For almost a decade\, Claudia has counsele d patients at \;Mercy \;Street\, a clinic in the heart of the city . The work is consuming\, the unending dramas of women in crisis. For its patients\, \;Mercy \;Street \;offers more than health care\; f or many\, it is a second chance. But outside the clinic\, the reality is d ifferent. Anonymous threats are frequent. A small\, determined group of an ti-abortion demonstrators appears each morning at its door. As the protest s intensify\, fear creeps into Claudia's days\, a humming anxiety she mana ges with frequent visits to Timmy\, an affable pot dealer in the midst of his own existential crisis. At Timmy's\, she encounters a random assortmen t of customers\, including Anthony\, a lost soul who spends most of his li fe online\, chatting with the mysterious Excelsior11--the screenname of Vi ctor Prine\, an anti-abortion crusader who has set his sights on \;Mer cy \;Street \;and is ready to risk it all for his beliefs.
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