The Victims of the "Pro-life" Movement
Maritza Combes
Victims of "Pro-Life" Violence
Donald L. Catron, Claudia Gilmore
Largely forgotten by most people, including many in the pro-choice
movement, Claudia Gilmore was the office manager at Central Health
Center for Women in Springfield, Missouri, and Donald Catron was the
clinic's landlord. On December 28, 1991, an unidentified man wearing a
ski mask entered the clinic and demanded to see the doctor. He was
told to leave and was being escorted from the clinic by Gilmore and
Catron when he opened fire with a shotgun. Catron was hit in the
abdomen, Gilmore in the back. Both survived the attack; there have
been no arrests.
Dr. David Gunn
The first person killed by an anti-choice activist, Dr. David Gunn was
shot by Michael Griffin outside a clinic in Pensacola, Florida in
March, 1993. Griffin is now in prison in Florida.
Dr. George Tiller
Dr. George Tiller was shot in both arms by Shelley Shannon outside his
clinic in Wichita, Kansas in August, 1993. He returned to work the
next day. Shannon has since pleaded guilty to a series of arsons.
Dr. Wayne Patterson
Dr. Wayne Patterson does not make every list of shooting victims. He
was shot and killed by an unidentified assailant in Mobile, Alabama,
six days after Father David Trosch attempted to publish his
Justifiable Homicide cartoon in a Mobile newspaper. Police have said
that robbery was the probable motive, even though there was still
money in his wallet when he was found. Many in the pro-choice
community believe he was killed because he performed abortions.
Dr. John Britton, Lt. Col. James Barrett, June Barrett
Dr. John Britton and volunteer escort James Barrett were killed
outside a clinic in Pensacola, Florida by Paul Hill in July, 1994.
Volunteer escort June Barrett was wounded in the attack. 13 days
earlier, Father David Trosch, who knew Hill, had sent a letter to
members of Congress suggesting that the targets of anti-choice
violence would include not only doctors, but clinic staff, escorts,
police and others.
Paul Hill had started the anti-choice group Defensive Action, which
condoned the use of deadly force. Over two dozen anti-abortion leaders
have signed the group's public statements.
Dr. Garson Romalis
Dr. Garson Romalis was shot by an unidentified assailant while eating
breakfast at home in Vancouver, British Columbia in November, 1994. He
suffered severe blood loss from leg wounds, but survived the attack.
Shannon Lowney, Anjana Agrawal, Antonio Hernandez, Brian Murray
Leanne Nichols, Jane Sauer, Richard J. Seron
Shannon Lowney, a receptionist at Planned Parenthood in Brookline,
Massachusetts, was shot to death by John Salvi of New Hampshire in
December, 1994. Anjana Agrawal, a medical assistant, Antonio
Hernandez, who accompanied a patient to the clinic, and Brian Murray,
who also accompanied a patient, were wounded in the attack.
Leanne Nichols, a receptionist at Pre-Term Health Services, also in
Brookline, was shot and killed shortly after the Planned Parenthood
attack, allegedly by John Salvi. Jane Sauer, an office worker, and
Richard J. Seron, a security guard, were wounded in the attack.
John Salvi was captured after allegedly shooting at the Hillcrest
clinic in Norfolk, Virginia the next day. He later committed suicide
in prison.
Dr. Hugh Short
Dr. Hugh Short was shot by an unidentified assailant while sitting in
his home in Ancaster, Ontario in November, 1995. The bullet, fired
from a high-powered rifle a few dozen meters behind his home, struck
and caused significant damage to his elbow.
Dr. Calvin Jackson
Dr. Calvin Jackson was stabbed, allegedly by Donald Cooper of Corpus
Christi, Texas, outside the Orleans Women's Clinic in New Orleans,
Louisiana in December, 1996. Cooper was arrested the same day inside
another clinic in Baton Rouge, 50 miles away, shortly before that
clinic's doctor was scheduled to arrive.
Unidentified Victims
Several people - reports range from four to seven - were injured in
the second of two bomb blasts at the Northside Family Planning
Services clinic, in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. Some of those
injured, including at least one FBI agent, required hospitalization.
Name Undisclosed
A doctor in northern New York was shot in the shoulder while sitting
in his home in October, 1997. His identity has not been revealed, but
it is believed that this attack is related to three similar shootings
in Canada.
Dr. Jack Fainman
Dr. Jack Fainman, like Dr. Romalis and Dr. Short before him, was shot
by an unidentified sniper while in his home in Winnipeg, Canada in
November, 1997. He was struck in the right shoulder. The wound was not
life threatening.
Robert Sanderson, Emily Lyons
Robert Sanderson was an officer of the Birmingham, Alabama police
department. He was killed in January, 1998 by a bomb that exploded
outside New Woman, All Women Health Care Clinic in Birmingham, where
he moonlighted as a security guard. Emily Lyons, a nurse at the
clinic, was seriously wounded in the same blast.
Dr. Barnett Slepian
Dr. Barnett Slepian was killed in his home in Amherst, New York in
October, 1998. He was shot by a sniper, in an attack similar to the
previous shootings in Canada and New York. He was the first fatality
among the five victims.
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