to discontinue all federal funding
to Planned Parenthood.
Days after the Colorado massacre, anti-abortion activists
were openly blaming Planned
Parenthood for causing people
to attack it. “Violence is never
the answer, but we must start
pointing out who is the real culprit. The true instigator of this
violence and all violence at any
Planned Parenthood facility
is Planned Parenthood themselves,” Adams County, Colo.,
state Rep. JoAnn Windholz wrote
in a statement published Dec. 1
by The Colorado Independent.
“Violence begets violence. So
P l a n n e d Pa re n t h o o d : YO U
STOP THE VIOLENCE INSIDE
YOUR WALLS.”
Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.)
disagreed. In a statement issued
following the spate of arsons, she
wrote that “toxic rhetoric directed
at Planned Parenthood has dangerous consequences. It sends a
signal that using violence to close
ing to use a weapon of mass
destruction, told an undercover agent he was waiting
for a “green light” from Allah
to carry out a suicide attack.
He said he was inspired by Al
Qaeda’s Osama bin Laden and
Anwar al-Awlaki.
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OCT. 9
A long-haul trucker and former seminarian at the antiSemitic Society of Saint Pius X
(SSPX), a “radical traditionalist” Catholic religious order,
was arrested in Menomonie,
Wis. , and extradited to Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho, to face felony
charges of raping two underage boys. Kevin G. Sloniker,
30, reportedly admitted to
molesting a total of nine boys
clinics and intimidate healthcare
professionals and wom