Anti choice protestors are not peaceful. I go to many campaign stops both Republican and Democratic and have seen these groups in action. We also have an abortion clinic downtown in my city close to where I used to work.
These anti choicers get up early in the day and work very long hours walking with their horrendous and violent picket signs, approaching women going into the clinic, yelling ... When there are clashes, it is highly flammable.
I don't see anti choice people as peaceful, sorry.
You disagree with thier positions, so you most likely have an inital bias against them.
1st, unless used as a cudgel, how can a sign be "violent"
2nd: Yelling is not violence
Clashes are violence, you have agreement there. anyone lays a hand on someone else its jail time. that goes for throwing crap at people as well.
Passively blocking someone is not violence, but is criminal, and the person should be arrested.
Abortion is a contrversial topic, and will attract demonstrations of great passion. Unless they pass over to violence, actual physical violence, the demonstrations cannot be compared to the murder of Dr. tiller, nor the assaults on him.