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Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Abortion Provider

HeadlineAug 28, 2009

A Spokane, Washington man has been arrested after allegedly threatening to kill the family of Dr. Warren Hern, the head of the Boulder Abortion Clinic in Colorado. Donald Hertz was charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. Hertz is the first person indicted under the 1994 FACE Act since the May 31 murder of Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider from Wichita, Kansas, who was shot to death while attending church.

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