The History and Harm of Anti-Abortion Terrorism
December 13, 2020
“Anti-abortion terrorism blatantly exemplifies the contradiction of claiming human rights for the unborn while denying them to women and clinic workers,” begins Carol Mason in an article titled “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Dare? Confronting Anti-Abortion Terrorism After 9/11
.” The article details the change in the pro-life movement from a mindset focused on “rescue” to one more concerned with the “End Times.”
Before the terrorist attacks on 9/11, Mason says the federal government largely ignored the killing and terrorizing of clinic workers and abortion seekers. However, in the new security focused world that was created after 9/11, the attacks on personnel at clinics was finally characterized as terrorism.