Have militant antiabortionists become bioterrorists?
More than 140 abortion clinics and Planned Parenthood offices around the country have received envelopes with white powder and letters claiming to have infected the opener with anthrax. "It is perverse that these individuals here at home, who are themselves terrorists by virtue of their actions, would seek to capitalize on the events of the last days and weeks to further their own extremist agenda," said Planned Parenthood president Gloria Feldt. The Washington Post and Boston Globe don't quote prolife activists, and NPR's Morning Editionquotes Donald Spitz of Prolife Virginia. "There are many of us who do feel that you did a courageous thing by putting yourself in danger by sending out these letters," he told the terrorists. "Know that you did save many babies, that many people who support you." Spitz has regularly advocated the shooting of abortion doctors. So why didn't any news organizations quote any real prolife activists? And why aren't the real prolife activists being proactive in condemning this? The National Right to Life Committee has a daily "News & Views" feature, but hasn't even mentioned the attacks. Even the National Coalition for Life and Peace, an organization devoted to condemning clinic violence as it condemns abortion, doesn't have anything on its Web site. Concerned Women for America offers almost daily prolife news, but there's nothing condemning antiabortion terrorism. We've heard Muslim leaders around the world say that Osama bin Laden and the Taliban don't represent true Islam. Why aren't we more vocal in saying that actions like this don't represent true prolife activism?
Bibles found at World Trade Center site
"On a second floor [of the Pentagon], ...
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