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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., July 6, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A woman who claimed to be a supporter of abortion violently attacked peaceful pro-life protesters yesterday outside Southwestern Women’s Options, a late-term abortion clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, leaving one protester bleeding. (Watch the video.)

The woman told the pro-lifers that she had once had an abortion. She then began to punch and kick Bud Shaver, a former Operation Rescue intern, and a woman named Chris. She used keys as a weapon, inflicting a gash on Shaver’s head that paramedics said required stitches.

Shaver, who works with Project Defend Life, began videotaping after the attack began; his footage shows pro-lifers trying to defend themselves from a flurry of punches and kicks. After the attack, the woman walked into the abortion clinic but left a few moments later, driving away before police could respond to Shaver’s 911 call for help.

Shaver told Operation Rescue that the woman was a passerby that stopped, but she did not appear to be a patient of the clinic.

Police and paramedics eventually responded, but the perpetrator was not apprehended. Her description and license plate number were reported to the officers as well as the 911 dispatcher.

“The lax way in which the police are handling acts of violence against pro-lifer who are peacefully exercising their Constitutional Rights and offering practical help to need women is shocking,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “It sends the wrong message that violence on the part of abortion supporters is acceptable. We pray that this troubled woman is brought to justice and gets the help she needs with her anger and grief issues.”

The attack occurred just days after Operation Rescue released a 911 recording made from another abortion clinic in Albuquerque, UNM Center for Reproductive Health, where a woman could clearly be heard struggling for life.

Operation Rescue says it has also obtained a series of 911 emergency recordings made from Southwestern Women’s Options where the violent attack took place that clearly indicate life-threatening abortion complications that required emergency hospitalization. OR plans to release the first of these recordings later this week.

The pro-life group asked the public to help protect peaceful pro-life activists by calling the Albuquerque Chief of Police and demanding the arrest of the woman who attacked Shaver and his associates.

Contact information:

Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz
Voice: (505) 768-2200
E-Mail: [email protected]