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* 2001: Peter James Knight, an [[Australia|Australian]] anti-abortion activist, walks into an abortion clinic in East Melbourne with a rifle, gags, handcuffs and petrol. He shoots and kills the security guard and plans to trap everyone in the clinic and burn it down, killing 41 people. He fails after being overpowered by staff and other guards.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Knight_(anti-abortion_activist) Peter Knight (anti-abortion activist)]</ref> | * 2001: Peter James Knight, an [[Australia|Australian]] anti-abortion activist, walks into an abortion clinic in East Melbourne with a rifle, gags, handcuffs and petrol. He shoots and kills the security guard and plans to trap everyone in the clinic and burn it down, killing 41 people. He fails after being overpowered by staff and other guards.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Knight_(anti-abortion_activist) Peter Knight (anti-abortion activist)]</ref> | ||
* 2009: Unknown anti-abortion activists graffiti and throw molotov cocktails at a medical clinic in Mosman Park, Perth, Western Australia. The medical clinic does not perform abortions, despite 'baby killers!' being graffiti-ed on the building through an alleyway.<ref>ABC News (2009) - [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/07/2460486.htm?site=local Arsonists attack Mosman Park medical clinic]</ref> | * 2009: Unknown anti-abortion activists graffiti and throw molotov cocktails at a medical clinic in Mosman Park, Perth, Western Australia. The medical clinic does not perform abortions, despite 'baby killers!' being graffiti-ed on the building through an alleyway.<ref>ABC News (2009) - [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/07/2460486.htm?site=local Arsonists attack Mosman Park medical clinic]</ref> | ||
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A timeline of actions taken to stop abortion. Usually listed as a form of far-right terrorism.
1900s
- 1976: An arson attack against an abortion clinic in Auckland, New Zealand and causes hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage (nearly a million in today's money).
- 1990: Two men broke into an abortion clinic in Vancouver, Canada and destroy tens of thousands of dollars of equipment with crowbars.
- 1994: An unknown sniper attacks prominent abortion doctor Garson Romalis at his home in British Columbia, Canada, nearly killing him.
2000s
- 2001: Peter James Knight, an Australian anti-abortion activist, walks into an abortion clinic in East Melbourne with a rifle, gags, handcuffs and petrol. He shoots and kills the security guard and plans to trap everyone in the clinic and burn it down, killing 41 people. He fails after being overpowered by staff and other guards.[1]
- 2009: Unknown anti-abortion activists graffiti and throw molotov cocktails at a medical clinic in Mosman Park, Perth, Western Australia. The medical clinic does not perform abortions, despite 'baby killers!' being graffiti-ed on the building through an alleyway.[2]
- ↑ Wikipedia - Peter Knight (anti-abortion activist)
- ↑ ABC News (2009) - Arsonists attack Mosman Park medical clinic