Attacks on abortion providers, including arsons, burglaries and death threats, increased significantly in 2022, according to a new report, as advocates say violence has escalated since the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Among them was Julie Burkhart, president of Wellspring Health Access in Casper, Wyoming, where a devastating arson last May delayed the clinic's opening date by almost a year."This also caused great fear in our staff members, in the community," Burkhart said at a Thursday news conference, adding that anti-abortion protesters continue to come to the clinic each week.
An arson last May at Wellspring Health Access in Casper, Wyoming has delayed the reproductive health clinic's opening for at least a year.FBI investigating growing attacks on abortion and reproductive health clinicsStates where abortion remains legal saw a "disproportionate increase in violence" as anti-abortion activists "were emboldened and traveled to states where abortion remained legal to target clinics there," according to the report.
Fowler said many people may be surprised incidents and threats of violence continue to rise, despite a spate of abortion clinic closures since Roe v. Wade was struck down. But she said this doesn't come as a surprise for those who have been tracking this violence. "I think people assume that when that clinic closes, the protesters just go home and that ends," she said. "But that's not the case… We know that anti-abortion individuals and groups will travel to other states or even move to other communities to target the clinics there."
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