The FBI is investigating what could be a case of domestic terrorism in Wisconsin two days before that state's Republican presidential primary.
Officials say a small homemade explosive device placed on an outside window sill Sunday evening caused a fire and minimal damage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Grand Chute, Wisconsin. No one was in the building at the time.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin CEO Teri Huyck said in a statement that there was minimal damage to an exam room and that the clinic will reopen tomorrow (Tuesday).
"Women deserve safe and compassionate care and we're proud to provide it," Hucyk said.
The state has been debating a number of bills that critics say amount to a "war against women," including one limiting abortion coverage in private medical plans and another basically equating single motherhood with child abuse.
And that war on women is really starting to show up in the polls for this year's presidential campaign (remember Romney's vow to "get rid of" Planned Parenthood?).
A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows President obama opening the first significant lead of the 2012 campaign in the nation's dozen top battleground states, boosted by a huge shift of women to his side. In the poll, Romney leads among all men by a single point, but the president leads among women by 18.
Ed will have a lot more on the Planned Parenthood bombing and the growing gender gap in the presidential race tonight on The Ed Show, live from Madison, Wisconsin, at 8pET on MSNBC!
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What on earth is wrong with people in this country. What gives anyone the right to commit murder against a abortion doctor or to go after a clinic ? This madness has to stop! Women across this nation are being targeted in every state. Politicians are waging an all out war and I can guarantee them there will be hell to pay come election day. Your bills you pass are not a one bill fits all. Women are complex and have so many female health Issues. I am ashamed of the men who would stoop to the level they have!
Pam~ I know, it's like they have lost what little brains they may have had, isn't it? God only knows where this country is going to end up if this continues. I hate to think what will happen if Obama gets a second term. He'd better have DOUBLE security. And you know Limpballs will be leading the charge.
Let them keep up their war on women; we will remember when we vote in November. All 52% of us.
We will not be dragged back into the early 20th century by an ignorant, rabid bunch of T-party ideologues!
Textbook definition of terrorism! And it's the right-wing hate talkers always fanning the flame. I guess they don't consider themselves terrorists, but that's exactly what they are!
Range everyone knows it's only called terrorism when the perpetrators claim to be "christians" then it's an isolated incident of crazy people. When it's buddhists, hindus, muslims or any other group it's terrorism.
I love that Rick Santorum condemned the violence and then basically said all the reasons why he believes it was okay, can you imagine if Obama said anything remotely similar...well I'm sure you can imagine
The right wing media will not cover this incident which is one of over 100 women's clinic attacks in the past year because it reveals the truth that self professed right wing aligned factions and groups have committed vastly more attacks on groups associated with liberals or democrats than vice versa. There has and continues to be a strong culture of right wing domestic terrorism.
the illegal tapping of mary Landrieu's phones by punk'd style "journalist" James O'keefe
the fire bombing of another deomocrat congresswomen's office
this attempted bombing of planned parenthood
the woman at Rand Paul's campaign rally who got her head stomped in
the man who was illegally detained and tied up by Joe Miller's "security" in alaska
the georgia militia gathering all those illegal weapons for the "apocalypse"
looking forward to ed commenting on occupy mob throwing 2 smoke bombs on wh lawn.wont be holding my breath.