*Abortion-Related Violence and Alleged Violence An Investigative Report by Life Research Institute January 5, 1995 This report is a production of: Life Research Institute 4279 Armand Drive Concord, CA 94521 This report is not copyrighted. It covers violence and alleged violence only in the United States This is a second printing of the January 5 report. Typographical errors and minor grammar changes have been made for this second printing, but no information has been added or deleted. Proverbs 18:17 of the Bible says, "The first to present his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him." This report gives the second side of the violence story.* *Executive Summary * This report finds that there has been far less violence by pro-life against pro-abortion than pro-abortion against pro-life, and that there has been a great amount of violence by police against pro-life but no violence by police against pro-abortion. In order to understand the misconception that pro-life is violent, one must understand the abortion-industry definition of violence. (The abortion industry has defined the term for the media and for you.) Although not always, from time-to-time the abortion industry will define even legal, peaceful, constitutionally protected praying and picketing as violence. In addition, they will manipulate statistics to multiply the numbers of alleged incidents. For example, a legal, peaceful, constitutionally protected picket by 100 pro-lifers will be counted as 102 acts of violence--100 for the pro-lifers, one for the clinic, and one for the incident. This report presents the following findings (with the definition of incident explained on page 5): * *No. Listed*[1] *No. Guilty of*[2] Incidents by pro-life against pro-abortion 164 12 Incidents by pro-abortion against pro-life 218 15 Incidents by police against pro-abortion 0 0 Incidents by police against pro-life 29 11 Total 411 38 * Generally speaking, in this report a verdict on guilt comes from a court of law, not from the prejudice of Life Research Institute (LRI). This tends to make pro-abortion look far more innocent than they would otherwise look: LRI has viewed many, many video tapes showing obvious pro-abortion guilt, but has chosen to not call pro-abortion guilty independent of the courts or confessions. This report also presents the following findings: ·There have been more bombings of religious facilities than all types of medical facilities combined. ·Bombings and attempted bombings of any type of medical facility have been rare. There have been 230 times as many against other industries, homes, and other buildings. ·Only thirty-five one-thousandth of one percent of all U.S. arsons can be attributed to pro-life. ·Only one one-thousandth of one percent of all U.S. homicides can be attributed to pro-life. ·The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms has never connected any act of violence to any pro-life organization. ·The Federal Bureau of Investigation does not list any pro-life organization as terrorist. ·There are many very significant reasons for the abortion industry to deceive the public. ·The abortion industry has been unwilling and/or unable to substantiate their accusations against pro-life. ·There are many reasons for violence against abortion facilities other than pro-life activism. ·The media rarely portrays violence by pro-abortion, but rarely doesn't portray violence by pro-life. 1. These figures are found by counting incidents in Investigations I - IV herein. 2. These figures are found in "Summary of Conclusions Regarding Each Investigation" herein. *Table of Contents * *Busy people may wish to read highlighted entries first. These convey the most important information but comprise only 25% of this report.* PAGE NUMBERS ARE NOT VALID IN THIS FILE! *Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 * *A Notable Dangerous Incident . . . . . . . . . . . 2 * *Purpose of this Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 * *Bombings and Attempted Bombings of Religious Facilities And Other Bombing Comparisons . . . . . . . . . 4 * *Definitions of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 * The Feminist Majority Foundation Report . . . . . . . 7 *We bomb clinics (don't we?) . . . . . . . . . . . 8 * *Arson Perspective: Comparison of Numbers of Arsons . . . . 14 * *Homicide Perspective: Comparison of Numbers of Homicides . 15 * *Testimony of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms . . . 16 * *Terrorism Perspective: Organizations Involved . . . . . 18 * *An Epidemic of Antiabortion Violence? . . . . . . . . 19 * *Activists' Attitudes and Morals . . . . . . . . . . 21 * *Lies? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 * *Criteria for Forming Conclusions . . . . . . . . . 27 * *Notable Quotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 * *Non-Substantiation by Pro-Abortion . . . . . . . . . 30 * Alternative Reasons for Violence "Against" Pro-Abortion . . 32 Investigation I: Alleged Violence of Pro-Lifers against Pro-Aborts and their Facilities* . . . . . . . . 33 *Excerpts from by Bay Area Coalition Against Operation Rescue . . . . . . . . 60* Investigation II: Alleged Violence of Pro-Aborts against Pro-Lifers and their Facilities* . . . . . . . . 66 Investigation III: Alleged Violence of Police against Pro-Aborts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Investigation IV: Alleged Violence of Police against Pro-Lifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 *Summary of Conclusions Regarding Each Investigation . . . 123* *Final Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126* *Excludes violence by pro-life or pro-abortion police *Introduction * In Congress, in the legislatures, in the courtrooms, in the media, and in the homes in the United States, nearly everyone "knows" that pro-life people are violent and that pro-abortion people are peaceful. But is that the truth? This document analyzes that possibility. The reader should realize that the pro-life activists are not solely trying to prevent abortion of pre-borns that are so small as to hardly be visible: Abortion is legal through all nine months of the pregnan-cy. Furthermore, the pregnant mother can give any reason for having an abortion, or she can give no reason. Only two percent abort for combined reasons of rape, incest, life of the mother, and fetal handicap. In this report, violence against pro-lifers excludes violence against the pre-born. (All the pre-born would be pro-life if they knew what was going to happen to them.) The reason for the exclusion: 35,000,000 entries in the tables would be needed for the period 1973 - 1994. When reviewing the allegations from each side of the abortion issue, one might be surprised to find that there are more alleged incidents of violence against pro-life than against pro-abortion. This is in spite of the following: 1) Until Life Research Institute began this project in 1992, the files incidents alleged against pro-abortion were not accumulated and incidents alleged against pro-life were almost totally unsubstantiated. Thus, many of the latter could have been invented. Life Research Institute therefore tried to get pro-abortion to document their allegations, but they were either unwilling or unable to. 2) Being under-funded by a factor of thousands, pro-life activists rarely make their living as activists, while those who collect data for National Organization for Women and National Abortion Federation employed by them. Thus, pro-life has few people collecting data, and until late 1994, no pro-lifer had a significant collection plan, a central collection point, or a computer file such as the pro-aborts have. 3) Pro-abortion knows this, and therefore knows that it is very diffi-cult for pro-life to refute pro-abortion claims of violence and other incidents. Abortion profits are tremendous, and money is an incentive to lie. This does not that pro-abortion lies, but Life Research Institute is confident that the intelligent reader will make that decision. In the following tables, alleged incidents involving butyric acid are listed. It needs to be pointed out that butyric acid is not a sub-stance used to physically harm people. It is a very smelly substance used to drive people from clinics so that no abortions will be done for a period of time. The acid has never been used physically on personnel, nor has the acid has ever been involved in a fire or explosion. Lastly, I must include a note about me. Although I show in this report that my name is Lynn K. Murphy, that is not my real name. For my protection against pro-abortion violence, several years ago I selected an alias. I believe that this was a very good decision. You will readily see why as you examine this report. The time span this report covers is all years prior to 1995. From a practical viewpoint, however, long-ago incidents are easily forgotten. Thus, there are few listings of early incidents. *The police found an HK MP5AZ fully automatic 9mm machine gun, a Remington 12 gauge pump shotgun, a Sig Sauer P228, a 9mm, semi-automatic pistol, a Ruger P101 .357 magnum revolver, a Colt .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol, a Sphinx AT380M .380 caliber semi-automatic pistol, and an American Arms 22 magnum revolver. All the weapons had rounds in the chambers and most were in the cocked position. Who had these loaded guns? Pro-life or pro-abortion? The source of information is Legal Action for Women (LAW). Is LAW a pro-life or pro-abortion organization? For the answer, see "Investigation II," page 82.* *Purpose of this Report * The purpose of this report is as follows: ·To assess the validity of allegations of pro-life violence against pro-aborts and their facilities ·To assess the validity of allegations of pro-abortion violence against pro-lifers and their facilities ·To assess the validity of allegations of police violence against pro-aborts ·To assess the validity of allegations of police violence against pro-lifers The first two purposes exclude violence by on-duty police who are pro-life or pro-abortion. *Bombings and Attempted Bombings of Religious Facilities* *And Other Bombing Comparisons* Although this report is primarily about violence concerning abortion, it is very important to set the accusations of the pro-aborts straight. This is the primary accusation: Abortion clinic bombings are committed by religious, bigoted, pro-life, right-wing fanatics who are full of hate. But the truth is given by (Federal) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, <1993 EXPLOSIVES INCIDENTS REPORT,> Table VI: "BOMBING INCIDENTS BY TARGET, 1989-93", 21. The ATF report shows bombings and attempted bombings of religious facilities and medical facilities only for 1992 and 1993. There is essentially no difference between the statistics in these categories for these two years. For the *average* of 1992 and 1993, the report reveals bombings and attempted bombing incidents as follows: * *Number of* *Rank*[1] Against Religious Facilities 15 14 Against Medical Facilities[2] 13 15 * 1. I.e., other categories of bombings are presented. E.g., residential, commercial, utilities, etc. 2. *Medical facilities means all types of medical facilities, even those which do not do abortions or have anything at all to do with abortion or reproduction.* Let me put that in the most clear terms: There were more bombings and attempted bombings against the religious (so-called fanatics) than against abortion clinics! Furthermore, arithmetic division of total bombings plus attempted bombings reveals that proportionately, only *1* out of *230* was against *ANY TYPE* of medical facility. Yet the press makes very sure that when you read about a bombing or attempt, it is almost always abortion related. Thus, the proportion shown by the press is highly skewed, and pro-life looks vicious to the public. *Definitions of Terms * definition of terms is inappropriate in this report. Definitions used by one side of the abortion issue often do not match those used by the other side. General definitions follow: *Arson* - An act of deliberately starting a fire. *Assault* - Unfortunately, this term is used (by all parties) interchangeably with battery. Generally, it includes having physical contact. *Battery* - See Assault. *Blockade* - Pro-lifers physically putting their bodies between the abortionists and the girls and women seeking abortions. *Bomb* - An explosive device. Often used interchangeably with Firebomb. Firebomb is not defined by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and is a term used by the abortion industry to generate angry emotions against pro-life. *Butyric acid* - A very smelly substance used by one side to close clinics and by the other to close pro-life offices and churches. It is used only because of the smell, and it is not used in any dangerous way. *Deathscort* - A term used by pro-lifers to describe an escort at a clinic who attempts during a rescue to escort a woman to the abortionist. *Firebomb* - See Bomb. *Incident* - In the "We Bomb Clinics (don't we?)" part of this report, the definition of an incident of violence is the definition which the pro-aborts use. This definition is very difficult to pin down. However, in addition to including the obvious, this definition includes constitutionally protected praying and constitutionally protected picketing. In the rest of the report, generally an incident is defined as the *date and place* of an occurrence of violence. For example, on October 5, 1994, a Planned Parenthood executive and armed security guard assaulted four pro-lifers with a deadly weapon, kidnapped one of them, and falsely imprisoned one of them. Because they did this at one particular date and place, for the purposes of this report this incident is counted as one incident instead of many. *Mother* - Any girl or woman who is or has been pregnant notwithstanding whether she has given birth. Reproduction occurs at fertilization; females become mothers at the time of fertilization. *Rescue* - See Blockade. *Resisting arrest* - This includes many acts. Among them are *not assisting* in one's own arrest. Pro-lifers go limp when arrested. Thus, police must carry them to the police buses. Functionally, the pro-lifers are not resisting, but legally they are because they are not assisting. *Pro-abortion* - In a poll[1] of staggering importance, researcher David Reardon shows that the abortion industry rarely counsels their patients about alternatives to abortion. Thus, the abortion controversy is not about choice and it is not women's rights. Let there be no misunderstanding: Abortion is an immensely profitable business; *abortion is not about freedom of choice, it is about money.