The Nation - News from June 15, 1986

An arson fire caused more than $100,000 damage to an abortion clinic in Manchester, Mo., that has been the site of protests by abortion opponents for more than a year, authorities said. The early-morning blaze at Reproductive Health Services West damaged the entrance and waiting room of the clinic. No one was injured. Judith Widdicombe, the director of the clinic, said she believed the fire was set by someone associated with anti-abortion groups, but Barbara Hackett of the Missouri Citizens for Life said her group had nothing to do with the fire.