Violence against Providers of Abortion Care and Clinics
As detailed by the National Abortion Federation, since the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade more than 50 years ago, violence and intimidation against health care professionals who provide abortion care and abortion clinic staff have escalated. Since that time, there have been 11 murders; 42 facility bombings; more than 200 facility arsons; and thousands of documented incidents of other criminal activity, including assault, bomb threats, butyric acid attacks, clinic invasions, delivery of suspicious or threatening packages, stalking, and harassment.
ACOG condemns all violence against abortion clinics and their staff, and we call for action within institutions and through state and federal policy to protect health care professionals, staff, and patients from future harm.
In Memory of Lives Lost to Violence against Providers of Abortion Care and Abortion Clinics
- James H. Barrett
- John Bayard Britton, MD
- David Gunn, MD
- Shannon Lowney
- Jennifer Markovsky
- Leanne Nichols
- Robert Sanderson
- Barnett Slepian, MD
- Ke’Arre M. Stewart
- Garrett Swasey
- George Tiller, MD