* Offering choices to not abort costs the industry money. Furthermore, Planned Parenthood set up mainland China's *forced-abortion* policy, National Organization for Women called it "among the most intelligent in the world," and NARAL co-founder Lawrence Lader also supports it.[2] This is why in this report Life Research Institute uses the term "pro-abortion" instead of "pro-choice." All along, "pro-life" should have been called "pro-choice": Pro-life offers more choices. *Terror* - To the pro-aborts, any act which the pro-aborts call violence. For example, according to National Abortion Federation, their reported 1,307 acts of legal, pro-life picketing were acts of violence and terrorism. (See "We Bomb Clinics (don't we?)" herein. *Violence* - The definition of violence which the pro-aborts use is found in the "We Bomb Clinics (don't we?)" part of this report. This definition is very difficult to pin down. However, it includes constitutionally protected praying and constitutionally protected picketing. In the rest of the report, violence is defined as acts, attempted acts, and threats of arson, assault, bombing/firebombing, burglary, kidnapping, murder, stalking, and extreme acts of vandalism (including use of butyric acid and other noxious substances). Thus, it includes violence against people and violence against property. Endnotes: 1. David C. Reardon, (Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1987) 333-6. 2. David C. Reardon, "Compulsory Population Control." Address of Reardon: Elliot Institute, P. O. Box 9079, Springfield, IL 62791) *The Feminist Majority Foundation Report * Life Research Institute (LRI) has made a thorough analysis of The Feminist Majority Foundation's <1994 Clinic Violence Survey Report.> That report is unverifiable and false throughout. The report is approximately 99% generalizations coupled with unsubstantiated and unsubstantiable allegations. While alone this doesn't entirely prove falseness, before believing any material in the report, one should read the following material in the LRI report you are now reading: ·We bomb clinics (don't we?) ·Arson Perspective: Comparison of Numbers of Arsons ·Homicide Perspective: Comparison of Numbers of Homicides ·Testimony of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms ·Terrorism Perspective: Organizations Involved ·An Epidemic of Antiabortion Violence? ·Activists' Attitudes and Morals ·Lies? ·Non-Substantiation by Pro-Abortion ·Alternative Reasons for Violence "Against" Pro-Abortion ·Summary of Conclusions Regarding Each Investigation ·Final Conclusions The intellectually honest must also consider The Feminist Majority Foundation itself. First, it is not feminist. More than half the babies killed by abortion are female. Furthermore, pro-aborts, pro-lifers, and those doctors who don't care about the abortion issue almost universally agree: Abortion seriously hurts nine out of ten women who have it.[1] This fact was determined before the connection of abortion to breast cancer was discovered. To date, more than thirty studies[2] show this connection, and the number of additional breast cancer cases due to abortion is approximately 50,000 per year.[3] Thus, to be pro-abortion/pro-choice cannot possibly be construed, to the intellectually honest, to be feminism. It is not feminism to favor killing females. The Feminist Majority Foundation does not hold the opinion of the majority. Poll after poll shows that the majority of women are pro-life. Furthermore, the combined membership of The Feminist Majority Foundation, National Organization for Women, and other pro-abortion organizations is far exceeded by one (of many) pro-life organizations: Concerned Women for America. The Feminist Majority Foundation's <1994 Clinic Violence Survey Report> begins with two lies, Feminist and Majority, and the lies continue to the end. Included in the lies are statements--represented as facts--that blockading and picketing are violence. Blockading is trespassing, not violence. Picketing is peaceful and is a constitutionally protected right. It is a shame that so many people have accepted "feminist" reports at face value. It is unfortunate that such reports deal in unverifiable generalities. You will not find that to be the case with the report you are now reading! Endnotes: 1. "Abortion Hurts Women," Life Research Institute. 2. Life Dynamics, December 1994. Phone is 817 380 8800. 3. Conservatively, without abortion 1 in 10 women will contract breast cancer. A mother's first abortion is most important, and there are about 1,000,000 of these annually. Thus, 100,000 of these would get breast cancer without aborting. But abortion increases the risk by *at least* 50%. 100,000 x 50% = 50,000. This analysis provides a very conservative result. *We bomb clinics (don't we?) (A June & July, 1993 article by Jenny Westberg*) * (All emphases and brackets are by Life Research Institute.) In the wake of the Pensacola shooting, pro-aborts have taken every opportunity to remind us, through the media, that anti-abortion zealots have a long history of "domestic terrorism." Specifically, we are reminded, there has been a relentless 20-year campaign of violence against abortion mills. Most media reports have relied on statistics compiled by the National Abortion Federation (NAF). *Using the NAF's data, journalists have been able to refer to "hundreds -- even thousands -- of violent incidents and "millions of dollars in damages." A review of the NAF's own figures, however, tell a different story. * *Numbers unimpressive* The most recent NAF figures[1] on anti-clinic bombings and arson -- and attempts -- are shown in the graphs accompanying this article. [Life Research Institute has chosen not to include the graphs. NAF's numbers are so low, as you will see from the text, that the graphs are not worth presenting.] One of the first observations to be made on these graphs is that the numbers are not terribly impressive. *In 1990, for instance, there were four incidents of arson; no bombings; and four attempts at one or the other.* [These are NAF figures. Correct answers are lower.] Aren't there hundreds, or at least dozens, each year? Just how does this constitute an epidemic of anti-abortion violence" (as it was called recently in a respected medical journal)?[2] Clearly, public perception bears little resemblance to the actual data. This is no accident. It is, in fact, a public relations triumph engineered by the pro-abort spin doctors at the NAF. *Statistics show low risk* *The figure of four arson incidents in 1990 is even less impressive when you consider the number of abortion mills in the United States. * According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, there are 1,405 hospitals that provide abortions, and 1,503 "non-hospital providers" -- that is, freestanding clinics. No hospital provider has ever been the subject of an attack. Using the figure of 1,503 abortion mills, we can calculate the statistical probability of an arson or bombing at a given location during a one-year period. Over a period of 15 years (1977-1991), the NAF reports that there have been 34 instances of bombing and 61 instances of arson, for a total of 95 instances. Dividing this total by 15, we get an annual average of 6.33. Applying this annual average figure to the number of mills (1,503), *we get a risk of 0.42%--less than one-half of one percent.* This, then, is the risk that any given abortion mill will experience an arson or bombing in a given year. *The author, Jenny Westberg, is formally of Advocates for Life. Advocates published this article for her in their magazine in June 1993 (p. 44) and July 1993 (p. 50). *Complication rates* *But wait: isn't there something familiar about that phrase, "less than one-half of one percent"? You bet there is. It's the same figure used by the NAF -- and repeated by the media -- when reporting the risk of maternal complications due to abortion. According to the NAF, this 0.5% risk (which is an average for all gestations and all techniques, and applies only to major complications) is sufficiently low to make abortion "an extremely safe procedure."*[3] . . .[Other pro-abortion groups, uncommitted groups, and pro-life consider the risk to the mother to be very much higher than 0.5%.] Of course, arson and bombings cannot really considered "abortion complications," but there is more of a direct relationship than any pro-abort would care to admit. Several instances of anti-clinic violence have been traced to a bereaved parent of an aborted child. Thus, in a way. each individual baby's murder does carry an inherent risk of retaliation by the child's relatives. . . . *Defining terrorism* It turns out that many of the NAF's "incidents of violence and disruption" are simply incidents of pro-life activism. *The NAF list features a huge figure -- 30,000 -- under the heading "Clinic Blockades." *This, of course, is their term for rescue missions. Many pro-lifers would question whether rescue activities can honestly be categorized as "violence." In most rescues, there are no injuries and no property damage. The few exceptions involve violence by pro- aborts and police, and the pro-life rescuers are generally the passive recipients of any injuries that occur. The pro-abortionists at the NAF, however, do consider rescues to be instances of violence; and to make sure everyone gets the point, they footnote the category and deliver the following helpful clarification: "Despite claims to be nonviolent, many 'blockaders' are arrested for assault, trespass and invasion." Of course, a "total number of incidents" of 31,289 in any category on a report of this nature gives a highly misleading impression. *Pro-aborts flunk math* *But the figure of 31,289 total incidents of "clinic blockade" is, itself, entirely worthless, due to a lapse in mathematical logic on the part of the NAF.* *The NAF report actually shows 476 total incidents, not 31,289. The report's authors, possibly suffering from gender-based math anxiety, took the 476 rescues and added the 30,512 individual arrests.* [Arrests are almost always for trespassing.] Then to compound the error beyond all reason, they added in the 301 clinics at which the rescues occurred. *What the NAF's arithmetic implies is that each rescue represents an incident of violence; each individual rescuer represents an additional incident; and each affected clinic is, itself, an incident of violence as well. *(Actually, they might have a point about that last part.) *Using NAF-math, a single rescue with 100 arrests would be reported as 102 total incidents, as shown here:* * No. of Clinics 1 No. of Incidents 1 No. of Arrests 100 Total Incidents 102 * *Constitutionally protected terrorism* Another source of overall distortion is the NAF's inclusion of certain First Amendment activities in their "violence report." *Incredibly, they list 1,307 instances picketing --in the same subcategory as bomb threats.* Perhaps the NAF hasn't heard, but picketing is a legitimate exercise of free speech in this country. Does the NAF really favor a revision of this right? Of course not. And their report would be more credible if they eliminated the "picketing" category entirely. While they're at it, *they should also delete the 375 instances of "hate mail and harassing calls.