Chronology of the abortion violence

Note: This is not a complete list. There are many other arson & acid attacks, not to mention clinic invasions and vandalism which are not listed here.

Oct. 23, 1998
A sniper killed Dr. Barnett Slepian in Amherst, N.Y., by firing a shot through the physician's window, the first fatality among five sniper attacks on New York or Canadian abortion providers over four years.

September 8, 1998
A flammable or incendiary device was placed or thrown at the back entrance to the Carolina Women's Medical Clinic in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Another device was placed on the roof of the Hallmark Clinic, also in Fayetteville.

August 21, 1998
A fire was started with construction equipment at the future office of a Columbus, Ohio OB/GYN practice.

July 8, 1998
Butyric acid was dumped at four clinics in and around Houston, Texas.

July 6, 1998
Butyric acid was dumped at four clinics in New Orleans, Louisiana, and at an OB/GYN office that does not provide abortion services

April 14, 1998
A fire was set at an art gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, an hour before a scheduled reception for Gloria Feldt, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

April 6, 1998
A diesel fuel mixture was spread inside the Fargo Women's Health Organization clinic in Fargo, North Dakota, the state's only abortion clinic.

April 2, 1998
A gasoline bomb was thrown onto the roof of the Pacific Beach Clinic in San Diego, California.

May, 1998
Eight butyric acid attacks occurred in the space of one week at clinics in Florida providing abortion services.

Jan. 29, 1998
New Woman All Women Health Care clinic, Birmingham, Ala.: A bomb explodes at about 7:30 a.m. just outside the door of the abortion clinic, blowing a crater in the ground and shattering windows. An off-duty police officer was killed, and a nurse critically injured in the first fatal bombing of a U.S. abortion clinic. Eric Rudolph is charged but has eluded a massive manhant.

January 26, 1998
A small fire was set inside a Planned Parenthood clinic in San Antonio, Texas. Damage from the fire was minimal, there was also damage to the door from the forced entry. The clinic has been repeatedly vandalized.

November 11, 1997
Dr. Jack Fainman was shot and injured in his home in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

October 28, 1997
An unnamed physician was shot at in his home in Rochester, New York.

July 22, 1997
A fire was started at the West Alabama Women's Center when an incendiary device was thrown through a hole cut into an air conditioning duct on the clinic's roof.

May 23, 1997
The Lovejoy Surgi-Center in Portland, Oregon was the target of an arsonist who allegedly drove up to the building in a car recently purchased for $200, ran a hose from a metal drum containing an unidentified flammable liquid into the clinic, ignited the liquid, and left.

May 6, 1997
A flammable liquid was poured into an air conditioning vent on the roof of the Piedmont-Carolina Medical Clinic in Greensboro, North Carolina.

April 2, 1997
Four small fires were set on the roof of the Mountain Country Women's Clinic in Bozeman, Montana.

March 17, 1997
Peter Andrew Howard was arrested after allegedly driving his truck through the doors of the Family Planning Associates clinic in Bakersfield, California. Howard allegedly attempted to ignite containers of propane and gasoline he was carrying in the back of his truck.

March 8, 1997
A Molotov cocktail was thrown through the window of the Family Planning Associates clinic in North Hollywood, California.

February 2, 1997
Office and medical equipment inside the Reproductive Services and Adoption Affiliates clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma was shot with a handgun. This was the third attack at the clinic in five weeks.

January 19, 1997
Two bombs were set off at the Reproductive Services and Adoption Affiliates clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the site of the January 1 firebombing.

Jan. 16, 1997
Atlanta Northside Family Planning Services: A bomb explodes at about 9:30 a.m. outside an office building housing the abortion clinic. About an hour later, while police and ambulance workers are still at the scene, a bomb explodes near a large trash bin in the parking lot. Seven people are injured. Rudolph is charged by federal authorities in October 1998.

January 1, 1997
The Reproductive Services and Adoption Affiliates clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma was the site of a firebombing attempt.

December, 1996
There were three unsuccessful arson attempts at the A-Z Women's Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

November 1996
The Morgentaler Clinic was the victim of a butyric acid attack in Edmonton, Alberta.

September 10, 1996
A man entered a Planned Parenthood clinic in Tempe, Arizona and smashed windows, computers and other equipment with a club, yelling "there won't be any more babies killed here today."

July 7, 1996
The Women's Health Care Clinic in Boise, Idaho was the target of arsonists for the second time in two months.

May 23, 1996
Flammable liquid was spread both inside and outside the Women's Health Care Clinic in Boise, Idaho, and a small fire was started.

November 10, 1995
Dr. Hugh Short was shot and injured in his home in Ancaster, Ontario.

Septemer 8, 1995
Five shots were fired into a Planned Parenthood clinic in Des Moines, Iowa

April 22, 1995
Shots were fired into a Planned Parenthood clinic in Warren, Michigan.

February, 1995
Clinics in Ventura, California; Santa Barbara, California; Santa Cruz, California; Santa Cruz, New Mexico and San Francisco were struck by arson.

January 28, 1995
Bill Baird, a veteran abortion rights activist, was shot at outside his home on Long Island. He was not injured in the attack. This was the second attempt on his life in two years.

January 5, 1995
Shots were fired at Dr. George Klopfer as he was traveling between clinics in South Bend and Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Dec. 30, 1994
John Salvi opens fire with rifle inside two Boston-area abortion clinics, killing two receptionists and wounding five others. Sentenced to life without parole, he kills himself in prison in 1996.

December, 1994
There was a bombing at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Rapid City, South Dakota

Nov. 8, 1994
Dr. Garson Romalis, who performs abortions in Vancouver, Canada, shot in the leg while eating breakfast at home.

August, 1994
There was an attempted bombing at the Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Albans, Vermont.

August, 1994
There was an attempted bombing at the Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Albans, Vermont.

July, 1994
There was an attempted bombing at the Northeast Women's Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

April, 1994
The offices of Dr. Jack Yoffa, and a Planned Parenthood clinic, both in Syracuse, New York, were attacked with butyric acid.

July 29, 1994
Dr. John Bayard Britton and his volunteer escort, James H. Barrett, slain outside Pensacola, Fla., abortion clinic. Barrett's wife, June, wounded in the attack. Paul J. Hill, 40, a former minister and anti-abortion activist, convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

Aug. 19, 1993
Dr. George Tiller shot in the arms as he drives out of parking lot at his Wichita, Kan., clinic. Rachelle "Shelley" Shannon convicted and sentenced to 11 years in prison.

March 10, 1993
Dr. David Gunn shot to death outside Pensacola, Fla., clinic, becoming the first U.S. doctor killed during an anti-abortion demonstration. Michael Griffin convicted and serving a life sentence.