Pro-Life?
ABORTION IS MURDER
THEY KILL BABIES HERE
big black letters blare.
Pictures of bloody fetuses
larger than life
are held by the pious standing curbside
in front of the clinic
so drivers passing by will read
and heed. Others cluster near the door
pushing and yelling at
women attempting to enter.
Don’t kill your baby
one shouts at each anxious woman
who approaches. Mommy,
Mommy wails another.
Most are men
carrying out their traditional roles
as protectors of women and children.
One carries a sign which makes clear
his concern. BRING BACK
THE COAT HANGER.