*" These calls and letters, apparently, contain no threats ("death threats" and "bomb threats" have their own separate listings). Therefore, it is quite likely that these are simply calls and letters expressing the opinion that abortion is bad, and/or calls and letters with the intent of evangelization. Again in case the NAF hasn't heard, expression of opinion is constitutionally protected free speech. The fact that the recipients do not happen to agree with the expressed opinions does not qualify them as "hate mail" or "harassment." In fact, a great deal of the "hate mail" that abortionists receive is along the lines of "Jesus loves you"; "I am praying for you"; and so on. Unfortunately, some pro-aborts feel "threatened" by these sentiments. That still doesn't make it violence. *Bombers and arsonists* Yet, there are still, on average, about two bombings and four arson per year. Who is actually behind these acts? The pro-aborts are sure they know: the pro-life movement is responsible for each and every one of them. When a Concord, California Planned Parenthood was damaged by fire in 1990, PP representative Heather Estes said. "There's no doubt in my mind it's the work of anti-abortion terrorists." In Sacramento in 1992, after another fire, clinic escort Christine Gilpin said, "I think it's obvious what happened here. I think the anti-choice people set the fire." [The previous ends the June part of Jenny Westberg's article; the following quote introduces the July part.] -- Patricia Donovan If there is one area where pro-aborts really excel, it's disinformation. Their propaganda campaign, which characterizes pro-lifers as wild-eyed, heavily-armed terrorists, has been chillingly successful -- to the point that even our friends are wary of us. There are two parts to this campaign. First, as we saw in Part One of this article (Life Advocate, June 1993), pro-abort groups like the National Abortion Federation brazenly inflate their statistics on "anti-clinic" violence. *Second without the least regard for minor details like, proof and documentation, they attribute every incident of havoc to the pro-life movement as a whole.* Sometimes the accusations are specific. After a November 1992 fire at a Redding, California abortion mill, for instance, the local newspaper that Jody Muller, chair of the Sacramento-based Organization for Women, blamed the Lambs of Christ. Muller also informed the paper that the Lambs of Christ have burned [other] abortion clinics in Redding and elsewhere in Northern California. The Lambs of Christ were never linked to the fire. But that's not surprising, considering that Father Norman Weslin, who heads the group, bases the group's tactics on a principle of complete "helplessness'" in order to identify with unborn children. In a letter to supporters, Weslin wrote: "The Lambs are never violent. If you are inclined toward violence, please do not gather with the Lambs. You will set us back ten years." In fact, federal investigators have never found a trace of the "violent anti-abortion conspiracy" that pro-aborts insist is out there. Officials from the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) spelled this out before a Congressional subcommittee in 1985, and they have restated it as recently as last November (1992). Of course, according to some abortion advocates, the reason no terrorist conspiracy has been uncovered is that law enforcement agencies have been slack in pursuing clinic bombers. Actually, over 60% of clinic arsons and bombings have been solved. The federal agencies' conclusion that no conspiracy exists is based on their knowledge of real perpetrators, while the pro-aborts' accusations, apparently, are based on nothing more solid than their own paranoid fantasies. *"No conspiracy theory survives the arrests we have made," BATF Special Agent Jack Killorin said last year. "The connection would have been found. We're looking for these kind of connections."* Who is actually responsible for anti-clinic violence? The perpetrators fall into several categories. *1. Abortionists and pro-abort sympathizers.* Perhaps, unsurprisingly, the pro-abortionists themselves may account for the largest percentage of so-called "terrorist acts." In 1985, while investigating a series of package bombs sent to clinics in Portland, Oregon, *the Portland Police Department *assessed national intelligence data concerning violence at abortion clinics. According to insiders, their *findings indicated that between 80-85% of bombing and arson incidents were "related to someone inside the clinics."* The motive? Insurance money, coupled with a desire to gain public sympathy. Many of these cases are yet unsolved, but evidence clearly points to an "inside job." Here are a few examples: Two arson attempts at the (then) Bours Birth and Surgery Center caused about $1,000 damage. According to a source who was, at the time, a detective with the Forest Grove Police Department, and was involved in the investigations, the cases involved "very suspicious circumstances," including an employee's fingerprints on one of the incendiary devices. The investigations were "leading to suspicions concerning the doctor." The two cases were never solved. One reason for this was that certain clinic employees refused to cooperate with investigators. A bomb, placed in [abortionist] George Tiller's clinic doorway, exploded close to midnight. Tiller, who reportedly had prior plans to remodel the entranceway, was on the scene almost immediately in suit and tie. Later, he reported approximately $100,000 in damages to his insurance company. According to a local activist who spoke to federal investigators, the BATF considered Tiller the main suspect. Pro-abortion activist Frank Mendiola pleaded guilty to charges of telephoning a series of bomb threats to local abortion mills, abortion-rights organizations, and his own home. Mendiola said he made the calls to arouse public sympathy for abortion rights. and to motivate the media to "come down with a harder line on [pro-lifers] who [were] harassing the clinics." After a Planned Parenthood abortion mill was severely damaged by arson, the clinic immediately pinned the blame on "anti-abortion terrorists." A month later, police arrested David Martin, who lived across the street from the clinic. Martin told the "Contra Costa Times" he was "p__d off" by the pro-life protesters who he hoped would be blamed for the fire. During the Summer of Mercy rescues at George Tiller's mill, a clinic volunteer discovered a disarmed hand grenade in the bushes outside the facility. Even though the street had been barricaded for three days, during which time pro-lifers had no access to clinic grounds, the rescuers were automatically assumed to have placed the grenade. The incident was widely reported, gaining public sympathy for the besieged clinic. Local activists are still wondering how the paper bag containing the dead grenade had managed to stay dry through a night of torrential rain, and whether it's just a coincidence that Tiller is known to be a collector of antique army memorabilia (such as disarmed grenades). *2. Friends or relatives of an abortion victim.* Thirty million abortions leave behind a lot of grief and a lot of anger. Literally thousands of men -- of varying degrees of emotional stability -- have discovered, after the fact, that their unborn babies have been slaughtered by the local abortionist. Thousands more have seen a "safe, simple procedure" maim or kill the woman they love. At the same time, literally thousands of women have discovered -- too late -- that those nice, compassionate folks at the clinic essentially conned them into cooperating in an unimaginably cruel and vicious act. Even if a woman was fairly well-balanced (and many abortion clinic clients are not), this is the sort of realization that can cause emotional trauma up to and including a psychotic break. For some of these thousands and thousands of wounded individuals, performing some small act of violence against a clinic must seem like the very least they can do. Don Blythe, head of the California-based At The Well Ministries, suggested this possibility in a 1992 letter, in which he wrote: "Many people have stopped to talk to sidewalk counselors in front of the mills and told us they would make the place pay for their grief." a series of package bombs was sent through the mail to three abortion mills and a Planned Parenthood clinic. All four devices were discovered before they went off, but the pro-abortion community exploded with indignation. Suddenly, Portland was on the map: Every two-bit pro-choice newsletter had to get in its licks (the phrase "Khomeini mentality" was popular at the time); and the national media milked it for all they could; and the clinics were inspired to approach the courts for injunctions and damages that eventually restricted the constitutional rights of just about everybody in town. Most people probably still think the pro-lifers had something to do with those mail bombs. In fact the case was quietly solved. The perpetrator, Richard Duane Batson, was caught when one of the bombs he was making exploded, blowing off part of his arm. Evidence linking Batson to the package bombs, as well as to a bomb that had exploded outside the Lovejoy mill, was presented at Batson's trial on a separate bombing charge. Batson was convicted of the separate charge and sent to prison. And what was Batson's motive? His girlfriend, it seems, had obtained an abortion without his knowledge. *3. Other causes.* Columnist Jack Anderson reported in 1984 that some clinic bombings may have been related to organized crime efforts to take over the profitable abortion trade. Some mobsters, he wrote, have used strong arm tactics -- including arson -- to collect kickbacks and "protection from competition." Other arson incidents have been traced to attempts to cover up burglaries. "[These perpetrators] had nothing to do with the abortion issue, they were crooks," said the BATF's Killorin. And some are just accidental fires. In Redding, California, investigators determined that a clinic fire had been started by a portable electric fan. "It was not arson," said Redding police Sgt. Dave Mundy. But some folks are never convinced. "I don't buy it." said Susan Landau, the facility manager, after the fire had been traced to the malfunctioning appliance. The clinic continues to insist that the fire was part of "a wave of anti-abortion terrorism. . . ." 1. National Abortion Federation, "Incidents of Violence and Disruption Against Abortion Providers," Washington, DC: NAF, 1992. 2. Grimes, David, MD, et al., "An epidemic of anti-abortion violence in the United States." American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 165, no. 5, part 1, Nov. 1991, p. 1263. 3. National Abortion Federation. "Fourteen Years of Legal Abortion: Benefits to the Nation's Health." Washington, D.C.: NAF, 1987, p.3. *Arson Perspective Comparison of Numbers of Arsons * According to the abortion industry itself, a count of all the incidents of arson and attempted arson which pro-life *supposedly* perpetrated due to the abortion controversy yields 45 for the period 1989 - 1993. (See Investigation I herein. This figure includes electrical failures, accidents, arson by angry boyfriends and husbands, arson by clinic owners to collection insurance, etc.) There were no deaths and no injuries. The number of convictions of and confessions by pro-life was 1. In its report, <1993 EXPLOSIVES INCIDENTS REPORT,> (The federal) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), shows on its page 66 a table for all arson for any reason at any type of facility for all the U.S. for the same period, 1989 - 1993. * *1989 - 1993 Total* Number of incidents 2,835 Number killed 491 Number injured 1,246 Property damage $2,893,200 Defendants recommended for prosecution 2,090 * Even accepting the *grossly exaggerated* figure of 45 in paragraph 1, the percent that figure is of 2,835 incidents is only 1.6%. The correct figure is 1 of 2,835 or .035% (thirty-five one-thousandths of one percent). The ATF report is 91 pages long. Yet it only shows one conviction of a pro-lifer for arson or bombing! (This was arson on October 10, 1993 in Houston.) *Homicide Perspective Comparison of Numbers of Homicides * * Total Homicides Percent Percent *Year* *U.S. Homicides* *by Pro-Life* *by Pro-Life* *not by Pro-Life* 1973 20,465 0 0 100 1974 21,465 0 0 100 1975 21,310 0 0 100 1976 19,554 0 0 100 1977 19,968 0 0 100 1978 20,432 0 0 100 1979 22,550 0 0 100 1980 24,278 0 0 100 1981 23,646 0 0 100 1982 22,358 0 0 100 1983 20,191 0 0 100 1984 19,796 0 0 100 1985 19,893 0 0 100 1986 21,731 0 0 100 1987 21,103 0 0 100 1988 22,032 0 0 100 1989 22,909 0 0 100 1990 24,932 0 0 100 1991 26,513 0 0 100 1992 22,540 0 0 100 1993 25,500 1 .004 99.996 1994 25,000 4 .016 99.984 Totals 488,166 5 .001 99.999 * *The proper way to read .001 percent is one one-thousandth of one percent.* Following is an example showing how the press makes it look like the pro-life religious community is violent compared with those who commit violence against the religious. On November 12, 1994 wrote a very short (67 words) article (and buried it in a corner of page 15A) showing the conviction of a man for murdering a pastor at the pastor's church. The article mentions that another man was convicted of murdering a second victim at his church. The shooting ended a string of robberies of church workers. *When abortionists are shot, the press makes sure it is publicized on the front page! The public thinks pro-life is extremely violent because of media prejudice!* Endnotes Homicide is defined as willful murder and non-negligent manslaughter as determined by police departments, not courts or coroners. It excludes justifiable homicide. U.S. Homicides for 1973 - 1991: United States Department of Commerce, various issues as follows: For 1973 - 1975, 1978 issue, Table 295; for 1976 - 1979, 1986 issue, Table 287; for 1980 - 1991, 1994 issue, Table 307. U.S. Homicides for 1992: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 16. U.S. Homicides for 1993 and 1994: These are not available and therefore are estimates. Any error won't significantly affect percentages. Homicides by Pro-Life: This report. *Testimony of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms * "On March 12, 1985, Stephen E. Higgins, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms stated before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States House of Representatives that 'In summary, based on our investigations to date, these crimes appear to have been primarily the work of small groups or individuals who are acting out of a strong personal opposition to abortion. *They are members of no 'Army,'they belong to no one faith, and most appear to have little or no connection to established pro-life organizations.