Standing Up for Patients in the Face of Anti-Choice Harassment

Since its launch in June of 2014, the Pledge-A-Protester campaign at Founder’s has become very successful. We have received donations ranging from $1 to $400 from patients, their family and friends, local residents, and other supporters of our clinic and women’s reproductive rights overall. The campaign was initially a way to protest the protesters, but we are excited about how far it has come!

Donations have been made both as a general gift and in honor of certain protesters. Patients have made donations at our front desk and pledged the amount on behalf of an individual who really harassed or offended them that day. We can thank one male protester in particular, who has raised over $600 to help women pay for their abortion procedures!

Also, not long ago, our patient advocate was putting one of the signs outside and it began to rain. One of the “regular” protesters (the blonde woman in some of our pictures) started cheering and mockingly asked if our signs were waterproof. This was a great suggestion and now we have upgraded our signs from posters to weather-proof banners.

We work hard to provide the safest, most professional and compassionate care to all of our patients. The Pledge-A-Protester campaign has helped us to do an even better job of this. Being able to do something about the bullying that patients and staff endure, instead of being forced to just sit back and take it, is incredibly important.

Patients, their family and friends, local residents, and especially the anti-choice protesters have done an amazing job of helping us to assist women in gaining access to reproductive choice. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone that has donated and shared our goal with others. Thank you to the dedicated people who stand outside our clinic and yell hateful misinformation and bully people, whether it rains, shines or even snows.

If you’d like to pitch in and donate to our campaign (and help women in need), you can do so either at the front desk or on our donation website:

We and our patients at Founder’s Women’s Health Center appreciate the support in keeping choice safe and legal!