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niyad

(113,463 posts)
Sat Nov 28, 2015, 03:19 PM Nov 2015

some stats on clinic violence JUST since Dr. Tiller's murder:

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The national non-profit group, devoted to providing a range of reproductive health services, including abortions, has come under renewed pressure this year from conservatives in Congress seeking to cut off federal funding for the organization.

At least eight workers at clinics providing abortions have been killed since 1977, according to the National Abortion Federation - most recently in 2009, when doctor George Tiller was shot to death at church in Wichita, Kansas.

Clinics have reported nearly SEVEN THOUSAND incidents of trespassing, vandalism, arson, death threats, and other forms of violence since then, according to the federation.

As in much of the rest of the country, abortion is a divisive issue in Colorado. Colorado Springs is a hub for conservative Christian groups such as Focus on the Family that oppose abortion.

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Read more at Reutershttp://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/28/us-colorado-shooter-idUSKBN0TH05O20151128#rGqYi1Sfwd8Lo0YZ.99

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