Word: activist
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...anti-abortion radical charged with shooting a doctor and his escort outside a Pensacola, Fla., clinic, pleaded not guilty to murder charges. Hill, who had previously pleaded innocent to violating a new federal clinic protection law, had no other comments for the Pensacola judge. Hill-watchers are expecting the activist to turn his trial into another ideological platform. His previous bully pulpit, before the Florida deaths: "Donahue," "Nightline" and other TV shows, where he proclaimed that killing abortionists...
...Another activist, Michael Bray, editor of Capital Area Christian News, has written that abortion providers should be stoned to death: "With each blow . . . by the grace of God, he may confess his sins and be saved before expiring." Even some who claim to oppose justifiable homicide are notably shy about condemning the actions of Paul Hill. Says Don Treshman, president of Rescue America: "We regretted the passing of ((Dr. Britton's)) life just like a Jew in 1943 Poland who just heard Dr. Josef Mengele and his bodyguard were shot down in Auschwitz that morning...
Anti-abortion activist Paul Hill pleaded not guilty to a new federal law meant to get tough with protesters who block abortion clinics or threaten clinic employees. Hill is accused of gunning down an abortion doctor and his escort in a Pensacola, Fla. clinic on July 29. Hill's lawyer said that he planned to challenge the constitutionality of the federal law that took effect in May. Separately, Hill faces state charges of murder and attempted murder in connection with the shooting...
...Malcolm Kaufman, a pro-rent control activist, said he thinks HRE's position is "a formality...
...gunman shot and killed Dr. John Britton and his volunteer bodyguard, James Barrett, outside a Pensacola, Florida, abortion clinic. A suspect -- antiabortion activist Paul Hill -- was promptly arrested at the scene. The murderous attack was the second on a Pensacola abortion provider in 17 months...