*[1] Jack Killorin, then investigator with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, confirmed this view when he observed that *'Overwhelmingly, the fires tend to be the work of a loner. A lot of these people have uncovered] no sign of support from anti-abortion organizations for this kind of activity. Many of the bombers rejected the organization. They thought of it as weak, impotent, not serious-minded. These are the kinds of things you hear when you talk to them.'"*[1] *The following is from a newspaper article* about a fire in Redding, California[2] The information is also from Jack Killorin. "The typical arsonist in health center fires has proven to be a loner with little or no connection to anti-abortion groups." (This is probably a paraphrase.) "A lot of these people (convicted) have never had any visible or traceable connection to anti-abortion activity." "No arrests have been made in any of the arson fires this year, but 62 of 103 arson fires or bombings of clinics in the past 10 year have been solved." *Federal investigators have uncovered through the years "no sign of support from (anti-abortion) organizations for this kind of activity."* Killorin said he could recall only one prominent anti-abortion leader . . . being convicted. . . . here the newspaper is paraphrasing Killorin. Newspaper again paraphrasing Killorin: "Some of the people convicted have had a 'fringe association' with anti-abortion groups, but *many 'rejected the organization' They thought of it as weak, impotent, not serious minded.* "A couple of burglars have been convicted of setting fires to cover their thefts, and some have given us reasons we haven't understood." *This is from a transcript* of a telephone conversation of Jack Killorin with Lynn K. Murphy.[3] Killorin did not know Murphy's position on abortion at any time. Killorin: introduced himself. Murphy: Hello. I read comments by you in a Redding, CA newspaper regarding an investigation you participated in in 1990 in a fire of an abortion clinic. And, I'm not a reporter, by the way. You made comments to the effect that you could not connect any pro-life organization with fires so far to date across the nation, fires at facilities such as this fire was at. I was wondering if there is an official government report or something that I could have or buy that would show this kind of information. Killorin: Well, I mean we don't, because we don't write reports of what's not there. You know, and in essence that THERE'S NEVER BEEN. I'm not . . . to be careful as how that's interpreted I wouldn't go that far. Many of the people who have been involved in bombings and arsons have at some point been involved in ah ah ah pro-life demonstrations or organizations. The thrust of the question in the reverse is what is not true. *Do those organizations institutionally or collectively support, condone, induce, participate in or direct those attacks, and not true.* We believe the bombers and arsonists should rot in prison for most of the rest of their lives and that's what we look at. Murphy: Okay. And when you said that pro-life organizations haven't been tied to these activities, does that include threats? Killorin: Well, lemme say this. We've done a lot of the threats [???] are handled at the local level although it can be a federal offense to make a threat. *The ones we've been involved in were generally involved ah . . . juveniles.* Murphy: Okay. So again, no ties you can establish for sure to organizations? Killorin: No. I mean if we want to establish ties to organizations, certain demonstrations, blockading have certainly been tied to organizations, but the bombings and arsons are not. Ah, to date, and of course that changes day-by-day, but to date, ah, most of the people, well, yeah I'd say most of the people we've apprehended and sent to prison for these offenses, probably the most uniform ah ah thing that they tell us is that they think that even some of the more active demonstrators simply do not have the right stuff. Murphy: They're not active enough. Killorin: They're not active enough. They're failures and weaklings. Murphy: Yeah. Yeah. I guess you said that in the Redding newspaper. Killorin: I mean it's sad. And lemme say too that lots of the folks we've arrested have never participated in a, I mean from the get-go, they were not folks who joined, you know they acted out of an individu-al motivation. And we've caught a couple of burglars who were doing something else entirely. Murphy: So some of these guys, they don't think pro-lifers are active enough, they've never acted with pro-life, they just took over with some plan which included a firebombing or something. Killorin: Yep. Murphy: Okay. Well that's very interesting information, and I appreciate your time and the call. Killorin: Take care. Murphy: All right. Thanks, bye. Killorin: Bye. *Update:* After the above testimony was taken, a Mr. John Salvi III apparently attacked two abortion clinics on December 30 and one on December 31. Salvi killed two and wounded five. While these were reprehensible acts, they do not contradict the testimonies above. If anything they reinforce them: By press time no information was brought forth linking Salvi to any pro-life organization. *Knowing that no pro-life organization agrees with or condones violence, he knew he had to act alone.* Every incident of extreme violence against abortion is committed by those apparently very dissatisfied with the non-violent nature of pro-life organizations. Therefore, every incident of extreme violence against abortion reinforces the fact that neither Operation Rescue nor any pro-life organization is violent. Endnotes 1. Brian Clowes, Ph.D., (Stafford, VA: American Life League, 1993) 19-3. 2. "Abortion Clinic Damaged in Arson, 11 June 1992, A26. 3. Jack Killorin telephone conversation with Lynn K. Murphy, 28 March 1994. *Terrorism Perspective Organizations Involved * Source of information: Federal Bureau of Investigation; Terrorist Research and Analytical Center Counterterrorism Section, Intelligence Division; ; Appendix B. The document referenced above lists all incidents of terrorism in the United States for the period 1982 - 1992. The FBI defines terrorism as armed robbery, arson, assassination, assault, attempted bomb-ing, attempted fire-bombing, attempted pipe-bombing, attempted takeover, bombing, car fire, fire-bombing, hostile takeover, malicious destruction of property, pipe-bombing, rocket attack, sabotage, shooting, takeover, and tear-gas bombing. These are all the organizations the FBI shows are involved in terrorism and the numbers of times each were involved: * Affiliates of the Aryan Nations 5 Mexican Revolutionary Movement 1 Animal Liberation Front 3 Mujahedin E Khalq 1 Anti-Nuclear Activist 1 National Revolutionary Front of Puerto Rico 5 Antonia Martinez Student Commandos 1 Omega Seven 9 Armed Forces of National Liberation 0 Org Alliance of Cuban Intransigence 1 Armed Forces of Popular Resistance 3 Org of Volunteers for Puerto Rican Revol 8 Armenian Resistance Unit 1 Pedro Albizu Campos Revolutionary Forces 5 Armenian Secret Army for the Lib of Amer 1 People of Omar - Anti-Qadhafi Libyans 1 Boncua Revolutionary Front 2 Popular Liberation Army 3 Boncuan Armed Anti-Imp Commando+Guerr Colmn 1 Provisional Coordin. Comm. of Labor etc. 3 Boncuan People's Army - Machetetos 4 Red Guerrilla Resistance 2 Boncuan People's Army - Machetetos+Star Grp 1 Republic of Revolutionary 1 Brigada Int Eugenio Mana De Hostos etc. 1 Revolutionary Fighting Group 1 Croatian Freedom Fighters 2 Sheriff's Posse Comitatus 1 Disassociated membrs of the Moslem religion 1 Star Group 1 Earth Night Action Group 1 United Freedom Fighters 2 Ejercito Pop Boncua-Machetetos+Org Vol etc. 7 United Freedom Front 4 Ejercito Popular Boncua - Machetetos 4 United Jewish Underground 1 Ejercito Popular Boncua - Mach+Org Vol etc. 1 Unknown Group 5 Evan Mecham Eco-Terrorist Int Conspiracy 2 Unknown Puerto Rican Group 4 Ewan(?) Mecham Eco-Terrorists Int Conspir 1 Up the IRS, Inc. 3 Guerrilla Forces of Liberator 7 Vieques Pro-Lib Group+ Boncuan People's Army 1 Individual Action 1 TOTAL 140 Jewish Defense League 6 Jewish Terrorist Elements 6 TOTAL PRO-LIFE 0 Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide 4 *Included in the above are five "Unknown Groups." Per Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, these groups cannot be pro-life groups. *Conclusion: Pro-life organizations were not involved.* *An Epidemic of Antiabortion Violence? *The following is excerpted from [1] *One Person's Summary of Alleged Incidents of Pro-life Violence (1984, 1985, and 1986)*[2] * * Alleged Incidents * *Type of "Violence" * *1984* *1985* *1986* *Totals* Picketing 160 139 88 387 Nasty mail/calls 17 32 34 83 Bomb threats 42 75 34 151 Sit-ins 34 47 42 123 Death threats 23 22 5 50 Assault 7 7 9 23 Burglary 2 2 2 6 Attempted or actual arson or bombing 30 22 55 107 Annual Totals 315 346 269 930 * References: The various National Abortion Federation (NAF) annual reports on clinic "violence," 1985 - 1987. * Examining the Charges. *In an article apocalyptically named David Grimes reports that there were 108 'attacks' against a total of 77 of the 2,908 total abortion providers in the United States over the period January 1, 1977 to December 31, 1988.[3] A little simple math shows that using Grimes' figures, each abortion clinic is 'attacked' an average of once per 323 years -- hardly an 'epidemic' by any possible definition, despite his article's name. Now let's take a look at the 880 incidents of 'violence' that the National Abortion Federation alleges took place during the three years l984, 1985, and 1986. To begin with, it is interesting to note that the pro-abortionists classify simple picketing or disapproving mail as violence. In fact, 42 percent of the events the NAF listed as 'clinic violence' are picketing! Remember that pro-abortionists pride themselves on their 'progressive' attitude. But this statistic shows their darker side: If anyone disagrees with them, then those persons are automatically classified as violent fanatics and must be shut up. In their eyes, as shown above, FREE SPEECH = VIOLENCE. Any activity that opposes abortophiles must be labeled as violence. For example, Tom Haranek of Endicott, New York merely sent Alex Aitken, assistant administrator of the Southern Tier Women's Services abortion mill, an Easter card asking her to 'repent of your profession.' She complained to the District Attorney, and Haranek was arrested and charged with a felony - aggravated harassment![4] More than 100 lawsuits have been filed against pro-life activists by pro-abortionists across the country since 1982. In every one of these actions, the plaintiffs demanded to have picketing banned from the public sidewalk in front of the clinics either because the picketing itself is alleged to be violent or because it supposedly leads to worse violence such as clinic bombings. For example, Warren Hern, a Colorado abortionist, has stated as fact that *'The general atmosphere is one of survival. Twenty-five percent of the clinics have been bombed. This is a highly repressive, totalitarian [pro-life] movement, similar to the Brown Shirts who broke windows in Jewish shops in Germany.'*[5] And, even more absurdly, abortion mill staffers have actually told the media that pro-lifers operate camps in the mountains whose purpose is to train religious fanatics to be bombers and killers![6] Gwen Elliott, a police commander and a former board member of the Women's Health Services abortion mill, and a member of the National Abortion and Reproduction Rights Action League (NARAL), insisted that she had been assaulted, even when confronted with solid evidence showing no such assault ever happened. Elliott alleges that her mother died of an illegal abortion, and has started a fund for poor women to get abortions.[7] Even though many pro-life women were sexually abused and beaten, so-called 'Women's rights' groups like the National Organization for Women (NOW) either applauded the brutality or remained silent about it when approached by pro-lifers. This proves once and for all that the NOW and other organizations are not really for all women, but instead only for those women who happen to agree with them on social issues. *[Life Research Institute points out the following facts: 1) The pro-life Concerned Women for America have nearly three times the membership as NOW. 2) There is a nationwide Feminists for Life organization. 3) There is a nationwide pro-life organization called Victims of Choice. 4) There is a nationwide pro-life organization called Women Exploited by Abortion 5) Two-thirds to three-fourths of pro-life activists are women. 6) Nationwide polls of the public show that women are more pro-*life* than men.] * Endnotes 1. Each of the following citations/endnotes are found in: Brian Clowes, Ph.D., (Stafford, VA: American Life League, 1993). In that book, endnotes 3, 4, 5, & 6 are found on page 19-2; endnote 7 is found on page 19-3. 2. Figure 19-1. 3. David A. Grimes, et al., "An Epidemic of Antiabortion Violence in the United States," November 1991, 1263-1268. 