Let me get this straight: On September 11, 2001, terrorists brutally
exterminated nearly 3,000 Americans, obliterated the landscape of lower
Manhattan, and pummeled the headquarters of the United States's national
defense. And since that same date nearly six-and-a-half years ago,
pro-lifers have committed a grand total of zero murders,
attempted murders, and bombings directed at abortion workers and
clinics across the United States and Canada.
So the Associated Press implies that the bigger threat of terrorism
to this country comes from ... pro-lifers?
Here's how the AP tells it:
When it comes to fears about a terrorist attack, people in the
U.S. usually focus on Osama bin Laden and foreign-based radical
groups. Yet researchers say domestic extremists who commit
violence in the name of their cause — abortion or the environment,
for example — account for most of the damage from such incidents in
this country.
The AP's reporting is simply a smear. Violent episodes against
abortion clinics have been quite rare, especially in the last
decade. Even
the stats from National Abortion Federation (pdf) reveal this.
In his book
On Message, Life Dynamics'
Mark Crutcher sums it up best: "The image of abortion workers having
to dodge a hail of automatic weapon fire just to get from their car to
the clinic door is utter nonsense." Crutcher notes that in the years
1993 and 1994, the worst period of violence in pro-life history in which
five abortionists and clinic workers were killed, more farmers
and twice as many hairdressers were murdered on the job.
(The total number of murders that have occurred since Roe v. Wade passed
in 1973 is seven.)
We've addressed this kind of attack against the pro-life movement
before: here.
The AP owes its readers an explanation, but we won't hold our breath.
As
NB's Warner Todd Houston reported a while back, the MSM has ignored
physical violence against pro-lifers by abortion supporters. See
also
this article from WORLD magazine.
HT: LifeNews.com,
reporting
the Raw Story piece by John Byrne.