On the local level, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is planning to build a brand new Comprehensive Reproductive Health Center(PDF--believe me, I looked for it in HTML).There is a great deal of excitement about this facility and all it will have to offer. (The PDF I've linked to isn't the best of the descriptions I've read.) Among the many, many offerings will be abortion services provided by Dr.Dennis Christensen. Of course, what do the anit-choicers focus on? Yup, nothing but that.
Right now, none of the Planned Parenthood clinics in Madison offer abortions, so they are pretty much protestor-free. What worries me is that once this clinic is opened, the protestors will flock to it, and everyone going to the clinic will have to face their ire, whether it be for birth control pills, cancer screenings, or an actual abortion.
However, I am not very comforted by the "Bubble Zone of Safety" type laws, as I worry how the principles can be applied to other protests. For example, the so called "Free Speech Zones".
Ugh, I hate being on both sides of an issue.
