Charter school next to future Planned Parenthood clinic sues antiabortion protesters
Source: Washington Post
School leaders at a public charter school in Northeast Washington filed a lawsuit Wednesday against antiabortion protesters who they say are harassing students in their efforts to stop construction of a Planned Parenthood facility next door.
Two Rivers Public Charter School alleges in a complaint filed in D.C. Superior Court that the protesters have engaged in “extreme and outrageous conduct” during the past several months, targeting schoolchildren as young as 3 with gruesome images of aborted fetuses and messages about the “murder facility” going in next to their school. The school is asking the court to order protesters not to talk to the schoolchildren or approach them outside the school.
“Our top priority is to provide a high-quality, joyful educational environment for our children, and we cannot do this if they do not feel safe,” said Jessica Wodatch, the school’s executive director, who notified families about the lawsuit in a letter Wednesday.
Parents at the high-performing charter school have been increasingly concerned about the neighboring clinic and the prospect of commuting to school with young children against the backdrop of one of the nation’s most heated culture wars.
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