Saw a group protesting Walgreen's today, but

[Ocelot II]

it wasn't what you might think. We've been reading about how Walgreen's stores in some states are refusing to sell mifepristone pills, even in a few states where abortion is still legal. In my state, Minnesota, abortion is protected both by a state supreme court decision interpreting the state constitution as conferring a right to privacy that includes abortion, and by recent specific legislation, just to cement it down. And here, Walgreen's does sell mifepristone pills.

So why the protest? Guess what - it was a bunch of anti-abortions loons standing in front of a Walgreen's store holding signs saying things like "Walgreen's kills babies." I gave them the middle-finger salute as I drove by, though I doubt they noticed. I would think that if they refused to sell mifepristone they'd get sued for violating the law protecting abortion.

[walkingman]

1. I'm guessing religious nuts...I hope they rot in hell.

Time to take off the gloves with these extremists.

[sarisataka]

2. Was this in the cities

If so I'll drive by tomorrow to flip them off

[Ocelot II]

3. Yup. St. Paul, at Snelling & Randolph.

I thought of stopping to yell at them but figured it was a waste of time.

[sarisataka]

4. I know that one

I'm sure I'll need something on Ford Parkway tomorrow

That means I'll have to drive by twice

[Ocelot II]

5. No protesters at the Ford Parkway & Cleveland Walgreen's.

I'm guessing the protesters at the Randolph store are from the Catholic church a few blocks away.

[sarisataka]

6. I'd probably go down the half price books

But to get there I would be coming down Snelling from the North.

[Ocelot II]

7. That'd take you right by them. Have that middle finger ready.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. A group called Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising has been targeting Walgreens over the past couple

weeks, and I know they have members in the Cities.