Our little Pedgehog hits big time

Pedgehog, a Morgentaler clinic volunteer and author of the blog “Anti-Choice is Anti-Awesome“, was one of those interviewed for an article in the April issue of Chatelaine called “The New Face of the Abortion Debate“:

That same evening, a half-dozen women, all in their twenties, gather at a table a little removed from the other diners on a restaurant’s backyard patio. They are feminists, pro-choice activists in this predominantly conservative city. Many volunteer as patient escorts at the clinic; one of them, 25-year-old Peggy Cooke, is its volunteer coordinator. She is also the author of a spunky blog,
Anti-Choice Is Anti-Awesome, about life at the clinic and the antics of protesters she’s dubbed Glarey Mary, Crazy Legs and Mad Thad. “Intimidate women. That’s all they’re there to do,” she says.

There’s more about Pedge and others like her who toil tirelessly on the front lines, plus a whole bunch more about nationwide activism, abortion access, and even our old nemesis, Bill C-484. (The anti-choice side was also deemed worthy of a few column inches, proportionate to their influence in the real world.) Good article: go read, then go give the Pedge a virtual high-five.