reynardo | I've had an idea.

Those that know me would know that my views lean somewhat on the left. I'm also strongly pro-choice. And I'm definitely anti-intimidation and anti-bullying.

There's been a lot of press since the murder of Dr George Tiller, a provider of late-term abortions to women whose babies were horrifically deformed or would not survive past birth, or young girls who had had no idea they were pregnant. Apparently this leaves only two late-term abortion providers in the USA. Needless to say, these doctors and their clinics are constantly harassed, vandalised and certainly not respected.

The doctors and their staff have to go through abuse and intimdating phone calls and hate mail every day.

My idea: . Send them a postcard to say Thank you for giving women a choice

Their clinic addresses are openly available on the internet. It doesn't have to be a flashy card or a long screed - just "Dear Doctor X and staff, I understand you give women a choice. Thank you for doing that. Please don't let anyone stop you." You're not identifiable through a postcard, so you can certainly do it anonymously.

For those interested, the two clinics still available:

Dr Warren Hern,
1130 Alpine Ave
Boulder, CO 80304,
USA

Dr LeRoy Carhart
1002 West Mission Avenue
Bellevue, NE 68005
USA

Please feel free to a) link to this post or copy it to your own journal and b) put any other addresses below that you think deserve a postcard of support. Please only post those that are publically available, though.

And if you disagree with this, feel free to skip to the next thing in your reading list. No debates or anti-abortion discussion will be tolerated on this post.