Pro-life activists gathered by the entrance to Whitman today, displaying posters with photographs of aborted fetuses.
The demonstration lasted less than an hour before school security guards and Montgomery County police became involved, asking the four protesters to move off school property and onto the public areas, including the sidewalk.
The demonstrators protested on behalf of the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, a group that tries to “expose the injustice of abortion,” their website reads.
“This is a large high school and teenagers have a lot of abortions or are going to have them soon,” said Jonathan Darnell, one of the activists. “You’re the future and future voters, so we want to influence you before you get sucked into the death culture out there.”
The school has previously been the site of a protest on a hot-button issue. The Westboro Baptist Church, nationally known for their protests at the funerals of military veterans, staged a larger demonstration at Whitman in April 2009, protesting same-sex marriage.