A Standoff at the Last Abortion Clinic in Montgomery The New Yorker
Three blocks from the Alabama governor’s mansion, in Montgomery, a police officer stood outside a small brick building as the sun rose. “It’s just a job,” he said, “but my personal opinion is: what two grown people decide is what two grown people decide.” He nodded toward a parking lot, where a dozen people wearing rainbow-colored vests that read “Clinic Escort” were waiting. Abortions are performed here once a week, usually by doctors flown in from out of state. The clinic hired the officer last month, after Governor Kay Ivey signed the country’s most severe abortion ban; if it takes effec...
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