Here are some quotes from the pro-choice side of things- stories from clinic escorts and pro-choice protesters:

The following passage is an excerpt from the March 1989 publication entitled "Clinic Defense: A Model," by the Bay Area Coalition Against Operation Rescue (BACAOR)

"Isolate and humiliate. It is critical to separate in some way the resident OR leader or troublemakers. We assign them a particular escort and do our best to isolate them from the others by getting them to lose their cool, look foolish, argue with us, etc. Although in general sexual jokes or extreme harassment are not useful with the OR picketers, if baiting an OR about his treatment of women, his sexuality, and how many times he masturbates will keep him from bothering clients and from being able to effectively direct the others, do it. Remember, we are under no obligation to be polite to these people ... They have already broken Miss Manners code by being at the clinic at all ... Confining our behavior toward OR to the legal realm has distinct limitations."

“We decided to link arms and snake our way in front of the antis and block as much of the perimeter as we could. We moved quickly and the antis and police were caught unaware. It seemed like slow motion but it was probably only about 30 seconds: We were in. The antis started whining to the police and pointing fingers. "They're pushing! We were here first!" they said. Too bad! We came to Wichita to keep this clinic open and right is on our side!”

Wichita Journals: On the Front Lines for Reproductive Freedom by Brooke & Margo, Seattle Refuse & Resist!

"I was told to antagonize the pro-lifers and I made the girls throw out any pro-life literature before entering the clinic. ... We would tell them, `Those people out there are terrorists, it's safer in here. They're crazy.' I even told one group, `That woman out there was just released from Meadowview Mental Hospital. Don't talk to her; she killed her family'. ... As soon as I got here last August, I joined the "Freedom of Choice Action League." They're big at Pine and Market…. the clinic director tells us, every time we beat up the pro-lifers, to cover their cameras. ... I wrote [an editorial to the Wichita Eagle] that pro-abortionists displayed sex toys in front of children and how they dumped semen and urine on people at national rescues. I personally defaced churches, LIFE, Inc., and HopeNet. I apologize for that. ... "

Former pro-abortion activist Raymond Rivera

“I was surprised, I must admit, to see the pro-lifers being so quiet and calm; I had been expecting viscious yelling and Bible-brandishing. Instead, the pro-lifers seemed genuinely heartbroken at/for/because of all of us pro-choicers marching in support of what they believe is murder (which I don't), and because of this, I felt more compassionate for the pro-lifers than I had expected to feel. As soon as we passed them and our loud chanting died down, I marched silently for several minutes, my stomach in knots, just reflecting upon it all...”  

One woman who was part of the counter-protest at The March for Life

From the blog “Rage is Good’ by “Cailo” from Montgomery, Alabama about her experiences as a clinic escort:

"Anti-Abortion Protestors are Lunatics"

6/9/2006

"the toenail-painted hat lady doesn't look like the protesters on the news, those mostly men, holding horrible posters of dead babies while screaming "murderer" in women's faces. the hat lady doesn't carry big posters. she wears gingham sundresses and lipstick and pink toenail polish. she wears wide brimmed sunbonnets decorated with floppy, oversized bows. she is petite and even kind of puny. she's married to the president of the alabama christian coalition. she carries a bible with her, and usually a hymnal, and all morning she stands on the sidewalk outside of the clinic, softly singing songs about jesus ...several mornings a week, the toenail-painted hat lady paces back and forth in front of the clinic, reciting the same saccharine words over and over to every woman trying to enter the building: "morning! how are you today? if you're here for an abortion, i'd like to help you!"  the hat lady (and the preacher or two who sometimes accompany her) isn't allowed on the grass or the parking lot or the driveway. she can stand only on the sidewalk; one step anywhere else, and we call the cops, and she gets hauled to jail. so, as we walk with women -- and sometimes the men who are with them -- from their cars to the door, we're careful to stay off the sidewalk and stick to the grass. one of us walks next to the woman; the other body-blocks the hat lady. once, i "accidentally" walked backwards, because i knew she was behind me. i didn't knock her over, but i knocked her off guard. and she wasn't able to get to her satchel of pamphlets in time. ...the woman who organizes the escorting has warned us to take the protesters seriously. "these are dangerous people," she says."