{"id":31543,"date":"2021-02-09T16:02:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T00:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=31543"},"modified":"2021-02-09T16:02:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T00:02:43","slug":"new-york-ag-sues-anti-abortion-activists-for-harassing-planned-parenthood-staff-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=31543","title":{"rendered":"New York AG sues anti-abortion activists for harassing Planned Parenthood staff, patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against two anti-abortion activists, accusing them of illegally blocking access to a Planned Parenthood clinic and harassing patients and staffers.<\/p>\n<p>James is seeking a preliminary injunction prohibiting Bevelyn Beatty and Edmee Chavannes from coming within a buffer zone around the immediate area of the Planned Parenthood of Greater New York\u2019s Manhattan Health Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor almost 50 years, Roe v. Wade has made clear the right of women to control their own bodies,\u201d James said in a statement. \u201cDespite the clear protections under the law, these individuals used violent and illegal tactics to harass, threaten, and block women from entering Planned Parenthood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Beatty and Chavannes could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qsphyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmmnwsfs_jsbbvvjrjwbmbrnbjfms.html?a=&amp;b=36791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qsphyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmmnwsfs_jsbbvvjrjwbmbrnbjfms.html?a%3D%26b%3D36791&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613000535829000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG7rqzOfo1kF-t9eKp275N8HgPHEA\">According to the complaint<\/a>, the two have been showing up at the clinic almost every week since early 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31544,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31543\/revisions\/31544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}