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Florida Abortion Clinic Set Ablaze

HeadlineJul 06, 2005

In Florida a suspicious fire has forced a women’s health clinic in Palm Beach to temporarily close down. On Monday, a fire was apparently set at the Presidential Women’s Center which is the only remaining women’s health clinic that performs abortions in Palm Beach County. Lou Silber, the center’s attorney, said, “It was an act of terrorism, an act of arson that did a great deal of damage. This is not going to close us down. We are going to open up as soon as possible and provide women medical services.” Florida has been the scene of numerous attacks against abortion providers. In the early 1990s two doctors from Pensacola were murdered. In the late 1990s, 10 clinics were the target of acid attacks. Monday’s fire came almost a year to the day after an arsonist set ablaze another women’s center in Lake Worth Florida.

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