Every week she would spend hours writing letters to abortion protesters in prison.

Paul Hill, an abortion protester, recently was convicted of the murders and sentenced to death.

The case became more muddled a few days later when abortion protesters got into the act.

In Detroit, as in many other large cities, abortion protesters have not been a problem.

For now, the abortion protesters are not liable for anything.

Meanwhile, an abortion protester nervously scans her ranks for the next person who might turn to violence.

But lawyers who have done work on behalf of abortion protesters said they were heartened.

The first, she said, arrived in January soon after abortion protesters blocked the doors to her clinic.

The abortion protesters, gathered for what have become regular demonstrations outside the clinic, broke in and damaged equipment, the police said.

Some of them have the kind of revulsion you expect to find among abortion protesters.