Paul Ross Evans, 27, was indicted Tuesday for attempting to use an explosive incendiary bomb on the Austin’s Women’s Health Clinic.
Evans faces one count each of attempting to use weapons of mass destruction, malicious attempt to damage a building, and possession of a destructive device by a convicted felon. He’s also facing two other counts related to the incident.
Interesting take on the story at LifeNews.com [and by interesting I mean OH PLEASE!! What do you think you’re over the top rhetoric is going to come to?]
The charges against Evans include malicious attempt to damage a building and property by means of explosive and fire, possession of a destructive device by a convicted felon and two counts of use and carrying of a destructive device in relation to a crime of violence.
Abortion advocates attempted to turn the isolated incident involving someone unaffiliated with the pro-life movement into a political statement.
“We live in fear of anti-choice extremism,” local Planned Parenthood CEO Ken Lambrecht told News 8 in response to the incident. “We perform routine quarterly drills for bomb threats. We had one this very week, and our clinic is constantly aware of a potential threat.”
But Texas Alliance for Life director Joe Pojman said that pro-life advocates are peaceful people and that any political movement has individual vigilantes that act on their own wrongheaded ideas.
“We get painted with the same brush as someone who is a criminal. We only condone peaceful legal activities,” he said.
What a joke. It turns out that this guy’s hometown, Lufkin, is in the bible belt and just crawling with fetus fetishists. A church there did one of those burial ceremonies where they put up a shitload of white crosses in the churchyard (representing abortions)… one week before he left the bomb. I don’t care what they say, when they engage in this kind of performance art they’re encouraging the whackos. They may not want to admit it, but they own the AOG types.
this is true; extremists only make the matter at hand worse. but one extremist calling out another is just calling the kettle black, no?
Sorry Jessica Fail
I haven’t deliberately plotted murder and terrorism.
hey, the guys a nut-case, no doubt about that! and no, im guessing youre not a terrorist…but just as the bible-beaters in the south may encourage this kind of behavior, youre an activist for abortions….you, on a daily basis encourage and hype up women everywhere to not only fight for such a cause but excuse the fact that what they hold inside is human. im not saying anything other than i believe that its a cruel act that is now being publicly applauded.
@jessica –
It is an interesting supposition that what I blog about an encouragement to abortion. I think you do women a grave disservice by imagining that any woman reads a blog to make a decision on whether to undergo an abortion.
And you do me a disservice by imagining that that is what I do. In fact I blog about women’s choice to have babies or not. The vital component is choice. I believe strongly in it. And I support women who choose to have children which is why I also blog about government creating poverty situations for women with abusive welfare laws, disregard for universal childcare and so on. I believe in backing up my support for the choose to have children with programs that support them and their families once they are here.
thats awesome i really think we need more people to address issues like that. i just tend to think in terms of the future, the next generation. like if its not socially taboo to think of killing a 3 month old “fetus” (and that with so many people, now, who think so strongly against it), then whats in store for the next generation? history repeats itself, thats a given, and people tend to forget the inhumanity of past generations (the holocaust to rwanda and darfur). its not so bad now, but thats how all atrocities start….a simple “its ok” makes bad things acceptable. it just gets to me that people forget and i see that happening now. abortion today, tomorrow…..