[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 102 (Friday, July 29, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 29, 1994]
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                        ABORTION CLINIC KILLING

  (Ms. FURSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FURSE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call attention to a horrible 
tragedy that has occurred this morning in Pensacola, FL. Two people 
were shot and killed and another person was injured outside an abortion 
clinic today, and a well-known abortion protester was arrested.
  This is not the first time this kind of violence has occurred. This 
is a coordinated effort of intimidation and terrorism. Last year David 
Gunn was shot to death outside a Pensacola abortion clinic, and an 
Oregon woman is in prison for shooting another abortion doctor. Let us 
not forget that abortion is legal in this country.
  Mr. Speaker, this violence must stop. This Congress has passed and 
the President has signed into law the Freedom of Access to Clinic 
Entrances. This makes it a Federal offense to physically obstruct 
access to a clinic. I call on my colleagues to set aside their partisan 
differences and to work to protect doctors' and workers' right to a 
safe environment and a woman's right to these legal services. We owe 
the American people no less.

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