Those “how I spent my summer vacation” essays that kids write during the new school year may disturb a lot of teachers. Looks like a lot of kids will be spending their summer learning to be a sidewalk screamer outside women’s clinics.

This is nothing new actually, Huntsville protesters have been using children as props for years. From a 2015 protest:

While the crowd was larger than the usual gang of misfits, at times it looked more like a hostage situation than a protest. Families with multiple young children lined them up to wave at passing cars and brandish signs. We watched as they coached their kids on what to do and tried to deal with bored, tired toddlers in total meltdown. The most disturbing group included several young girls who seemed to be part of the same family holding signs that read: “All men babies are created equal.”

Remember when parents and “concerned” citizens who protest outside women’s clinics were begging the Alabama Legislature to protect the children from, well…. the antics of the protesters?

That was then, and now those same “concerned parents” can either pay for a sitter, camp, or bring their children to the exact place they told us is so dangerous that clinics need to be kept 2,000 feet away from schools.

The Power House shared these photos from Montgomery:







State Senator Paul Sanford was the sponsor of the 2,000 foot rule.

“We can put a restriction on whether a liquor store opens up across the street and make sure pedophiles stay away from schools,” Sanford said. “I just think having an abortion clinic that close to elementary-age school children that actually have to walk on the sidewalk past it is not the best thing.”

Will Sanford’s next bill require parents of “elementary-age school children” to keep them 2,000 feet away from the clinics? Surely that’s healthier for them than dodging traffic on a busy 4-lane road, breathing truck exhaust, and watching adults scream epithets at total strangers.

Don’t hold your breath.