In 1994, John Salvi entered a Brookline, Massachusetts Planned Parenthood clinic and opened fire, murdering receptionist Shannon Elizabeth Lowney and wounding three others. He fled to another Planned Parenthood clinic where he murdered Leane Nichols and wounded two others. In 2012, a Grand Chute, Wisconsin, Planned Parenthood clinic was subject to a bombing perpetrated by an unknown individual. In 2015, a Planned Parenthood clinic in Pullman, Washington was heavily damaged by arson.

2015 shooting

On November 27, 2015, a gunman shot and killed two civilians and a police officer during a five-hour gun battle at the Colorado Springs, Colorado clinic. The 57-year-old gunman, Robert Dear, surrendered to police and was taken into custody. During his arrest, he gave a "rambling" interview in which, at one point, he said "no more baby parts", echoing language used in the news media about the clinic following the Center for Medical Progress videos. Dear was declared incompetent to stand trial for the shooting, citing experts' finding that he has "delusional disorder, persecutory type" and is now confined indefinitely to a state mental hospital.

See also

  • Timeline of reproductive rights legislation
  • United States abortion-rights movement

Notes

References

Further reading

  • Official website
  • Planned Parenthood Action Fund
  • Planned Parenthood Federation of America Records, 19181974 at the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Special Collections
  • Planned Parenthood Federation of America Records, 19282009 at the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Special Collections
  • Planned Parenthood at OpenSecrets.org
  • United Nations: Every Woman Every Child