Supporters of Abortion Picket House of Archbishop in Boston

Abortion rights supporters picketed a Roman Catholic archbishop’s house in Boston and kept vigil at clinics around the nation for a third day Sunday, while opponents held rallies and car caravans in activities building up to the 12th anniversary Tuesday of the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize abortion.

Meanwhile, the three men arrested Saturday in connection with eight anti-abortion bombings in the Washington area in the last year will have bail hearings Tuesday. The three were identified as Thomas Eugene Spinks, 37, of Bowie, Md.; Michael D. Bray, 32, also of Bowie; and Kenneth William Shields, 34, of Laurel, Md.

At least 24 attacks have occurred since January, 1984, and the National Organization for Women sponsored around-the-clock vigils in 18 states to protest the violence.

Bomb Threat While most vigil participants reported a quiet weekend, a telephoned bomb threat Sunday at the Women’s Medical Center in Washington forced NOW President Judy Goldsmith and about 30 other persons to leave briefly.

The incident “brought us back very sharply to the reality that the threat is still out there,” Goldsmith said.

In Hollywood, Calif., a vigil continued at the Feminist Women’s Health Center, where “it’s been quiet so far,” Joyce Johnson-Pollard said.

In Boston, about 40 pro-choice protesters marched outside the home of Catholic Archbishop Bernard F. Law, who last week offered the support of the Boston Archdiocese--including medical and financial aid--to any woman of any faith who chose to keep her child rather than have an abortion.

Braving 18-degree temperatures, the demonstrators chanted “Safe, legal, on demand--abortion rights across the land” and carried signs that read, “Motherhood by Choice, Not Chance.”

‘Right to Speak’

‘It’s an issue he has a right to speak on, but he has no right to force his opinions on other people,” Mary Rees of the South Middlesex chapter of NOW, which organized the march, said.

Law was not available for comment Sunday because he was on his way to Cuba with a delegation of U.S. bishops, his secretary, Father Joseph Scorzello, said.

Across town, at Boston’s Faneuil Hall, about 1,000 abortion opponents, including Mayor Raymond Flynn, gathered to hear speakers at the 12th annual Assembly for Life. Outside, pro-choice and anti-abortion groups marched in separate circles and traded insults.

“Let’s identify what we’re talking about. The fact is, you’re killing something living in the womb,” Marie Sturgis, a member of the Massachusetts Citizens for Life, said.