Barnett Slepian

Barnett Slepian

Barnett Slepian (October 21, 1946October 23, 1998) was an obstetrician/gynecologist and abortion provider in Amherst, New York in the United States who was shot and killed in his home by an anti-abortion supporter, James Charles Kopp. He had his own practice, but he also provided services at a local clinic, GYN Women's Services.

On Friday, October 23, 1998, Slepian had returned from synagogue and was preparing soup in his kitchen when he was shot in the shoulder through a window. He died a few hours later. Kopp fled, but was arrested in France and extradited back to the US. He was tried and convicted of second-degree murder in Buffalo, New York and is currently serving a 25 years to life term of imprisonment.

The killing was the climax of a series of five sniper attacks in four years in northern New York and Canada. Dr. Slepian was the fourth doctor and seventh person in the USA to be killed because of their involvement with performing abortions.

The Ani DiFranco song "Hello Birmingham", from her 1999 album "To The Teeth", was written as a response to the Slepian murder.

ee also

* Abortion-related violence
* David Gunn (doctor)
* Eric Rudolph

External links

* [http://www.cnn.com/US/9810/24/doctor.killed.02/ Murder of New York abortion doctor denounced as 'terrorism']
* [http://www.now.org/nnt/winter-99/aborvio.html Doctor Murdered as Anti-Abortion Violence and Terrorism Continue]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1250262.stm Abortion doctor murder suspect held]
* [http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/04/17/abortion/ Celebrating murder]
* [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0701260014jan26,1,610456.story?ctrack=1&cset=true Article from Chicago Tribune (registration required)]
*cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/magazine/22abortion.html?ex=1295586000&en=98f8b7e2f05ba4a9&ei=5090/|title=My Father's Abortion War|date=January 22, 2006|publisher=The New York Times


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