Editing Reproductive rights (section)

===Anti-abortion violence===
Criticism surrounds certain forms of anti-abortion activism. [[Anti-abortion violence]] is a serious issue in some parts of the world, especially in North America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/30/us/anti-abortion-violence/index.html|title=A brief history of anti-abortion violence|first=Kimberly|last=Hutcherson|website=CNN|date=30 November 2015|access-date=10 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Jelen |first= Ted G |year=1998 |url=http://hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/abortion.htm |title=Abortion |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Religion and Society |location=Walnut Creek, California |publisher=AltaMira Press}}</ref> It is recognized as [[single-issue terrorism]].<ref name="csis">{{cite web |author=Smith, G. Davidson (Tim) |publisher=Canadian Security Intelligence Service |year=1998 |url=http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/en/publications/commentary/com74.asp |title=Single Issue Terrorism Commentary |access-date=9 June 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060714173515/http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/en/publications/commentary/com74.asp| archive-date= 14 July 2006}}</ref> Numerous organizations have also recognized anti-abortion extremism as a form of [[Christian terrorism]].<ref name="interfaith">*{{Cite book |title=Religion and terrorism: an interfaith perspective |first=Aref M. |last=Al-Khattar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V1xukwRq2cUC&pg=PA58 |pages=58–59 |year=2003 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780275969233 }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RSzyEx4do48C&pg=PA116 |title=Inside terrorism |first=Bruce |last=Hoffman |year=2006 |publisher=Columbia University Press |page=116 |author-link=Bruce Hoffman|isbn=9780231510462 }}
* {{Cite book |first=Christopher C. |last=Harmon |title=Terrorism today |year=2000 |publisher=Psychology Press |page=42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4AYGALitgsC&pg=PA42|isbn=9780714649986 }}
* {{Cite book |title=Terror in the mind of God: the global rise of religious violence |first=Mark |last=Juergensmeyer |author-link=Mark Juergensmeyer |page=4,19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lpb1mbaHjGQC&pg=PA19 |year=2003 |publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520240117 }}
* {{Cite book |title=Handbook of death & dying, Volume 1 |first=Clifton D. |last=Bryant | author-link= Clifton D. Bryant | page=243 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3z9EpgisKOgC&pg=PA243 |publisher=SAGE |year=2003|isbn=9780761925149 }}
* {{Cite book |title=The Dialogue Comes of Age: Christian Encounters with Other Traditions |publisher=Fortress Press |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mbqpcg29LYsC&pg=PA90 |year=2010 |first=Ward M. |last=McAfee|isbn=9781451411157 }}
* {{Cite book |title=Introduction to geopolitics |year=2006 |publisher=Psychology Press |first=Colin Robert |last=Flint |page=172 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4G4lsXFE9bUC&pg=PA172|isbn=9780203503768 }}
* {{Cite book |title=Humanity: an introduction to cultural anthropology |last1=Peoples |first1=James |first2=Garrick |last2=Bailey |publisher=Cengage |year=2008 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JBPZ3wfYEF0C&pg=PA371 |page=371|isbn=978-0495508748 }}
* {{Cite book |last1=Dolnik |first1=Adam |first2=Rohan |last2=Gunaratna |author-link2=Rohan Gunaratna |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jZIXOlW7pgwC&pg=PA82 |title=The politics of terrorism: a survey |year=2006 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |chapter=On the Nature of Religious Terrorism|isbn=9780203832011 }}
* ''The terrorism ahead: confronting transnational violence in the twenty-first century'',  Paul J. Smith, p 94
* ''Religion and Politics in America: The Rise of Christian Evangelists'',  Muhammad Arif Zakaullah, p 109
* ''Terrorism: An Investigator's Handbook'',  William E. Dyson, p 43
* ''Encyclopedia of terrorism'',  Cindy C. Combs, Martin W. Slann, p 13
* ''Armed for Life: The Army of God and Anti-Abortion Terror in the United States'',  Jennifer Jefferis, p 40</ref>

Incidents include vandalism, arson, and bombings of [[abortion clinic]]s, such as those committed by [[Eric Rudolph]] (1996{{ndash}}98), and murders or attempted murders of physicians and clinic staff, as committed by [[James Charles Kopp|James Kopp]] (1998), [[Paul Jennings Hill]] (1994), [[Scott Roeder]] (2009), [[Michael F. Griffin]] (1993), and [[Peter James Knight]] (2001).
Since 1978, in the US, anti-abortion violence includes at least 11 [[murder]]s of medical staff, 26 [[attempted murder]]s, 42 [[bombing]]s, and 187 [[arson]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/abortion-clinic-violence-trespassing-death-threats-national-abortion-federation-a8340471.html|title=Threats of violence against US abortion clinics almost doubled in 2017, industry group says|date=7 May 2018|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=19 June 2019}}</ref>