Abortion doctor suffers second attack in six years

doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.197

BMJ 2000;321:197 ( 22 July )

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Abortion doctor suffers second attack in six years

David Spurgeon, Quebec
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A Vancouver gynaecologist, Dr Garson Romalis, who performs abortions and who was shot six years ago as he ate breakfast inhis home (BMJ 1994;309:1322), has been stabbed by a young manin the lobby of his office at a medicalclinic.

Since this latest attack, Dr Ellen Wiebe, another Vancouver gynaecologist who had during the previous week announced she hadbegun clinical trials with the abortion pill mifepristone (RU-486),has received what police called "a threatening message throughher answeringservice."

Dr Romalis, who was put under armed guard while in hospital after the attack, is reported to be doing well. Dr Wiebe saidthat the stabbing would not deterher.

Vancouver police urged all abortion providers to be on high alert, and British Columbia's premier, Ujjal Dosanjh, called fortougher penalties for those attacking doctors doing their jobs.The federal justice minister said that she was . . . [Full text of this article]

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