Man Arrested for Threatening NAF Member

By prochoice | April 7, 2010

A Dallas man is facing federal charges for threatening NAF member Southwestern Women’s Surgery Center in Dallas, TX. Erlyndon Joseph Lo, 27, went to the Plano federal courthouse last Friday and filed a court document saying that at noon that day, he was planning to go to the clinic and “use deadly force…,” according to…

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Convicted Murderer Scott Roeder Sentenced

By prochoice | April 1, 2010

Today I released the following statement: Today a judge in Wichita, KS sentenced anti-abortion extremist and convicted murderer Scott Roeder to the maximum sentence allowed by Kansas law for the murder of NAF member Dr. George Tiller. While this won’t bring Dr. Tiller back, it is important that Roeder spend the rest of his life…

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Appeals Court Strikes Down Pittsburgh Buffer Zone Ordinance

By prochoice | November 3, 2009 |

Friday, a federal appeals court struck down a Pittsburgh ordinance that created two types of buffer zones around abortion clinics. The ordinance banned protesters from coming within 15 feet of entrances, and also prohibited them from coming within eight feet of people entering and exiting clinics within a 100-foot buffer zone around clinic entrances. The…

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