The Nation - News from Aug. 21, 1985
An abortion clinic in Philadelphia where medical equipment was damaged during protests filed suit against 13 anti-abortion activists under federal racketeering laws, charging that the defendants conspired to close the facility. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court by the Northeast Women’s Center against members of the Pro-Life Non-Violent Action Project, seeks an injunction to stop attacks and $300,000 in damages for destruction of property and harassment of clients in the Aug. 10 incident.
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