All of the women who simply want to exercise their basic civil and human right to make their own childbearing decisions can also rest easier now, Feldt said. The Reverend John Earl, a Roman Catholic priest, has been charged with burglary and felony criminal damage to property for an alleged attack at the Northern Illinois Women's Center, the city of Rockford's only abortion clinic. The priest is accused of ramming his car into the clinic and hacking at the building with an ax. The fact that James Kopp remains at large is a reminder of how far we as a nation still have to go in stemming the tide of violence against abortion providers.
Threats continue to come in daily.
The verdict issued today by an Oregon jury in Planned Parenthood v. ACLA, sends an important message that Americans stand united against terrorism and threats of terrorism. Emily Lyons, survivor of Birmingham clinic bombing On January 29th of this year, I went to work much like any other day. Someone who considers himself to be pro-life murdered a police officer. I want to explain it first, to edit the coverage, make it less scary, protect them from worrying. But this time I was frozen.