More Thoughts on Abortion Clinic Escort Training from Sum of Change Filmmakers

[Rusty5329]

From Mitch Malasky, the Executive Producer of Sum of Change Productions (sumofchange.com).

The abortion escort session that Will and I went to on Monday was certainly a wake-up call for me. Abortion has never been a top of the list issue for me personally and I had never even heard of clinic escorting until a couple weeks ago, when we met some escorts while shooting a short piece about one of the many vigils for Dr. Tiller. But now, barely a week later, I am 'trained' to become one. I use quotations because, as they told us, we aren't supposed to feel ready to actually go out and escort (and I certainly do not), just more aware of what it is going to entail and why it is necessary. I have always been socially and politically conscious, but I have not actively fought to support an issue often, much less one like abortion. Abortion is always something that I've long had an opinion about, but doesn't directly affect me (at least not yet), and wouldn't the same way it would a woman. There are many other issues that I care deeply about, probably more so than abortion. But what I've learned in the past few weeks has called me to service and caused me to take action...

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[nosmokes]

1. I was a patient escort for years in San Diego, thanks for getting involved!

[Rusty5329]

2. thanks you... n/t