Agenda of Violence
William F. Roberts wrote, that some “intend to deny these rights by would-be theocrats and other totalitarians among us.” In order to deny women the right to an abortion some extremist have been resorting to murder for decades.
Since the early ‘90s, there has been an organized network of extremists, who advocate the murder of abortion providers. They’ve come to the conclusion that the only way to stop abortion is to murder providers. They recruit people to engage in acts of violence and they celebrate the violence that takes place.
The National Abortion Federation, sent out a security alert to abortion providers after the November election, because in tracking abortion violence they’ve noticed an increase of activity outside abortion clinics, after they’ve lost an election. Obviously, anti-abortion extremists resorted to violence, whenever they don’t see themselves winning legislative or judicial battles.
Following, the heinous murder of Dr. Tiller, our Attorney General, Eric Holder responded by providing Federal Marshal protection to the most vulnerable physicians, who the National Abortion Federation thought might be targeted. He instructed the FBI to contact each of the clinics in their areas and assess their threat levels, security risks and to work very closely with the clinics, to make sure that we don’t see more violence.
Not unlike al Qaeda, it’s very hard to predict where violent extremist will strike, and by what method. There was a decrease in anti-abortion violence after the murder of Dr. Slepian in 1998, due in part to a strong law enforcement response, and the conviction of the three anti-abortion terrorists, who were on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list. Two years ago, a bomb outside a clinic in Austin, Texas malfunctioned. Clinic staff found it and called the ATF, who were able to detonate it without a loss of life.
In a civilized democratic society, we can’t allow people to use violence to advance their anti-abortion agenda to stop abortions from taking place in the United States. I've read that the only difference between the American anti-abortion movement and the Taliban is about 8,000 miles.
Since the early ‘90s, there has been an organized network of extremists, who advocate the murder of abortion providers. They’ve come to the conclusion that the only way to stop abortion is to murder providers. They recruit people to engage in acts of violence and they celebrate the violence that takes place.
The National Abortion Federation, sent out a security alert to abortion providers after the November election, because in tracking abortion violence they’ve noticed an increase of activity outside abortion clinics, after they’ve lost an election. Obviously, anti-abortion extremists resorted to violence, whenever they don’t see themselves winning legislative or judicial battles.
Following, the heinous murder of Dr. Tiller, our Attorney General, Eric Holder responded by providing Federal Marshal protection to the most vulnerable physicians, who the National Abortion Federation thought might be targeted. He instructed the FBI to contact each of the clinics in their areas and assess their threat levels, security risks and to work very closely with the clinics, to make sure that we don’t see more violence.
Not unlike al Qaeda, it’s very hard to predict where violent extremist will strike, and by what method. There was a decrease in anti-abortion violence after the murder of Dr. Slepian in 1998, due in part to a strong law enforcement response, and the conviction of the three anti-abortion terrorists, who were on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list. Two years ago, a bomb outside a clinic in Austin, Texas malfunctioned. Clinic staff found it and called the ATF, who were able to detonate it without a loss of life.
In a civilized democratic society, we can’t allow people to use violence to advance their anti-abortion agenda to stop abortions from taking place in the United States. I've read that the only difference between the American anti-abortion movement and the Taliban is about 8,000 miles.
posted by Jim O'Leary | 12:56 AM
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