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Barnett Abba Slepian (April 23, 1946 – October 23, 1998) was an American physician and abortion provider who was assassinated in his home by James Charles Kopp, a militant member of the US anti-abortion movement.
Anti-abortion violence is specifically directed towards people who or places which provide abortion. [3] It is recognized as "single-issue terrorism".[1] [4] Incidents include vandalism, arson, and bombings of abortion clinics, such as those committed by Eric Rudolph (1996–98), and murders or attempted murders of physicians and clinic staff, as committed by James Kopp (1998), Paul Jennings ...
The first major U.S. organization in the modern anti-abortion movement, the National Right to Life Committee, was formed out of the United States Catholic Conference in 1967. [8] The description "pro-life" was adopted by the right-to-life (anti-abortion) movement in the United States following the Supreme Court 1973 decision Roe v.
Donald Trump signed pardons for 23 anti-abortion activists who were convicted for violating a federal law that makes it a crime to block entrances to reproductive health clinics.. The pardon list ...
Dr George Tiller, who was shot and killed by an anti-abortion activist in 2009 (Tribune News Service/Getty) One of his medical colleagues out west was so worried about being assassinated he wore a ...
The final four of 11 anti-abortion activists charged with blocking access to a Tennessee clinic in 2021 have been convicted of violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. Eva ...
Randall Allen Terry (born on April 25, 1959) [1] is an American politician and activist. Terry founded the Pro-Life organization Operation Rescue.Beginning in 1987, the group became particularly prominent for blockading the entrances to abortion clinics; Terry led the group until 1991.
Paul Jennings Hill (February 6, 1954 – September 3, 2003) was an American minister, religious extremist, and anti-abortion terrorist who murdered physician John Britton and Britton's bodyguard, retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Barrett, in 1994. [1] [2] Hill was sentenced to death by lethal injection and was executed on September 3 ...