LOS ANGELES, October 3, 2009 - Crowds from both sides of the abortion rights debate met and exchanged words (and an elbow or two) outside the Family Planning Clinic on N. Westmoreland in Los Angeles on Saturday. Pro-Choice volunteers made a line around the entrance, creating what organizer, Katie, called a "safe zone" for would-be patients at the clinic. "The goal is to protect the clinic," one Pro-Choice volunteer said, "we're trying to keep it open, and the other side is trying to shut it down."
The conflict comes from a new push by a group called 40 Days For Life Los Angeles (FDFL), who are a religious group that has called for a presence at family planning clinics around the country. They have been met in Los Angeles by Pro-Choice activists, and both sides of the conflict admit it hasn't been easy.
Full Story: Pro-choice and Pro-Life Groups Clash at Family Planning Clinic; Police Intervene by Brian Elerding, photos by Robert Stuart Lowden
LOS ANGELES, November 4, 2006 -- Students at Los Angeles City College are demanding action against sheriff deputies over remarks they allegedly made to two female students during the investigation of a reported rape. Outraged students marched to the local sheriff's station for an explanation and to file a complaint. Unsatisfied with the response from the sheriff's department students are planning a demonstration this coming Monday.
From the Newswire: Sheriff's Detective at LACC: people who report rape were "just drunk" night before by Julia Wallace
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