It's not too tough to stand outside a clinic with a sign, or to walk up to the women going in and offer them help. Direct action is usually popular with pro-life students, because they often see direct results and really feel like they're doing something. But, in direct action, there are often results you don't see. Former abortionists report that when there was even one picket sign outside, only half as many abortions were performed inside. Women ask more questions, many drive away without even going in, many walk out before the abortion is performed.
Abortion is a dirty business and a dangerous procedure, for the mother as well as the child.
Carol Everett says that, in the average abortion facility, one woman dies every month as a result of abortion complications. Most abortion clinics have a long string of malpractice suits pending or settled against them. And most women, if they knew what had happened to others in the clinic, wouldn't be particularly interested in subjecting themselves to the same risks. Of course, in direct action, as in everything else, the guiding principle should be love. Don't carry vicious signs or yell obnoxiously at women going in.