In May of 2009, Wichita abortion provider Dr. George Tiller
was murdered in his local church. In October of 1998, Dr. Barnett
Slepian was shot by a sniper while in his own kitchen. These deaths drew
countless newspaper headlines, but for many Americans, the violence and
harassment of abortion providers is thought of as a thing of the past.
To providers across the country, however, it's something they've never left behind.
Bulletproof
vests, gun permits, and Halloween masks have become tools of the trade
for a number of providers across the country, many of whom fear the
harassment of anti-abortion activists who don't just target them, but
their families and neighbors as well. It's an ongoing and mostly
unspoken issue that spurred law professor David S. Cohen and attorney
Krysten Connon to write the new book Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism, on shelves this May.
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