4. "Easter Card Leads to Arrest of Pro-Lifer," 25 May 1990, 8. 5. "Why Three Abortionists Quit: Picketing, Conscience, Old Age," 16 February 1987, 7. 6. 30 June 1986. 7. Gary Potter, "Brutality in Pittsburgh," 6 April 1989, 10. *Activists' Attitudes and Morals * The attitudes and morals of pro-abortion activists and pro-life activists are completely different from each other. The pro-aborts would have everyone believe that the pro-lifers are nasty, evil, and *violent*, and the pro-lifers would have you believe the same of the pro-aborts. What is the truth? *To begin with, why not look at the words of the pro-aborts? *Let's start with excerpts from the Manual of Bay Area Coalition Against Operation Rescue (BACAOR). (Complete citations are elsewhere in this document, and BACOAR has recently changed its name to Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights (BACORR)). Bay Area Coalition . . . is pro-abortion; Operation Rescue is pro-life. While reading the excerpts from the manual, keep in mind that even though Operation Rescue (OR) trespasses, trespassing is not violence, but the pro-abortion response to that *is* violence. (Emphasis below is by Life Research Institute.) This worked not only because of the coordination done by the defenders, but because we knew the passive style of resistance to expect from OR . . . Work with defenders around you to focus on a person or persons who need to be removed, identify them, and push the OR out from one defender to the next until they are put out of the defense line. . . . We have heard that many organizations tell people not to "touch" OR, but this of course is not really clinic defense. We advise people about not taking independent physical action against OR, which could cause them to be singled out for arrest or reprisal, etc., but instead, to work in groups to move, remove or isolate ORs as needed. There are innumerable instances of clinic defenders neutralizing male ORs by shouting "get your hands off me, don't you dare touch me" all the while they are tugging or pushing OR out of the line. Once the majority of ORs have been pushed or moved out from the door, if others remain, they can be picked up by several defenders in much the same way police remove them. It all worked well until the police captain showed up at around 7 am to try to put a stop to it. . . . We do not call police ourselves during a hit. *Our best work is done before police arrive, or when there are not enough police there to prevent us from doing what we have to do: Get in place before the cops can mess with it, establish balance of power early, do key acts requiring physical contact with OR as much as possible before cops have enough people to intervene.* . . . Do not let the police separate us from clients, either in their minds or physically; Words with cops are best backed up by deeds; if police try to stall our actions (by saying they will open the clinic once all arrests have been made, for example) push the issue by taking action (whether real or diversionary), threatening action, etc. Be prepared to act; don't let police be sole dictaters [sic] of clinic defenders' actions. Avoid letting the actions be slowed or stopped by police orders; if we are engaged with OR - pushing the ORs out, clearing a path, etc. it is less likely the police will jump in to try to stop it en masse; they don't know who is on what side; Those officers will often try to tell us not to defend the clinic if OR hits, and tell us we should obey orders to get out of the way if we are can not picket on the sidewalk in front of the clinic; this is our territory. Enforcement is not assured, and *confining our behavior toward OR to the legal realm has distinct limitations*. *Summary by Life Research Institute: *Keep Operation Rescue confused. Keep the police confused. Disobey the police whenever the police get in the way of BACAOR objectives. Tactics include assault, battery, kidnapping, false imprisonment, eavesdropping on the police, subterfuge of police goals, interfering with free speech, and blockading Operation Rescue. The attitude of BACAOR is that BACAOR is far superior to the police and the police shouldn't even show up. BACAOR is the definition of righteousness. This "righteousness" includes several classifications of crimes, some of which are violent. *This is the attitude and morality of hardened criminals normally found in this nation's penitentiaries.* *BACAOR admits to the non-violence of Operation Rescue* (See page 61 of this report). What does Planned Parenthood say about obeying the law? According to International Planned Parenthood Federation, "Family Planning Associations [the 180+ United States Planned Parenthood affiliates] and other non-governmental organizations should not use the absence of law or the existence of an unfavorable law as an excuse for inaction; *action outside the law, and even in violation of it, is part of the process of stimulating change."*[1] Following are other violence-endorsing and promoting remarks from this nation's pro-abortion leaders: Eleanor Smeal, previous National Organization for Women (NOW) President and current Fund for a Feminist [alleged] Majority President said in 1992: "They [abortionists] not only need to stand up and say *'I'm going to defy the law,' they've got to follow through and we've got to support them."*[2] Jill Ireland, 1992 NOW President, boasted in 1992: *"We will break the law* to make sure women have the right to safe, legal abortions."[3] (Safe is her word. Abortion kills babies. Also, more than thirty studies, most by pro-aborts, show that abortion greatly increases the risk of the woman contracting breast cancer.)[4] Another document, described in "Endnotes" below, proclaims: *"We refuse to comply with any law, regulation, or restriction of any kind* on any woman's reproductive freedom to decide when or if to bear a child. *We will do whatever is necessary to defy such laws, regulations, and restrictions, to encourage others to do so, and to build mass resistance against such restrictions."*[5] Faye Wattleton, former President of Planned Parenthood of America said: *"We will disobey laws* requiring notification to parents of minors receiving contraceptive drugs or devices."[6] Another document, described in "Endnotes" below, proclaims: *"Planned Parenthood provides suggestions and assistance for bypassing and disobeying various local and national laws restricting abortion."*[7] Malcolm Potts, M.D., former director of International Planned Parenthood Federation said: *"There are some laws that can and should be broken* . . . restrictive abortion laws . . . are as obsolete and irrelevant to the contemporary world as . . ."[8] Now let's look at attitudes and morals from another perspective. Planned Parenthood-type sex education courses are the most prevalent type in the U.S. Planned Parenthood even teaches the teachers of these courses. One program involved is called "Values Clarification." This term is a misnomer. A valid term would be "Values Declarification." The courses aggressively teach that the student's values should be her or his own and that therefore the student should greatly resist the teaching and instruction of her parents, of the law, and of the church. The point is strongly and firmly made: Make up your own values; what *you* say is moral is *moral*, and *nothing else is*. While it is unnecessary to point out the obvious illogic of this, we must understand its effect on violence, and especially violence at clinics. It is easy to observe the difference in attitudes between pro-aborts and pro-lifers. One need only visit a clinic during a picket or rescue. You will quickly see how peaceful and prayerful the rescuers are, and how loud and threatening the pro-aborts are and how they scream obscenities. The difference is also very apparent at events such as the annual memorials and counter memorials. If one approaches the pro-lifers with a pro-abortion sign, she is welcomed calmly, and gentle attempts are made to show her what is wrong with abortion. But if a pro-lifer approaches the pro-abortion counter-demonstrators, obscenities are screamed in her face. If you doubt this, try it. The memorials usually take place on or near each January 22. Your local pro-life or pro-abortion group can give you details. If you have any doubts remaining about whether the pro-aborts are violent, consider the murders which you will find in "Investigation II." Endnote 1. International Planned Parenthood Federation, , (IPFF, London: 1984). Also see IPFF, 1979. 2. Eleanor Smeal, speech delivered and recorded at 1991 New York national conference of NOW, 5-7 July 1991. 3. Jill Ireland quoted in Karen S. Schneider and Elizabeth Velez, , magazine, 13 January 1992, 93-94. 4. Life Dynamics, December 1994. Phone is 817 380 8800. 5. adopted at the Strategies for Mass Resistance National Conference at MIT 2-3 December 1989, quoted in 18 December 1989, 15. 6. Faye Wattleton, former President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 1983. 7. Donald P. Warwick, (London: Cambridge University Press, 1982) 64. 8. Malcolm Potts, M.D., quoted in Gerald I. Zatuchni, John J. Sciarra, and J. Joseph Speidel, eds., (New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1979) 424. *L I E S ? * Lying Even a casual observation will show that either the pro-lifers lie about violence or the pro-aborts lie. To help you decide who is telling the truth read the following. The concept is very simple: A person is much more likely to lie when she has an incentive to do so, and much less likely to lie when she has an incentive not to. So, let's look at incentives. Incentives for pro-aborts to lie ·Incentive one: Money Planned Parenthood is this nation's and the world's largest provider of abortion. Although Planned Parenthood is legally non-profit, and although they may be meeting their *legal* requirements for this status, functionally and literally, they make a profit. The following information is from Planned Parenthood Federation of America's page 19: Total income for twelve months: $462,467,000. Profit: $18,667,000. Fund balances at end of year: $263,300,000. Total assets: $337,600,000. Total liabilities: $74,300,000. They also make a profit at their local levels. For instance Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo clinic in California buys $100,000 in securities annually. The point is, they're functionally for-profit. If people tell certain lies, they can make more profit. If they were functionally non-profit, this would not be true. ·Incentive two: Politics and public relations When considering arsons and bombings, one must consider two very important factors: 1) For every one of these alleged incidents, pro-abortion gains much sympathy, and 2) for every one of these incidents, pro-life is thoroughly condemned. Thus, a clinic could set their own facility on fire and gain as follows: Collect on insurance and make big gains nationally from politics and public relations. ·Incentive three: Keeping status The media constantly portrays those who advocate abortion as having the politically correct high ground. The pro-aborts want to keep this status. ·Incentive four: Keeping importance To thousands of civic leaders, those who advocate abortion are "important" in the community and to the community. ·Incentive five: Keeping their jobs Notwithstanding whether any abortion provider makes a profit, the employees in the industry make profits. Employees have jobs so that they can make money to pay their bills. If one of their bosses says, for example, "Tell the reporter that you heard the pro-lifers discussing burning the clinic," what do you think that person is going to do? ·Incentive six: To avoid lawsuits and jail Pro-life has documented cases where pro-abortion has conspired to invent counter accusations (to force pro-life to drop valid charges) and to gather false witnesses to lie about valid charges. Thus, many civil and criminal cases are dropped. Now lets look at some famous, documented lies by pro-aborts: Dr. Nathanson is a co-founder of NARAL, currently having the name National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League. Nathanson is also a former abortionist who, in his words "presided over the deaths of 60,000 babies." Then he turned pro-life and admitted that as President of NARAL he deliberately invented the results of a public-opinion poll. His purpose was to present it to the United States Supreme Court for the and cases so that the Supreme Court would legalize abortion on demand (request). It is hard to know how much effect this lie had on the decisions, but the Court sensitive to public opinion, and they did legalize abortion on demand via those two court cases. Dr. Nathanson admitted that he and his co-founders of NARAL fabricated the figure that a million women were getting illegal abortions in America each year. The approximate number, he says, was actually ninety-eight thousand per year. Nonetheless, the abortion advocates fed their concocted figures to the media, who eagerly disseminated the false information. Nathanson says he and his associates also invented the 'nice, round shocking figure' for the number of deaths from illegal abortions." In his book, Nathanson said: "'It was always "5,000 to 10,000 deaths [of the mothers] a year.' I confess that I knew the figures were totally false, and I suppose the others did too if they stopped to think of it. But in the 'morality' of our revolution, it was a useful figure, widely accepted, so why go out of our way to correct it with honest statistics? The overriding concern was to get the laws [against abortion] eliminated, and anything within reason that had to be done was permissible."