Probe attacks against abortion clinics
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sent out an email notice June 21 to all Ohioans who subscribe to his announcements. The Cincinnati Enquirer article, “As Supreme Court decision looms, Ohio AG urges FBI to probe anti-abortion center threats elsewhere about it,” included some factual background information.
Yost and the attorneys general of a number of other Republican-led states were urging federal authorities to investigate violence against pro-life groups and their pregnancy centers. As the Enquirer pointed out, neither Attorney General Yost or the head of the Ohio Right To Life group actually knew of any incidents yet in our state which would indicate a need for a federal investigation. And already the FBI is already enaged in investigating a few incidents in other states.
So why imply that any such threat is yet legitimate or widespread in our state? It’s well-known that federal authorities automatically investigate reported incidents of domestic terrorism anyway. So why the partisan posturing from our state’s top law enforcement official?
As well, I must ask our Ohio attorney general why he has not collaborated with those same conservativeled states to urge the feds to investigate similar attacks and threats by pro-life extremists, likely far more numerous, against abortion clinics?
There are continual domestic terrorist threats made against the latter and their staff, as well as intimidation and misdirection of their patients from so-called “pro life” elements. Where is the urgency in attending to that, Attorney General Yost?
Susan Linden, Columbus