In the lawsuit, NOW charges anti-abortion mobsters with operating a national network of violence to prevent women from exercising their constitutional right to abortion.
Women still run a gauntlet at abortion clinics.
Doctors and staff at the clinics still face death threats, arson, bombing, stalking, extortion and murder. NOW is seeking a nationwide injunction to prevent the defendants from committing or inciting others to commit the range of violent acts that impede women's access to abortion. A national injunction would be a pro-active step toward guaranteeing the promise of Roe v. Wade . And that law only covers the actual participants, never reaching the leaders who fund and organize the actions. In addition, FACE only takes effect after a crime has been committed.