[1] Lying to Congress and to America was apparently permissible. In a major address delivered at the National Right to Life Convention in 1980, Dr. Nathanson disclosed the strategy employed in the late 1960s and early 1970s to seduce the media into acceptance of a pro-abortion mentality. "We fed a line of deceit, of dishonesty, of fabrication of statistics and figures. We coddled, and caressed, and stroked the press,' he declared. 'We, in one short year, succeeding in striking down the abortion laws of New York State."[2] In another speech, presented almost a year later, Nathanson again elaborated on the process involved in exploiting the media for malevo-lent purposes: 'We, of course, stroked the media shamelessly. We played on them. We took them out to lunch. We wined them and dined them and gave them all sorts of exclusives . . . We were embarked on what looked like a historic crusade, a sweeping social revolution, and they loved it.'"[3] Another famous pro-abortion lie is related to the abortion pill, RU-486. The issue is, does RU-486 have any value in curing disease? Dr. William Regelson, in , August, 1990, made many claims of its alleged value. His article had footnote references to the scientific studies on which the claims are supposedly based. But Dr. Nathanson was a doubter. He followed up each footnote, track-ing down the often obscure journals in which the original research ap-peared and read it for himself. The result? Every one of *Regelson's *claims was a shameful scam, unsupported by the doctor's own footnotes! According to *Regelson's *own sources, examined by Nathan-son, RU-486 did not cure breast cancer, had no effect on its metastasis, and did not help a single patient live longer. A study on meningeomas never even mentions RU-486, but reports that results with similar drugs were "inconclusive to disappointing". An experiment on using RU-486 for Cushing's disease was never fol-lowed up by anyone, because the original trial was too unpromising, as its authors themselves admitted. No evidence supports any claimed benefit in the treatment of any kind of cancer whatever, and one of the papers Regelson cited doesn't even exist. Not a single scientific paper in world medical literature suggests that RU-486 can help with AIDS in any way. Disincentives for pro-aborts to lie ·Getting caught This does not appear to be much of a disincentive: They've been caught many times, but they rarely stop. Incentives for pro-lifers to lie ·Incentive one: To meet pro-life goals Disincentives for pro-lifers to lie ·Basically, one can summarize the disincentives by saying: "If you lie, you will burn in Hell." Whether *you* believe in God and/or Hell notwithstanding, pro-lifers believe in both. Salvation begins with faith that Jesus Christ died for our sins and that He was resurrected to prove that He is what He claimed: The Son of God. But this is just the beginning for salvation. Jesus forgives our sins, but this forgiving is not a license to sin. It does not mean that we can go around sinning knowing that we will be forgiven and go to Heaven. The Bible clearly shows that we must repent of our sins. Repent means turn away from. If we don't repent, we go to Hell. Lying is, unquestionably, a sin. If we lie without trying hard not to, we haven't repented: we go to Hell. Thus, we try hard not to lie. These are quotations from the Bible (with emphasis by Life Research Institute): From Collossians 3:8 and following: "But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 3:9 ** Lie **not one to another . . ." From Ephesians 4:28 and following: "Wherefore putting away** lying, **speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another. 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying . . ." From Revelation 21:27 and following, speaking of the New Jerusalem, the new Heaven which God will make after His second coming: "21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a** lie: **but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. . . 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 22:14 Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a** lie.** 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." Endnotes 1. Bernard Nathanson, M.D., (Life Cycle Books: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1979) 193. 2. Bernard N. Nathanson, "Aborting America," Keynote Address, National Right to Life Convention 1980, Anaheim, California, June 26, 1980. 3. Bernard N. Nathanson, Featured Address, Missouri Citizens for Life Convention 1981, Columbia, Missouri, May 2, 1981. 4. Human Life International, June 1991. *Criteria for Forming Conclusions * Four tables in this report list and describe incidents and alleged incidents in four categories. These categories are: ·Alleged Violence of Pro-Lifers against Pro-Aborts and their Facilities (Excluding Violence by Police) ·Alleged Violence of Pro-Aborts against Pro-Lifers and their Facilities (Excluding Violence by Police) ·Alleged Violence of Police against Pro-Lifers ·Alleged Violence of Police against Pro-Abortion Life Research Institute has not formed incident-by-incident conclusions. If the reader chooses to do so, then he or she should consider the following: The determination of the credibility of the witnesses is very important. To make valid conclusions one must assess the incidents together with an overall basis of indisputable beginning facts, namely: ·Pro-abortion has greatly exaggerated claims of violence: Per page 4 of this report, there have been more bombings and attempted bombings of religious facilities than of all medical facilities, including those not abortion related. Information is from Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. ·Pro-abortion has falsified statistics and exaggerated their significance: Per pages 7 - 13 of this report, the magnitude of pro-life violence is very small. ·Per page 14 this report, the number of abortion-related arson incidents is extremely small compared with all arsons. Information is from Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. ·Per page 15 of this report, the number of abortion-related homicide incidents by pro-life is extremely small compared with all homicides. Information is mostly from ·Per page 16 of this report, no pro-life organization has ever been linked to any act of arson or bombing of any facility of any type. Information is from Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. ·Per page 18 of this report, no pro-life organization has ever been linked to any act of terrorism of any type. Information is from Federal Bureau of Investigation. ·Per page 21 of this report, many pro-aborts have the attitude that their own vigilantism is justified and important. Source is Bay Area Coalition Against Operation Rescue. ·Per page 22 of this report, Planned Parenthood said, "action outside the law, and even in violation of it is part of the process of stimulation of change." Planned Parenthood does more abortions in the U.S. and in the world than any other organization. ·Per values clarification (also known as situation ethics) on page 23 of this report, the pro-aborts consider themselves free to make up their own "morality." (This includes lying and committing violence.) Source is Planned Parenthood. ·Per page 24 of this report, the pro-aborts have the following incentives to lie: ·To make more money. ·To play politics and get great press coverage ·To keep their "moral" status. ·To keep their importance. ·Individuals ordered to lie can get fired for telling the truth. ·Per page 25 of this report, pro-abortion lied to the U.S. Supreme Court for Information is from the liar. ·Per page 25 of this report, pro-abortion lied to the nation about the alleged value of the abortion pill, RU-486. They said it has great promise as a miracle drug for many diseases. Information is from a medical doctor who found the pro-abortion author provided non-existent citations in his article in . ·The truly great *dis*incentive for pro-*lifers* to lie is stated on page 26 of this report: "If you lie, you will burn in Hell." For the purposes of this report, it doesn't matter whether YOU believe this. What matters is that the pro-lifers do. ·Per page 29 of this report, for non-violent acts there have been over 75,000 arrests of pro-life, Operation Rescue rescuers at clinics, but not even one of these has led to a conviction for a *violent* act. The incidents in the following tables are about violence. One must also consider the general nature of arsonists: To help avoid detection, they operate in realms of controversy. Thus, for example, if someone wants to burn a building, he could choose to burn a clinic so that pro-life would be suspected instead of himself. These are the overall bases of indisputable facts which must be used in assessing the validity of allegations in this report. These facts strongly indicate that the benefit of any doubt of guilt be resolved in favor of pro-life being not guilty. The above 18 reasons strongly establish this, and there simply cannot be another valid interpretation. *Notable Quotes * * An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law. A quote[1] by Martin Luther King, Jr., a man the liberals love. In the over 75,000 arrests that have taken place in Operation Rescue events since 1988, there has not been one convicted act of violence. Not one. This makes Operation Rescue the most peaceful social revolution in the history of this country. It is peaceful precisely because it is governed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. A quote[2] by Flip Benham, President of Operation Rescue National, a man the liberals hate. 1. "Letters from a Birmingham Jail," 1964. Letter was written on April 16, 1963. It began with "My Dear Fellow Clergymen:" 2. Reverend Flip Benham (who has also spent much time in jail for his civil rights actions), telephone conversation with Lynn K. Murphy, 20 December 1994. * *Non-Substantiation by Pro-Abortion * The Constitution of the United States, Article VI, mandates that the accused shall have the right to confront their accusers. For many years, pro-abortion has accused, and they have accused frequently. Now that pro-life is ready to ask questions and demand answers, pro-abortion has run away and hidden. Now that it is time for them to substantiate their allegations, they are silent. Life Research Institute has made a diligent effort to have pro-abortion provide substantiation. Using a process which is deemed sufficient by the courts to serve legal papers, Life Research Institute has written to four pro-abortion organizations demanding answers. This process is certified mail. According to postal form "PS Form 3811, DOMESTIC RETURN RECEIPT," all certified mail was accepted by three of the four parties between the dates of October 21 and November 7, 1994. Life Research Institute is prepared to provide photocopies of the returned postal forms. These parties are: National Abortion Federation Refuse and Resist The Feminist Majority Foundation A response deadline was given to each of the above. Each missed the deadline, and none responded even after the deadline. National Organization for Women refused to accept the letter, perhaps knowing its contents from speaking with National Abortion Federation, which had already received their letter. Thus, Life Research Institute has used in various places in this report, the comment: *National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, and The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation."* The above organizations tell the media that more than 1,000 acts of violence have been committed by pro-lifers since 1977. However, the above organizations could not or would not even provide a list of these. Therefore they have this lack of credibility as well as being unable to substantiate those claims which they do list. In the table, "Investigation I: Alleged Violence of Pro-Lifers against Pro-Aborts and their Facilities," the above indented statement was used 119 times for 73 percent of the alleged incidents. With extremely little word variation (but with formatting changes to get the letter on one page), this is a copy of the letters sent to each: *Life Research Institute* Lynn K. Murphy 4279 Armand Drive, Concord, CA 94521 October 17, 1994 **CERTIFIED, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED** Current President National Abortion Federation 1436 U Street, NW, Suite 103 Washington, DC 20009 Dear President: Pro-life is conducting research and will issue a report on real and alleged violence connected with abortion. National Abortion Federation tracks such incidents and reports them to many people. It is my intention to find the truth about what you report. It is my intention to show the truth to the policy makers of this nation and to the media. I therefore offer to you this opportunity to prove your accusations. I will not offer you another opportunity. Let me make the point again so that there cannot be any opportunity for misunderstanding: *This* is the time. *This* is your only chance to verify your claims. NAF has made hundreds of accusations. For every accusation for which you will not provide documentation, I will, accusation by accusation, indicate to the policy makers and media the following: "National Abortion Federation is unable or unwilling to substantiate this accusation." I will prove that I gave you the opportunity to respond. I must receive all of your answers to my request by November 22, 1994. As you should expect, I will not consider your answers to be the truth. They will be thoroughly examined by the accused across the nation. This is what I am asking you for: 1) Exact details of each incident you claim occurred. Since my work will exclude all but the most serious vandalism, you may also exclude all but the most serious vandalism, but that is all you can exclude. 