Posted on 09/19/2019 7:35:23 PM PDT by Morgana
For one of the last abortion doctors in Missouri, harassment, stalking and death threats are a part of regular life. But this year, it's been worse than ever.
Colleen McNicholas, the chief medical officer at Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, is one of many providers who told CBS News they've seen an uptick in violence this year, both against themselves and their clinics. They say the increased harassment has coincided with newly enacted state laws restricting legal abortion and polarizing rhetoric surrounding the procedure.
The National Abortion Federation has been tracking violence against abortion providers and clinics since 1977. The Very Reverend Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, an Episcopal priest and interim president & chief executive officer of the organization, said the violence that providers face today is "beyond anything we've ever seen before."
"We're seeing a dramatic increase in violence and disruption against clinics," she said in an exclusive interview with CBS News.
In 2017, violent acts against abortion providers more than doubled from the year prior, according to data compiled by NAF. The group recorded 1,081 violent acts, the most since the group began tracking these incidents.
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what absolute bullshiite.
It’s interesting that they claim their is violence against abortion doctors and clinics but can never cite one example.
Apparently the 'doctor' has that creepy feeling you get when you're being stalked by an abortionist...
Wow, the pro-aborts say violence has increased. Well, I’ll just take the word of the Not Very Reverend. This sicko is like that minister whose life’s mission is to make sure there is no Christianity anywhere in public life.
Trespassing is counted as a violent act, anything to pump up the numbers.
Violence against unborn babies at abortion clinics hit a record high last year. Doctors say it’s getting worse.
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More fake news.
Just in time for 2020.
Expect a lot more in the next year and a month.
Real violence has been against anti-abortion people, not you pro-abortion supporters at all.
They’d have to do some major league exaggerating since there are fewer clinics
Yeah,the real violence is going on inside the “clinic”.
Good.
What about the violent mutilation of young humans that can’t defend themselves?
In 2017, violent acts against abortion providers more than doubled from the year prior, according to data compiled by NAF. The group recorded 1,081 violent acts, the most since the group began tracking these incidents.
Last year, the group recorded another new record high: 1,369 reported violent acts, including 15 instances of assault and battery, 13 burglaries, 14 counts of stalking and over a thousand episodes of illegal trespassing.
Instead of 1,369 acts of violence, we find that there were 13 assault and battery. Stalking, burglaries, and trespassing are NOT violent.
The enemedia is pushing the propaganda. They are upset because science, logic, and real feminism is making a comeback. Choose life!!!!!
Have not heard a thing about it.
If it had been happening, it would have been plastered all over the news non-stop 24/7 for weeks.
Lol, I wouldn’t believe a thing the National Abortion Federation says.
I hope it IS true. I hope it continues. I hope it increases to the point they close their doors.
A place where people are committing multiple murders per day should not be allowed to operate and should be shut down by any and all means.
Legally, of course.
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