And on Oct. 31, more than 500 activists attended a rally in downtown Buffalo. I have heard people on TV debating the murder of Dr. Slepian. There was no debate when the federal building was bombed in Oklahoma. There was no debate when the Unabomber killed and maimed corporate executives. Murder is murder.
Terrorism is terrorism.
At an Oct. 28 vigil in Washington, D.C., feminist leaders honored the doctor and pledged to stand up to anti-abortion thugs. Speaking at the vigil were D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and Ann Lewis, White House communications director, who brought statements from President Clinton and Vice President Gore. Marilynn Buckman, executive director of GYN Womenservices, where Slepian worked, traveled from Buffalo to Washington, D.C., for the vigil. Doctors must be allowed to practice medicine and not live in fear for their lives. This country cannot allow a fringe element to practice vigilante terrorism.