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APPENDIX B:
State-by-State Analysis
For 12 States Experiencing Highest Levels of Anti-abortion
Violence
- California
- Eleven out of 35 clinics in California reported violent incidents
during 1994. Seven clinics reported that their staffs were stalked
during the first seven months of 1994. Also during the first seven
months of 1994 were reports of home picketing and death threats
by four clinics. Three clinics reported blockades and invasions
and two clinics reported chemical attacks. Since 1993, five clinics
reported an increase in death threats, and five clinics reported
an increase in stalking. Two clinics reported an increase in chemical
attacks since 1993, and two clinics reported an increase in invasions.
One clinic each reported an increase in clinic blockades, clinic
invasions, gunfire, and arson. Since the July murders 10 clinics
reported a rise in death threats, stalking increased at five clinics,
and clinic blockades increased at two clinics. FACE complaints
were lodged by 11 clinics.
- Florida
- Twelve clinics from Florida participated in the survey. During
the first seven months of 1994 four clinics reported home picketing
and three reported stalking. One clinic was chemically attacked.
One clinic each reported death threats, blockades, invasions,
and gunfire. Since 1993, three clinics reported an increase in
stalking and death threats. Blockades, bombings, and gunfire rose
at two clinics and home picketing, invasions, and chemical attacks
were reported as rising by one clinic per category. Since the
July murders, death threats rose at two clinics and one clinic
each reported a rise in stalking and bomb threats. FACE complaints
were lodged by three clinics.
- Illinois
- Nine clinics in Illinois reported anti-abortion violence. During
the first seven months of 1994, two clinics reported receiving
death threats. Clinic staff at one clinic reported clinic blockades,
and staff at another clinic were stalked during the same time
period. Two clinics reported an increase since 1993 in bombings,
and one clinic each reported an increase in death threats, stalking,
clinic blockades, gunfire, and arson. Since the July murders two
clinics reported an increase in death threats, and staff at four
other clinics reported either being stalked, receiving death threats,
receiving arson threats, or surviving an arson attack. None of
these Illinois clinics filed a FACE complaint.
- Indiana
- Six clinics in Indiana responded to the survey. During the first
seven months of 1994, three clinics reported stalking and home
picketing, two reported death threats, and one reported being
attacked by gunfire. Since 1993, two clinics reported an increase
in stalking; two clinics reported an increase in death threats;
and one clinic reported an increase in gunfire. Since the July
murders two clinics reported a rise in death threats, and one
clinic each reported an increase in stalking and clinic blockades.
FACE complaints were filed by one clinic.
- Michigan
- Of the twelve clinics that responded to the survey in Michigan,
three were blockaded; staff from two were stalked, another two
had staff that were picketed at home, one clinic was invaded;
and another reported receiving death threats. Since 1993, one
clinic reported an increase in blockades, another reported an
increase in stalking, and a third reported an increase in gunfire
attacks. Since the July murders one clinic each reported an increase
in chemical attacks, stalking, invasions, and death threats. Two
clinics filed FACE complaints.
- Missouri
- Only two clinics from Missouri responded to the survey. These
clinics, however, have experienced a range of anti-abortion violence
including blockades, invasions, chemical attacks, home picketing,
stalking and death threats, all in the first seven months of 1994.
Furthermore, the clinics reported a rise in chemical attacks and
bombings since 1993. They also reported a rise in invasions and
death threats since the Pensacola murders in July.
- New York
- Nineteen clinics in New York completed the survey. Within the
first seven months of 1994, five clinics reported home picketing,
four reported clinic invasions, three reported death threats,
two reported chemical attacks, two reported stalking, and one
reported gunfire attacks. Since 1993, four clinics reported an
increase in bombings, and one clinic each cited an increase in
chemical attacks, stalking, invasions, and home picketing. Since
the July slayings, death threats increased at three clinics and
bomb threats at one clinic. Only one clinic reported a potential
FACE violation.
- North Carolina
- Of the fourteen clinics that responded to the survey in North
Carolina, four reported receiving death threats, three reported
clinic invasions, and one each reported being targeted by blockades,
home picketing, and stalking. Since 1993 two clinics reported
a rise in death threats, two clinics reported an increase in stalking
and one clinic reported an increase in home picketing. Three clinics
reported an increase in death threats since the Pensacola slayings.
Two clinics reported an increase in stalking and bomb threats,
and one clinic each reported an increase in arson threats and
invasions. FACE complaints were filed by one clinic, to which
law enforcement officials responded.
- Pennsylvania
- In Pennsylvania three of the ten clinics that responded to the
survey reported clinic blockades during the first seven months
in 1994. One clinic was invaded, one clinic reported home picketing,
one reported death threats, and one reported gunfire attacks.
Since 1993, three clinics reported an increase in bombings, and
one clinic each reported an increase in blockades, stalking, gunfire,
invasions, and death threats. Since July, one clinic reported
an increase in death threats and one clinic reported an increase
in bomb threats. Only one FACE complaint was filed.
- Texas
- In Texas, five of the sixteen clinics in the survey reported
death threats to staff during the first seven months of 1994.
Four clinics experienced invasions, staff from four clinics experienced
home picketing, two clinics reported blockades. One clinic was
chemically attacked, a second was fired upon, and staff from a
third clinic reported being stalked. Since 1993, clinics in Texas
reported that blockades, chemical attacks, stalking, gunfire,
invasions, death threats and home picketing rose. Since the July
murders one clinic reported a rise in death threats. Two clinics
filed FACE complaints.
- Virinia
- Of the seven clinics in Virginia who responded to the survey,
four have staff who experienced home picketing, three have staff
who were stalked, four clinics received death threats and one
was blockaded. Two clinics reported a rise in death threats since
1993, and one clinic in each category of bombings, arson and home
picketing reported an increase. Since July, the rate of death
threats increased for two clinics and one clinic each reported
a rise in bombings and arson attacks. Only one clinic reported
a FACE violation to federal authorities.
- Wisconsin
- Six clinics from Wisconsin responded to the survey. Of these,
five had staffs who experienced home picketing, three clinics
had staff who were stalked, three clinics received death threats,
three were blockaded and one was chemically attacked. Two clinics
reported a rise in death threats since 1993, and two clinics reported
a rise in home picketing. One clinic reported a rise in stalking.
Since the July slayings two clinics reported an increase in death
threats. A FACE complaint filed in Wisconsin resulted in the conviction
of clinic blockaders.
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