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(damn these fucking woman-hating domestic terrorists and the failure to do anything about them)
Last Full-Time Abortion Clinic in Kentucky Vandalized Twice in Three Weeks
Kentuckys last remaining full-time abortion clinic has been vandalized twice in less than one month.
On the night of October 26, EMW Womens Surgical Center in Louisville suffered a broken window when an unidentified man bolted past protestors across the street and threw his body into the clinics window. The clinics executive director, Anne, who withheld her name for security reasons, said following the incident, the man walked away calmly, leaving the window in pieces. Just three weeks later on November 11, surveillance cameras captured a male perpetrator kneeling and praying in front of the clinic. According to Anne, forty-five minutes later, the man returned, this time with a blanket over his head and in a matter of minutes, hurled a rock through the offices window before walking away. Louisville police report the clinic sustained some $1600 in damage in the two incidents combined.
The twin incidents in Kentucky are the latest in a spate of vandalism and violence against womens healthcare providers nationwide, the most recent attacks occurring in the wake of the release of several fraudulent and surreptitiously-recorded videos by anti-abortion group the Center of Medical Progress (CMP). Last month, an intruder wielding a hatchet destroyed telephones and other office equipment in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Claremont, New Hampshire. In September, two clinic were set ablaze by arsonists in Washington state and California respectively. This summer, two clinics in Louisiana suffered property damage in separate incidents of vandalism and in March, trespassers destroyed security cameras and a power generator at Mississippis Jackson Womens Health Center. CMPs so-called sting videos claimed to document the illegal sale of fetal tissue by Planned Parenthood, but have been debunked repeatedly.
For now, Kentuckys EMW have affirmed their commitment to providing reproductive care and abortions services to the women of Louisville. Were not angry, were not afraid, were just really sad that the mentality out there isnt more understanding and compassionate for women, said EMWs Anne. Theyre not going to intimidate us.
http://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2015/11/23/last-full-time-abortion-clinic-in-kentucky-vandalized-twice-in-three-weeks/
Behind the Aegis
(53,991 posts)The perpetrators should be charged with terrorism and hate crime charges.
niyad
(113,582 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,991 posts)Will a successful prosecution happen the first time? Probably not. It may, however, set a precedent.
niyad
(113,582 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Vinca
(50,310 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 24, 2015, 12:43 PM - Edit history (1)
You never know when a vandal will experience an unwanted/unexpected/dangerous pregnancy and need an abortion. They'll end up having to drive their mistresses out of state.
niyad
(113,582 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Sick bastards, they should be charged with terrorism, because that is what they are doing.
niyad
(113,582 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)in many states as the Democratic Party abandons the "issue," and the violent attacks gain increasingly impunity in the face of a numbed and lethargic public.
Curiously, even a border state like Texas can serve as a staging area for systematic transport of women to reputable clinics in Mexico; I lent my car to assist a woman who needed an abortion in Nueva Laredo in 1970. Other interior states will need more capital-intensive assistance to get to clinics.