparently, disabled people are only helpless dupes being taken advantage of if they're on the pro-life side.
Which brings me to the fact that she accuses pro-lifers of recording women coming into clinics and posting the pictures online – with no documentation or proof or link to where these pictures might be – this simply isn't happening. I've never heard of pro-lifers doing this, and I've never seen any pictures online, and the author doesn't give any evidence that this ever happens, but she implies that all pro-lifers do it. And then, just a few sentences later, she says that pro-choice activists take pictures with their phones of "interactions" while they are in front of the clinics – it's exploitive when pro-lifers do it, but acceptable when pro-choicers do it, I guess. Such a double standard, just like with the disabled.
Then she admits that she doesn't know anything about the women she "helped" and wouldn't recognize 99% of them if she met them again, but this doesn't stop her from bragging about what a powerful connection she has with the women she is with for less than 30 seconds and who she knows nothing about. In contrast, pro-lifers really help women and pregnant people – they provide ongoing help for years, getting to know the people and their families, and helping them with things like housing, medical care, baby items, etc. pro-life pregnancy centers give real, tangible help. When pro-life sidewalk counselors offer help to pregnant people going into abortion clinics, they really mean it – they offer far, far more help and support than clinic escorts do.
And in what world is the author living where thousands of people regularly congregate at abortion clinics? That's a ridiculous accusation and hasn't been true since the late 80s early 90s when there were clinic blockades. But that doesn't stop the author from lying about it.
This whole book lies from beginning to end, twisting reality and portraying pro-lifers in the worst possible light while portraying clinic escorts as selfless heroes. This book has absolutely no value whatsoever and is just propaganda and dishonest propaganda at that.