Anti-abortion activists might can call themselves whatever they want, but their actions speak infinitely louder than their words.
Between 2019 and 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, abortion providers across the country reported an increase in “vandalism, assault and battery, death threats/threats of harm, stalking, and hoax devices/suspicious packages,”Most alarmingly, providers reported a 125% increase in assaults and altercations instigated by anti-abortion protesters, including “shoving, pushing, tripping, and spitting on clinic escorts, staff, and others outside of clinics.
The report also highlights that between 2019 and 2020, death threats and threats of harm to clinic staff more than doubled, from 92 to 200. Clinics reported 27 cases of receiving suspicious packages last year, up from just two in 2019, as well as double the cases of stalking clinic staff. There were also four reported cases of arson in 2020 compared with none the year before, and internet harassment against providers increased by about 10%.
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