Press Releases and Statements

1/21/99 -- WAR OF ATTRITION TARGETS ABORTION CLINICS NATIONWIDE
One Fourth of Nation's Clinics Still Face Severe Violence
10/24/98 -- Organized Campaign of Terror Claims Another Abortion Provider
7/17/98 -- Litigator, Clinic Plaintiff in NOW v. Scheidler Testify on Importance of RICO as Tool to Stop Clinic Violence
4/20/98 -- LANDMARK WIN! CIVIL RICO CASE CRACKS ANTI-ABORTION RING OF CONSPIRACY
2/2/98 -- Army of God Claims Credit for Birmingham Bombing
1/29/98 -- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TERRORISM IN ALABAMA LEAVES ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED AT ABORTION CLINIC: Feminist Majority Foundation President Eleanor Smeal Demands Zero Tolerance on This War of Attrition
1/15/98 -- WAR OF ATTRITION TARGETS ABORTION CLINICS NATIONWIDE: Feminist Majority Foundation President Eleanor Smeal Releases Fifth Annual National Clinic Violence Survey Results
1/12/98 -- Pro-Choice Leaders to Release New Anti-Choice Violence Reports on the Eve of the Roe v. Wade 25th Anniversary
11/13/97 -- Shots Ring Out in Canada: Abortion Provider Target of Attempted Murder
Statement of Feminist Majority Foundation President Eleanor Smeal on U.S. Implications of Canadian Anti-Abortion Terrorism
9/25/97 -- Little Rock, Arkansas Abortion Clinics Subject of Terrorism
7/22/97 -- Tuscaloosa, AL Abortion Clinic is the 13th Arson/Bombing of 1997: Highest Rate of Anti-abortion Violence Since 1984
5/23/97 -- Abortion Clinic Arsons And Bombings Reach Highest Rate Since 1984 Peak Domestic Terrorism Increases
2/24/97 -- Statement By Eleanor Smeal,President, Feminist Majority Foundation On Army Of God Letter And Atlanta Bombings
2/19/97 -- "Schenck Decision Upholding Fixed Buffer Zones Is Victory For Abortion Clinics, But Decision To Strike Down A Floating Buffer Zone In This Case Could Not Have Come At A Worse Time."
1/16/97 -- FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION CONDEMNS ATLANTA CLINIC BOMBING, CALLS FOR CLASSIFICATION OF ANTI-ABORTION VIOLENCE AS DOMESTIC TERRORISM
1/16/97 -- NEW FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION SURVEY FINDS SEVERE ANTI-ABORTION VIOLENCE STILL PLAGUES ALMOST ONE-THIRD OF CLINICS
11/13/97 -- Shots Ring Out in Canada: Abortion Provider Target of Attempted Murder
Statement of Feminist Majority Foundation President Eleanor Smeal on U.S. Implications of Canadian Anti-Abortion Terrorism
11/12/97 -- Statement of Chief Penny Harrington, Director of National Center for Women and Policing, in Support of Bill Lann Lee for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
9/25/97 -- Little Rock, Arkansas Abortion Clinics Subject of Terrorism July 22, 1997:
Tuscaloosa, AL Abortion Clinic is the 13th Arson/Bombing of 1997 -- Highest Rate of Anti-abortion Violence Since 1984
February 19, 1997
Statement, Eleanor Smeal: "Schenck Decision Upholding Fixed Buffer Zones Is Victory For Abortion Clinics, But Decision To Strike Down A Floating Buffer Zone In This Case Could Not Have Come At A Worse Time."

January 16, 1997:
New Feminist Majority Foundation Survey Finds Severe Anti-Abortion Violence Still Plagues Almost One-Third of Clinics

January 17, 1997:
Feminist Majority Condemns Atlanta Clinic Bombings, Calls for Classification of Anti-Abortion Violence as Domestic Terrorism

August 7, 1996:
Statement of Eleanor Smeal President of Feminist Majority Pro-Choice Public Education Project

April 4, 1996
New Survey Finds Sharp Decline in Clinic Violence; Improvements in Law Enforcement Response Cited

March 18, 1996:
Statement of Eleanor Smeal President of the Feminist Majority Foundation on the John C. Salvi III Verdicts

October 3, 1995:
Supreme Court Upholds "Face" Law Victory for Safe Access to Abortion Clinics

August 24, 1995:
Latest Anti-Abortion Arrestee Linked To David Trosch

June 27, 1995:
Anti-Abortion Extremists Continue Deadly Agenda Of Terror

June 19, 1995:
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari To Face Challenge -- Law Upheld In Virginia Case

May 16, 1995:
Feminist Majority Foundation Supports Representative Schumer's Call For Congressional Hearings Into Anti-Abortion Violence And Related Domestic Terror Groups

May 11, 1995:
Feminist Majority Foundation Calls For Greater Federal Investigation Into Anti-Abortion Violence And Related Domestic Terror Groups, Submits Materials Suggesting Links Between Anti-Abortion Extremists And Militias

March 1, 1995:
Statement of Feminist Majority Foundation President Eleanor Smeal on Milwaukee U.S. District Court Ruling on Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act

January 1, 1995:
Feminist Majority Foundation President Eleanor Smeal Exposing Links Between ACLA, Targeting Doctors, and Justifiable Homicide

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