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anti-abortion terrorism  

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  • In the years following Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that brought the issue of legalizing abortion before the Supreme Court, anti-abortion terrorism has plagued abortion providers throughout the United States. The FBI considers militant anti-abortionists, like radical animal rights and environmentalist groups, to be “special interest” or “single-issue” terrorists, whose adherents use violence to achieve one end. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Anti-Abortion Terrorism]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/anti-abortion_terrorism

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