Abortion in the Crosshairs
Reveal
The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX
4.7 • 8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Barnett Slepian was a conservative doctor and family man with strong religious beliefs. But he didn’t think doctors should pick and choose which services to provide, so he performed abortions at a clinic in Buffalo, New York. The anti-abortion organization Operation Rescue made him a target, harassing him and calling him a “murderer” at his home in Amherst, New York, as well as at his private practice and the Buffalo clinic. In 1998, Slepian was the victim of a sniper attack.
In this episode, in partnership with the CBC podcast “Someone Knows Something,” reporters David Ridgen and Amanda Robb – Slepian’s niece – look into the network of anti-abortion extremists who targeted doctors and clinics in the 1990s.
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| 1:05.8 | I'm Al Letz. |
| 1:08.3 | All this year we've been reporting on reproductive rights. |
| 1:11.7 | And what could happen if Roe V Wade is overturned? |
| 1:15.4 | Last month, we investigated rising tensions at abortion clinics in Florida. |
| 1:20.0 | We found that police calls related to disturbances, harassment, and violence doubled at abortion clinics in the state since 2016. |
| 1:33.0 | Kelly Flynn owns a clinic in Jacksonville. |
| 1:36.0 | We should not have as abortion providers, we should not have to be harassed going to work every day. |
| 1:41.4 | I mean, no one's picketing the urologist that's doing vasectomies. |
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