1a) Provide your concept of the truth. 1b) For *each* incident, comment on the likelihood that it was perpetrated by a pro-life person. 1c) For *each* incident, comment on the likelihood that it was perpetrated by a pro-life organization. 2) Do not miss any incidents. I have a long list of what you claim, and I will use it as a check list. 3) Do you claim that there have been incidents of police violence against pro-aborts? If so provide all details. See 1a for what this means. 4) Define your terms. Specifically, but not all inclusively, this means define: incident, violence, arson, attempted arson, noxious substance, attempted murder, bombing, attempted bombing, bomb threats, fire-bomb, invasion, attempted invasion, vandalism, assault, attempted assault, death threats, kidnapping, attempted kidnapping, burglary, attempted burglary, stalking, attempted stalking, hate mail, harassing calls, picketing, blockading, arrests, and police (just to make sure you're not talking of clinic security guards). In closing I want to remind you of two things: 1) The time for the truth is *now*. 2) Your deadline is November 22, 1994. In God's Service, Lynn K. Murphy *Alternative Reasons for Violence "Against" Pro-Abortion * Whereas it can't be denied that there has been violence against pro-abortion people and pro-abortion facilities, it is nonetheless true that the existence of such violence does not by any means automatically imply that pro-life was involved. The following are alternative reasons such violence can occur: ·As with arson at any type building anywhere, the motive can be to collect insurance money. ·The clinic, especially if it is part of a chain, could inflict the violence, e.g, arson, for the purpose of enabling the abortion industry to gain from bad press against pro-life. The loss can be especially considered acceptable if insurance money would pay for the damages and/or they wanted to remodel anyway. ·Again for bad press for pro-life, violence could also be perpetrated by a pro-abortion individual without permission from the clinic. ·National Abortion Federation will nearly always claim violence and let the media and the public assume it was cause by pro-life. Often, since no one is caught, such claims can't be specifically denied in a believable manner. ·Even without such claims, the violence can be aimed not at a clinic, but at some business associated with the immediate geography, such as an office next door to the clinic ·Boyfriends and husbands angry with a clinic either for murdering their sons or daughters or butchering their girlfriends or wives could take action for revenge and/or to stop them from doing this to others. ·If a clinic is being sued for medical malpractice, the clinic can set a fire in order to burn medical records. ·A fire can be set by an arsonist without regard to the abortion issue. Some arsonists just like to go around setting fires. Pro-life didn't invent arson. ·"Often," according to Jack Killorin, former agent of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, "the arsonist is attracted to the power and fame gained by setting a fire that will receive a lot of attention. Even if you're anonymous, you're in the news." ·A fire can merely be an accident or caused by, for example, malfunctioning equipment, an electrical short, or a grease fire in a kitchen. Pro-life is blamed. ·The motive for a break-in can be ordinary burglary. Arson can be then used to cover-up the motive and the evidence. ·An angry, dissatisfied customer can take revenge. ·An attack can be the result of juvenile delinquency. *Investigation I Alleged Violence of Pro-Lifers against Pro-Aborts and their Facilities (Excluding Violence by Police) * *Notes: * *Butyric acid* is not considered by either side of the abortion issue to be a *dangerous* substance in the way it is used by pro-life. Butyric acid stinks. Pro-life uses it to close clinics by causing them to stink. Pro-abortion also uses it. Instead of often using terms such as "alleged," incidents are described as though true. This does not mean that they are true; it only means that the source(s) of the allegations claim they are true. Each incident or alleged incident lists a "Source of allegation." Occasionally, this source is not necessarily alleging, but may be only providing information. That is, the term could be used interchangeably with "Source of information." Entries are alphabetical in this priority: State abbreviation, city, year, month, date of month. Exceptions: Details of these criteria aren't always known. All underlining is by Life Research Institute. Pro-abortion organizations tell the media that more than 1,000 acts of violence have been committed by pro-lifers since 1977. The following list, which mostly is a list comprised of all the available pro-abortion lists, falls far short of showing 1,000 incidents. The reason is simple: In spite of a diligent effort to get them to provide a complete list of these allegations, they could not or would not. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that they exaggerated to the media. *It is reasonable to assume that there are far, far fewer than 1,000. You will also see that very, very few of the incidents were actually perpetrated by pro-life.* *May 1991; Mobile, AL - Arson, $60,000 damage* The arson was at Bay City Women's Medical Center. Source of rebuttal indicates Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents believe it was an inside job. Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. Source of rebuttal: Mike Conroy, Legal Action for Women, telephone conversation with Lynn K. Murphy, 15 November 1994. *August 1993; Mobile, AL - Abortionist Wayne Patterson murdered* Abortionist Wayne Patterson of Mobil, AL, a former partner of David Gunn, was murdered by an unknown assailant. The motive apparently was robbery, and the investigation is continuing. "Two facilities are forced to close as a result of the murder." This paraphrases National Abortion Federation's allegation. This is typical of pro-abortion attempts to lay the blame on pro-life. Patterson was killed in a robbery attempt as he was coming out of a pornographic movie theater. Yet this murder appears in a list of incidents which occurred at clinics, and NAF uses the words "Two facilities are forced to close as a result of the murder." In other words, the author is saying. "Pro-lifers did it." Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *December 24, 1987; Montgomery, AL - Attempted arson* This was at Beacon Women's Center. Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *March 21, 1993; Southside, AL - Assault* This was at New Woman Health Care. Roger Hall was protesting; Abortionist Bruce Lucero was abortionist. This is a case of "you started it." "No! You started it!" Abortionist was slugged; pro-lifer was pushed. This incident is included in this table, but could have been put in the table showing pro-abort violence against pro-life. Source of allegation: "Doctor, protester scuffle outside clinic," 21 March 1993, 12A. *January 1991; Little Rock, AR - Shotgun fired through window* This was at Little Rock Family Planning. That's the extent of the accusation. In rebuttal, Wendy Wright of Operation Rescue National said, "No local pro-lifers have ever heard of this. Curtis Stover is the abortionist there. In January 1991 one of his ex-wives had hired a hit man to kill him, according to Jerry Cox (head of local Right to Life.) Also, the director of clinic had filed lawsuit against the abortionist for irregularities in running of the clinic, so she (the director) was ostracized by the pro-abort community." Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. Source of rebuttal: Wendy Wright, telephone conversation with Tim Palmquist, 15 December 1993. *September 20, 19??; Bakersfield, CA - Arson* Clinic owned by Family Planning Associates burned, but two buildings not associated with them burned also. If arson, the target of the arsonist could have been either of the other two buildings. Source of allegation: September 20, 19?? in an extremely prejudiced article quoting pro-abortion sources far more than pro-life. *September 20, 1993; Bakersfield, CA - Arson* This was at Family Planning Associates Medical Group. Further details on the allegation are not available. Details on rebuttal from source listed below: "This fire is still [November 14, 1994] unsolved, and as far as we can tell, they are doing little or no investigation. . . . Larry Toler [Bakersfield City Fire Marshal] appeared on KGET-TV 17 locally that night [September 21] and said that the reason that they have not questioned any local pro-lifers is that pro-lifers are not suspects. . . . There have been several suspicious aspects to the way in which FPA obtained their new property following the fire. One local man involved in real estate says that a realtor told him that FPA had put down a deposit on their new property before the fire . . ." Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. Source of rebuttal: Tim Palmquist, letter to Lynn K. Murphy, 14 November 1994. *September 17, 1992; Chico, CA - Butyric acid* This was at Feminists Women's Health Center. Rachelle Ranae Shannon, 38, a pro-life activist, was indicted on October 24, 1994. *She admitted doing it.* Source of allegation: U.S. Department of Justice, United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, , 24 October 1994. *October 9, 1994; Chico, CA - Arson* This was at Planned Parenthood. Details are not available yet. Source of allegation: Associated Press. *September 1990; Concord, CA - Arson, $90,000 damage* *The suspect was convicted, and was unrelated to pro-life. *He was a pro-abortion neighbor who set the fire because he was mad at pro-lifers for demonstrating often. He therefore wanted pro-life to be blamed. Obviously, they were. This was at Planned Parenthood. This one is a classic example of media prejudice and pro-abort callousness. ran many stories on the fire, but they never mentioned the fire in 1983 at the California Right to Life office in adjacent Walnut Creek, CA. Many of the stories on this 1990 incident quoted Planned Parenthood's Executive Director as blaming pro-life for the fire. When the truth came out, the Executive Director was silent, and so was the newspaper. Source of allegation: Several articles, September, 1990. *December 1992; Fresno, CA - Arson, $50,000 damage* This was at Abortionist Weiner's office. However, Abortionist Weiner expressed no recollection of this in a personal conversation with pro-life activist Terri Palmquist. This could make one wonder about all the National Abortion Federation's claims. Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. Source of rebuttal: Abortionist Weiner, telephone conversation with Terri Palmquist, March 1994. *June 1988; Long Beach, CA - Attempted arson* This was at Women's Family Planning Abortion Counseling Clinic. *A woman was convicted. Source didn't say if she was pro-life.* Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *October 1988; Long Beach, CA - Arson* This was at Women's Family Planning Abortion Counseling Clinic. *A woman was convicted. Source didn't say if she was pro-life.* Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *March 1993; Los Angeles and San Diego, CA - Butyric acid vandalism, $100,000+ damage* This was at eleven clinics. (The butyric acid attacks, if they occurred, apparently didn't last long enough to prevent Suresh Gandotra, an abortionist convicted on May 1990 of seventeen felonies and misdemeanors, from killing Magdalena Orteg Rodrigues with a legal abortion on December 8, 1994. This was at El Norte Clinica Medica in San Diego, CA. Magdalena was more than 5 months pregnant. The state medical board is investigating another problem with the killer stemming from an incident at another location in 1991. It seems that the State, which released the killer by 1992, should have had tougher standards. Magdalena, all must presume, would agree. Magdalena, all must presume, instead of meeting her appointment with death, would have met her appointment with butyric acid.) Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation, no details given; Rex Dalton, B1-B3. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *July 1992; Newport Beach, CA - Arson, $9,000 damage* This was at Family Planning Associates. Elisa Moore indicated: Has never heard of those incidents in Newport Beach. Knows that none of the people she's ever worked with would be involved in such a thing. No one was charged. Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. Source of rebuttal: Elisa and Greg Moore, telephone conversation with Tim Palmquist. *September 1993; Newport Beach, CA - Arson* This was at Family Planning Associates. Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *September 1993; Newport Beach, CA - Attempted bombing, $3,500 damage* This was at Family Planning Associates. Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *October 21, 1989; Redding, CA - Arson* The facility was Feminist Women' Health Center at 1901 Victor Avenue. This first fire here consisted of trash being ignited in a crawl space. This fire damaged water pipes and burned itself out. The clinic did not close. There were no arrests. Source of allegation: Unknown. *July 11, 1990; Redding, CA - "Arson"* The facility was Feminist Women' Health Center at 1901 Victor Avenue. This was a non-arson fire. Police reports show that it was started by an electric fan. Only the clinic said it was arson, and, of course, they blamed pro-life. Source of allegation: "California Clinic Fire Not Arson," October 1990. *June 6, 1992; Redding, CA - Arson, $70,000 damage* The facility was Feminist Women' Health Center at 1901 Victor Avenue. This was begun by igniting a flammable liquid on an outside wall. The fire spread to the attic and roof. The damage was about $70,000. No arrests were made. In Oregon, there had been a fire "similar" to this fire. A pro-abort leader said of this Redding fire, "I think a terrorist act was committed." The newspaper didn't say who she might have thought did this or how she would know. The pro-aborts had a rally to raise funds to reopen the clinic after the third fire. (It was not fully insured.) Enough funds were raised, and the clinic was reopened. The page in this report entitiled "Testimony of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms" specifically concerns Redding. Rachelle Ranae Shannon, 38, a pro-life activist, was indicted for this fire on October 24, 1994. Confirming the testimony above, Shannon had no connection with any pro-life organization. The distinction is very important. Source of allegation: U.S. Department of Justice, United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, , 24 October 1994. *October 9, 1994; Redding, CA - Arson* This was at Feminist Women's Health Center. The fire was reported at 4:30 a.m. A witness allegedly reported seeing someone wearing a stocking mask and carrying a gasoline container speeding away from the clinic just before the flames rose. Source of allegation: Associated Press. *October 16, 1994; Redding, CA - Arson* This was at Feminist Women's Health Center. Apparently one week after the above incident, this clinic was broken in to. Police see no connection between the two events. Source of allegation: "'Flames of the holocaust' hit four clinics," December, 1994. *Unknown date; Redding, CA - Threatening letter* *Pro-lifer Ronald Max Walters pleaded guilty for mailing a threatening letter to an abortionist, Bruce S. Steir.* Source of allegation: Probably unknown date. Original source is California Wire Services. *Probably in 1980s; Sacramento, CA - Vandalism* Alan Swarthout twice rammed abortion clinic with World War II Army amphibious vehicle. He smashed 10-foot hole in a brick wall in back of building and knocked down 20 feet of brick and wood in the front. Swarthout stayed at the scene of the crime and waited for his arrest. This is a very old incident. Source of allegation: Newspaper clipping has no identification or date. *July 18, 1992; Sacramento, CA - Arson, $5,000 damage* This was at Feminist Women's Health Center. Rachelle Ranae Shannon, 38, a pro-life activist, was indicted on October 24, 1994. Source of allegation: U.S. Department of Justice, United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, , 24 October 1994. *November 28, 1992; Sacramento, CA - Arson, $175,000 damage* This was at Pregnancy Consultation Center. Rachelle Ranae Shannon, 38, a pro-life activist, was indicted on October 24, 1994. Source of first allegation: U.S. Department of Justice, United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, , 24 October 1994. *July 27, 1987; San Diego, CA - Attempted bombing* This was at Family Planning Associates Medical Group. Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *October 18, 1994; San Jose, CA - Arson* This was at Women's Community Medical Clinic and caused $500 damage. Details are not available yet. Although the newspaper alleges arson, the fire could have been started by an electrical failure. E.g., see July 11, 1990, Redding, CA. Source of allegation: "Bombing is probed for clinic link," 4 November 1994, 14A; Ed Gleba, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, telephone conversation with Lynn K. Murphy, 23 November 1994. *November 3, 1994; San Rafael, CA - Bombing* This *may not* be an abortion-related bombing. Although this was quite near a Planned Parenthood building, it was apparently closer to a non-abortion-related building because, according to ATF source below, only the latter sustained damage. Not all bombings are against clinics and pro-life didn't invent the bomb: This report shows more bombings against religious facilities in 1988 - 1992 than bombings of all types of medical facilities combined. (More recent data is not available.) Clinic Director, Linda Davis, said that an anonymous telephone caller claimed credit for the bombing and said something like, "We missed and it'll happen again." Officials could not verify that such a call was made. One should consider the likelihood or whether Davis was telling the truth in conjunction with considering the likelihood that a bomber could miss an entire building while hand-placing a bomb. Source of allegation: "Bombing is probed for clinic link," 4 November 1994, 14A; Ed Gleba, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, telephone conversation with Lynn K. Murphy, 23 November 1994. *November 1993; Ventura, CA - Attempted bombing, $500 damage* This was at Family Planning Associates. Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *March 9, 1992; Aurora, CO - Noxious chemical, $15,000 damage* This was at Mayfair Women's Center. Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *1981; Clearwater, FL - Firebomb* "In 1981, the [Bread and Roses] clinic was firebombed. There have been no threats of any kind since." No men-tion of arrests or convictions was made. Source of allegation: The Feminist Majority Foundation, "Reported Incidents of Violence and Harassment at Abortion Clinics in Florida," 1993, 19. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *March 15, 1993; Fort Lauderdale - Death threat* This was at All Women's Clinic. "After the murder of [Abortionist] Gunn in Pensacola, Dr. Lehler was called and warned that 'he would be next.'" Source of allegation: The Feminist Majority Foundation, "Reported Incidents of Violence and Harassment at Abortion Clinics in Florida," 1993, 14. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *April 9, 1989; Fort Meyers, FL - Burning* Fort Myers Women's Health Center burns. Source didn't say it was arson, just said it burned. Source of allegation: The Feminist Majority Foundation, "Reported Incidents of Violence and Harassment at Abortion Clinics in Florida," 1993, 19. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *April 1989; Ft. Myers, FL - Arson, $50,000 damage* This was at Ft. Myers, FL. Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *October 1992; Fort Meyers, FL - Bomb threats* At Fort Myers Women's Health Center, "Several bomb threats, the last one in October, 1992." Source of allegation: The Feminist Majority Foundation, "Reported Incidents of Violence and Harassment at Abortion Clinics in Florida," 1993, 19. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *1993 and prior; Hialeah, FL - Threats of murder* This was at Hialeah Ladies Medical Center. "For years staff have received phone calls from individuals saying 'Murderer, you will be punished. We'll blow you up.'" Perhaps so. Perhaps an angry boyfriend or husband made the calls, if they were made. Fathers don't necessarily want their children killed. Source of allegation: The Feminist Majority Foundation, "Reported Incidents of Violence and Harassment at Abortion Clinics in Florida," 1993, 13. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *July 29, 1993 - Jacksonville, FL - Threat* Threatening letter was received at Max Suter Center for Reproductive Health. Source of allegation: The Feminist Majority Foundation, "Reported Incidents of Violence and Harassment at Abortion Clinics in Florida," 1993, 17. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *April 1994; Mary Ester, FL - Stalking* An anti-abortion protester was arrested for stalking Sandy Sheldon. Source of allegation: The Feminist Majority Foundation, "Reported Incidents of Violence and Harassment at Abortion Clinics in Florida," 1993, 10. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *March 1993; Melbourne, FL - Death threats* Aware Woman Center for Choice received numerous bomb threats. Source of allegation: The Feminist Majority Foundation, "Reported Incidents of Violence and Harassment at Abortion Clinics in Florida," 1993, 2. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *February 1993; Melbourne, FL - Multiple stalking incidents* Various quotes from source: "One employee only managed to evade her stalker through a dangerous, high speed car chase. Other employees have been spied on by abortion foes who parked outside of their homes for several hours" Abortionist "Snydle was chased down the road . . . by anti-abortion protester and Impact Team member pointed his finger at him and pre-tended to shoot him." "A staff member who is in the process of a a divorce was photographed with her new boyfriend. The photos were then sent to her estranged husband." "Photographs were taken of a staff member's son at his high school and then sent to the child's non-custodial parent in an effort to frighten and intimidate the staff member." Huh? "Patient's license plates are traced through the DMV and they are contacted at their homes by mail and telephone." "Photos of the three young daughters of one of the staff were taken and sent anonymously to her ex-husband." Life Research Institute analysis: The source shows no arrests. Even if all incidents are true, all are not stalking as source claims. E.g., following legal procedure of checking plates through DMV and then contacting former patients. The contact would have consisted of showing them what abortion is, what the medical risks are (clinics avoid mentioning these), and offering assistance with supplies and adoption referrals if the patients will choose not to abort. Even if all the above is true, the fact that source lists them indicates the triviality to which they will sink in order to allege an incident. Source of allegation: The Feminist Majority Foundation, "Reported Incidents of Violence and Harassment at Abortion Clinics in Florida," 1993, 4. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *February 1993; Melbourne, FL - Stalking, staff member injured* This was Aware Women Center for Choice. Bruce Cadle said: "Although NAF alleges stalking, they [alleged stalkers] were never charged with anything. No 'clinic incidents' ever occurred that caused injury. However, 60 miles south in Pt. St. Lucie, there was a butyric acid incident some time earlier. Reports said that they didn't think local pro-lifers were suspects." [Life Research Institute's comment: We know from the BACAOR manual, (a part of this report), that pro-aborts advocate that pro-aborts stalk pro-lifers. The alleged stalking incident could be pro-aborts stalking pro-lifers.] Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. Source of rebuttal: Bruce Cadle of Operation Rescue National, tele-phone conversation with Tim Palmquist, 2 March 1994. *February 1993'Melbourne, FL - Butyric acid attack* Abortionist Carlito Arrogante's car was contaminated with butyric acid while it was parked at his house. Source of allegation: The Feminist Majority Foundation, "Reported Incidents of Violence and Harassment at Abortion Clinics in Florida," 1993, 2. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *February 1993'Melbourne, FL - Butyric acid attack* This was at Aware Woman Center for Choice. Several staff became ill and one required oxygen for several hours and medication for two weeks. A local police officer required hospitalization. The source of this allegation has been caught in many lies. This is the first source which has claimed any injury from the use of butyric acid. Source of allegation: The Feminist Majority Foundation, "Reported Incidents of Violence and Harassment at Abortion Clinics in Florida," 1993, 2. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *March 10, 1993; Melbourne, FL - Death threat* On the day Abortionist Gunn was murdered by pro-lifer in Pensacola, an individual called Aware Woman Center for Choice with the message "One down--how many more?" Life Research Institute is perhaps generous in listing this. It did so because the source below did. However, perhaps there was no incident. Perhaps a pro-abort was depressed about the murder and groaningly asked the rhetorical question, "One down--how many more?" Source of allegation: The Feminist Majority Foundation, "Reported Incidents of Violence and Harassment at Abortion Clinics in Florida," 1993, 3. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *March 1989; Ocala, FL - Arson, $190,000 damage* This was at all Women's Health Center. Source of allegation: National Abortion Federation. No details given. National Abortion Federation, National Organization for Women, Refuse and Resist, *and* The Feminist Majority Foundation are unable and/or unwilling to substantiate this accusation. *April 11(?), 1993; Orlando, FL - Bomb threat* This was at Every Person's Own Choice. Source of allegation: