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In the deadliest attack on abortion providers in U.S. history, two women, Shannon Lowney and Leanne Nichols, were killed at a women's clinic in Brookline, Massachusetts. This horrific act followed the murders of Dr. David Gunn, Dr. John Bayard Britton, and James H. Barrett, highlighting the escalating
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Abortion has become a highly contested issue in the US, with increased violence against medical staff and facilities. The latest in a series of violent attacks occurred when John Salvi, a 22-year-old student hairdresser, opened fire at two abortion clinics near Boston, killing two women and wounding five others. Salvi&
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The violent attack on two abortion clinics in Brookline, Massachusetts, has left the nation reeling. On the same street, a gunman dressed in black stalked into the Planned Parenthood and Preterm clinics, killing two receptionists and wounding five others. The shooting was the fifth such attack on abortion clinics in
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Paul J. Hill, a former Presbyterian minister, was convicted on federal charges for attempting to thwart abortions at a Pensacola clinic in 1993, resulting in the deaths of two people and the injury of a third. This is the first case brought to trial under the newly enacted Federal law
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Abortion clinic protests were a hallmark of the Reagan and Bush Administrations, resulting in dozens of clinics being firebombed, workers intimidated, and assaulted. However, with the passage of the Federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances law, a new era of determination by Federal officials to control violence growing out
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The United Nations Conference on Population and Development opened today with sharp attacks from world leaders on religious conservatives who have been blocking an international agreement on curbing population. The accord, intended to establish guidelines for population stabilization over the next two decades, contains references to abortion and women'
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As the United Nations population conference approaches, officials from the United States, Europe, and Canada are working to address Vatican and Islamic concerns about proposals that could enshrine abortion as an international right. The focus on abortion has overshadowed other areas of agreement, such as improvements in healthcare for women
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The Vatican's reaction to the United Nations Population Fund conference in Cairo has been deemed a monumental political blunder. Instead of focusing on the conference's central theme of population control, the church got entangled in a controversy over abortion and contraception. This diversion has allowed critics
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As the United Nations prepares to hold a major population conference in Cairo next month, a report from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has emphasized the need for increased access to education, healthcare, and family planning services, particularly for women. The report highlights the critical role that women's
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The Justice Department has intensified its investigations into violence at abortion clinics, responding to the July 29 shooting deaths of a doctor and his elderly volunteer escort outside a clinic in Pensacola, Florida. Associate Attorney General John Schmidt noted that the investigation has become more intensely coordinated, with more commitment
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The Clinton Administration is intensifying its efforts to halt violence at abortion clinics, deploying Federal marshals to about a dozen clinics around the country in response to the shotgun killing of a doctor and his escort outside a clinic in Pensacola, Fla., on Friday and a firebombing that same day
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Tensions between pro-choice and anti-abortion groups came to a head in Pensacola, Florida, when Dr. John Bayard Britton, a 69-year-old abortion doctor, was shot to death outside the Pensacola Ladies Center. The shooting, which also claimed the life of James H. Barrett, a 74-year-old volunteer security escort, was carried out
