That opinion is certainly a legitimate one. Activists who lobby Congress and peacefully try to persuade others that their point of view is correct are not doing anything that should be condemned. The problem arises when the rational opponents of abortion do not speak up against their extremist cohorts whose methods include distributing pamphlets that encourage people to maim or kill abortion providers. When Internet Web pages list doctors' home addresses and phone numbers dripping in digital blood, sane abortion opponents should voice their disapproval. If they do not, their silence gives the appearance of approval.
Abortion is legal in the United States.
While many may oppose the right to an abortion, the Supreme Court has ruled that it is constitutional. So long as that ruling stands, it is the duty of our police officers and other security forces to ensure that women who want abortions have the ability to get them without being subjected to physical harassment and intimidation. They have the duty to ensure that doctors who perform abortions need not fear for their lives. They have the duty to ensure that the abortion opponents' freedom of speech doesn't interfere with a woman's freedom of movement into an abortion clinic. Local, state and federal officials have sworn to uphold the laws of the United States.