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One alleged protester spent five years in prison over plot to blow up a women's health clinic.
WASHINGTON (CN) - On the morning of Nov. 16, elementary school students arriving at Two Rivers Public Charter School were greeted by a banner that read "They kill babies nearby! Tell your parents to stop them," allegedly held by a man who spent five years in prison for possessing a pipe bomb he planned to use to blow up an abortion clinic.
Now Two Rivers seeks an injunction to prevent the group of anti-abortion protestors, who object to a Planned Parenthood clinic set to be opened next year nearby, from staging their demonstrations outside the school, according to a complaint filed in Washington D.C. Superior Court Wednesday.
Two Rivers has been in operation since 2003 and now enrolls roughly 500 students between the ages of three and 14, according to the complaint. Two of its buildings are bright blue structures that stand across the street from one another near Gallaudet University in Northeast Washington.
The elementary school is also directly across the street from the future site of a Planned Parenthood facility.
"Laid bare, defendants' plan is to stop the construction of the adjacent Planned Parenthood facility by engaging in a concerted effort to aggressively confront students, harm their emotional well-being, upset their parents and guardians, and ultimately damage the school's reputation with the community," the complaint says.
The first protest the school mentions in its 30-page complaint occurred on Aug. 27, during parent-student-teacher conferences. That morning three people set up large posters with pictures of dismembered fetuses on them, positioned so students and parents had to pass them before entering the school, the school claims in the complaint.
Lauren Handy, one of the five protestors named as defendants in the suit, shouted at students -- some of whom are as young as three -- and parents who were entering the elementary school, according to the complaint.
"Tell your parents that you don't want to go to school next to a baby-killing center," Handy allegedly yelled at students and parents entering the school.
More: Abortion Protesters Target School: 'They Kill Babies Nearby! Tell Your Parents To Stop Them'
Terrorizing children! These anti-abortion terrorists must be stopped before they become even more violent. They have no shame. They believe the end justifies the means.
WASHINGTON (CN) - On the morning of Nov. 16, elementary school students arriving at Two Rivers Public Charter School were greeted by a banner that read "They kill babies nearby! Tell your parents to stop them," allegedly held by a man who spent five years in prison for possessing a pipe bomb he planned to use to blow up an abortion clinic.
Now Two Rivers seeks an injunction to prevent the group of anti-abortion protestors, who object to a Planned Parenthood clinic set to be opened next year nearby, from staging their demonstrations outside the school, according to a complaint filed in Washington D.C. Superior Court Wednesday.
Two Rivers has been in operation since 2003 and now enrolls roughly 500 students between the ages of three and 14, according to the complaint. Two of its buildings are bright blue structures that stand across the street from one another near Gallaudet University in Northeast Washington.
The elementary school is also directly across the street from the future site of a Planned Parenthood facility.
"Laid bare, defendants' plan is to stop the construction of the adjacent Planned Parenthood facility by engaging in a concerted effort to aggressively confront students, harm their emotional well-being, upset their parents and guardians, and ultimately damage the school's reputation with the community," the complaint says.
The first protest the school mentions in its 30-page complaint occurred on Aug. 27, during parent-student-teacher conferences. That morning three people set up large posters with pictures of dismembered fetuses on them, positioned so students and parents had to pass them before entering the school, the school claims in the complaint.
Lauren Handy, one of the five protestors named as defendants in the suit, shouted at students -- some of whom are as young as three -- and parents who were entering the elementary school, according to the complaint.
"Tell your parents that you don't want to go to school next to a baby-killing center," Handy allegedly yelled at students and parents entering the school.
More: Abortion Protesters Target School: 'They Kill Babies Nearby! Tell Your Parents To Stop Them'
Terrorizing children! These anti-abortion terrorists must be stopped before they become even more violent. They have no shame. They believe the end justifies the means.
