In the entire history of the struggle over abortion, seven pro-abortion activists (including three abortionists) have been murdered. This has given rise to a great torrent of grief and fear (most of it staged for the cameras) among pro-abortionists, who have held massive rallies and have written tens of thousands of pages of outraged prose condemning the violence.
It has also led to boasting braggarts like abortionist Brian Finkel of Arizona widely publicizing the fact that he carries a pistol and wears a bullet-proof vest for his protection. The United States Department of Justice has even established a National Task Force on Violence Against Health Care Providers, which includes detailed tips on personal security.[44]
Just how much danger is an abortionist facing, especially when compared to other professions?
The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics gives us the numbers regarding on-the-job fatalities due to assaults and other violent acts;[45]


Figure V-2

Murders by Occupation, 1993-2001


Occupation		 Fatalities Due
to Assaults and
Other Violent Acts,
1993-2001
     Cashiers and sales counter clerks735
     Taxi drivers and chauffeurs558
     Farmers and farm workers 338
     Truck drivers 266
     Janitors and cleaners 155
     Automobile mechanics and apprentices 106
     Garage and service station-related occupations 95
     Bartenders 78
     Lawyers 50
     Secretaries 40
     Teachers 37
     Physicians (non-abortionists) 33
     Hairdressers and cosmetologists 20
     Registered Nurses 17
     Abortionists 3
We can certainly argue that truck drivers are more important than abortionists, since without them our grocery store shelves would be empty. We can argue that mechanics are more important than abortionists, since without them eventually nobody could drive anywhere. We can certainly argue that farmers are more important than abortionists, since without them we wouldn't eat. Yet we seemed to do just fine without legal abortionists for 197 years of our nation's history.
As for lawyers, well ...
Even being a secretary or a hairdresser is much more dangerous than being an abortionist, but how many secretaries or hairdressers do you see posing for the cameras with bulletproof vests and Glocks?
Why are Federal marshals not protecting janitors, taxi drivers and farmers? Why are there no heavily-publicized task forces for them?
Because they are not politically connected or politically correct. They are not attached to a liberal cause. And they do not have the millions of dollars that pro-abortionists have to trumpet their propaganda in all of the media organs.
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This document was updated on April 5, 2004.
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