I am posting this letter to the editor in honor of every clinic escort I have ever known:

I am writing in respond to The Gazette’s editorial on July 13 [“Outside abortion clinics, a call for civility”]. I’ve been at the abortion clinic in Silver Spring many times and never seen anyone trying to hinder or block women going in there. They’re there to offer these women prayers and information that would help them to see that abortion is not the solution. The clinic escorts are those who try to block and hinder the protesters.

Layla Vu, Takoma Park

Keep up the good work, you hinderers.