Reply #12: Newsflash: WE ARE BETTER... [View All]

[MrBenchley]

And that's why its all the more disgraceful to see people attacking NARAL for telling the truth...

From the Feminist Majority:
"At the time of the Bray case, violence was extensive at women’s health clinics across the country. Our sister organization, the Feminist Majority Foundation, trained thousands of clinic defenders to protect clinics, patients, and health care workers. An estimated 50% of clinics in 1993 were experiencing severe forms of violence including death threats, stalking, chemical attacks, arsons, bomb threats, invasions, and blockades.
Several of the individuals Roberts was arguing on behalf of were making dangerous statements at this time advocating violence. Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue and a named petitioner in the Bray case, told the Washington Post (3/13/89) that he does not criticize clinic bombers because he "believe in the use of force."
Around the time of the first hearing before the Supreme Court of the Bray v. Alexandria case, Michael and Jayne Brays’ public statements advocating violence against clinics and doctors were very extreme. In a Washington Post interview (12/3/91), Michael Bray said, "Is there a legitimate use of force on behalf of the unborn? I say yes, it is justified to destroy the facilities. And yes, it is justified to – what kind of word should I use?" Jayne Bray said, "Well, they use ‘terminate a pregnancy’." Michael Bray said, "Yeah, terminate an abortionist."
Michael Bray later signed a petition supporting "justifiable homicide" of abortion providers – and became the self-proclaimed "lifetime chaplain" of the Army of God, an extremist anti-abortion group that has claimed responsibility for acts of violence, including the 1998 Birmingham clinic bombing that killed an off-duty police officer and critically maimed a nurse."

Trying to pretend that it's somehow out of bounds for NARAL to mention who Judge Frenchfry stood up FOR and what they did later is bullshit. And it's certainly worth speculating that the 1997 bombing in 1998 might not have occurred if the GOP and Judge Frenchfry hadn't intervened in the bombers' behalf and had put them in jail where they belonged back in 1991.