Anti-abortion Chicago City Council members stall quiet zone approval around West Loop clinic
CHICAGO -- A parliamentary maneuver by anti-abortion members of the Chicago City Council on Wednesday stalled efforts to shield women from intimidation on their way inside a West Loop abortion clinic.
At the behest of Planned Parenthood, Ald. Bill Conway (34th) was trying for the second time in six months to establish a "quiet zone" around the abortion clinic operated by Family Planning Associates at 659 W. Washington Blvd.
Conway was furious after Ald. Nick Sposato (38th) and Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) used a parliamentary maneuver to delay the quiet zone vote by one meeting.
Conway said he has "personally observed" protesters putting amplifiers against the wall of the clinic "making it so loud that clinicians can't hear patients speak, and the building shakes." He has also seen protesters "running at patients" and using bullhorns to harass them.
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