Abortion in the Crosshairs
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Dr. Barnett Slepian was a conservative doctor and family man with strong religious beliefs. But he didn\\u2019t think doctors should pick and choose which services to provide, so he performed abortions at a clinic in Buffalo, New York. The anti-abortion organization Operation Rescue made him a target, harassing him and calling him a \\u201cmurderer\\u201d at his home in Amherst, New York, as well as at his private practice and the Buffalo clinic. In 1998, Slepian was the victim of a sniper attack.\\xa0
\\n\\nIn this episode, in partnership with the CBC podcast \\u201cSomeone Knows Something,\\u201d reporters David Ridgen and Amanda Robb \\u2013 Slepian\\u2019s niece \\u2013 look into the network of anti-abortion extremists who targeted doctors and clinics in the 1990s.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0
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