Violent Left-Wing Extremism Looms After Reversal of Roe v. Wade
The most likely perpetrators of left-wing violence will be small cells or individuals engaging in terror acts driven by their own planning, timing and means. These perpetrators are likely to be disconnected from formal organizations and effectively leaderless.
Abortion rights extremists say it is time “to unleash hell on those who are destroying us.” Jane’s Revenge — a group named for Jane, an underground abortion service that operated in Chicago in the early 1970s — declared “open season” on organizations opposed to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Arson attacks followed in eight different states, including Florida, New York, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Whereas the bombing of abortion clinics by right-wing extremists made national headlines a generation ago, the media have treated the latest attacks as an afterthought. That is a mistake, since there is likely more violence to come. Extremists represent the fringe of the abortion rights movement, but they are part of a militant sub-culture that is spreading across the United States.
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