Abortion Violence - Just to Complete the Record

For the sake of completeness, the following is a list of documented deadly or near-deadly "pro-life" violence committed against abortionists and pro-abortionists, along with other related events;

January 22, 1973: The Supreme Court's decisions Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton legalize abortion nationwide in the United States throughout all nine months of pregnancy.

January 1993: Pro-abortion President Bill Clinton takes office, ending twelve years of pro-life presidency. After just two days in office, and without consulting Congress, he signs five pro-abortion Executive Orders (EOs), wiping out years of concerted pro-life progress.

February 1993: Congress moves the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Bill out of committee. There is a general perception for the first time in the pro-life movement that peaceful protest in front of abortion mills is about to be criminalized or greatly restricted. Some pro-lifers begin to debate the idea of "justifiable homicide," stating that the penalties for mere picketing are about to become as severe as those for murder.

March 10, 1993: Just one month after FACE is debated, Michael Griffin becomes the first "pro-life" murderer when he kills abortionist David Gunn outside his Pensacola abortuary. He is sentenced to life in prison.

May 1993: -- President Clinton signs FACE into law.

August 1993: Pro-abortion Satanist Eileen Orstein Janezic murders 51-year old pro-life activist minister and radio talk show host Jerry Simon by shooting him through a window of his home. The media take no notice of this killing, the first time [but not the last time] a pro-abortionist has murdered a pro-lifer.

August 19, 1993: Rachelle "Shelley" Shannon shoots late-term abortionist George ("Killer") Tiller in both arms as he leaves his Wichita abortuary. Tiller goes back to work the next day, and Shannon is sentenced to 11 years in prison.

July 29, 1994: Paul J. Hill kills abortionist John Bayard Britton and his armed `escort,' James H. Barrett. Hill is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Many pro-abortionists who vocally oppose the death penalty tie themselves in logical knots trying to justify it for Hill.

November 8, 1994: An unidentified sniper shoots and injures abortionist Garson Romalis at his home in Vancouver, British Columbia.

December 30, 1994: John Salvi shoots and kills abortion mill receptionists Lee Ann Nichols and Shannon Lowney, and injures five other people at two Brookline, Massachusetts abortuaries. He hangs himself on November 29, 1996 in his cell in a maximum security prison.

November 10, 1995: An unidentified sniper shoots and injures another abortionist at his home in Ancaster, Ontario.

November 11, 1997: An unidentified sniper shoots and injures abortionist Jack Fainman at his home in Winnipeg.

January 1998: An unidentified person bombs a Birmingham, Alabama abortion mill, killing an off-duty police officer and maiming a nurse. Eric Rudolph was subsequently charged but, as of publication, has not been arrested. Interestingly, Rudolph soon became one of the only `single' murderers ever placed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted List," showing the government's bias.

October 23, 1998: An unidentified sniper shoots and kills abortionist Barnett Slepian at his home in Buffalo, New York. James Kopp of St. Albans, Vermont was subsequently charged and arrested in France in March 2001.

Since then: Interestingly, there have been no `pro-life' murders since President George W. Bush took office in January 2001. All of the murders committed by `pro-lifers' took place while Bill Clinton held office. It appears that, when pro-lifers think they have a chance to speak freely, the "frustrated few" who commit violent acts simply disappear.

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This document was updated on April 5, 2004.