For several years anti-abortion protesters chased the inhabitants of new York have a medical institution in Queens.
Yesterday, Tuesday, June 20, the Prosecutor General city Eric Schneiderman decided to end it.
Office Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against the creation of a 16-foot «buffer zone» around the medical center «women’s Choices» to protect patients from «extremely aggressive behavior» of the protesters.
«Bullying, threats to patients, their families, employees of the medical center is not only ugly, they are simply illegal,» — said the Prosecutor in his statement.
The lawsuit States that every Saturday for over five years, protesters trying to block the car entrance to the clinic, patients are pressed to the walls of buildings, accompany them, insulting, or trying not to let the women came out of their cars.
According to the Prosecutor, the protesters also repeatedly threatened the patients death, stating, for example: «You don’t know when I’ll die,» or «You don’t know when you can shoot».
Public advocate Letitia James supported the initiative of Eric Schneiderman.
«For too long patients and employees of the medical center «women’s Choices» was subjected to humiliation and insults, this is a clear violation of human rights», — said the lawyer.
Deputy Director of the centre Jean Bucaria stressed that the action taken is «an unequivocal message that the abuse of patients of women’s health centres will not be tolerated in our state and our city.»
Photo: Attorney General’s Office
