Director: FBI has opened ‘a number’ of abortion-related violence investigations

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FBI Director Christopher Wray told senators Thursday that the bureau has opened “a number” of investigations into abortion-related violent crime incidents.In testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Wray told lawmakers that violence has surged among both abortion-rights and anti-abortion advocates since POLITICO reported in May that the Supreme Court intended to roll back federal abortion protections. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.The FBI has been aware of violence related to abortion rights over the years, Wray said, but the Supreme Court’s recent actions on the issue have generated “a general intensification of violence across the issue.”Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said that abortion-rights activists “have actively targeted over 82 churches and pregnancy centers,” in some cases spray painting them, smashing windows or firebombing the spaces. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) noted during her questioning that last year, attacks targeting abortion clinic staf

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