On Hostile Ground

On October 23 1998 a sniper carrying a highpowered rifle assassinated Dr Barnett Slepian in his home altering forever a family a community and the bounds of our imaginings about antiabortion violence This horrific act punctuated a decade of escalating harassment and violence against womens heath care providers a decade marred by murders assaults death threats stalking clinic blockades arsons bombings and chemical attacks How do these events affect the personal and professional lives of abortion providers What motivates them to continue their work in the face of such terrorism