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FAIR TRAE STRIKE ON WAGE dAal Police collusion Dear editor, Recent events have illustrated once again that the police cannot be depended upon to keep the abortion clinics open.

Last November, Operation Rescue (OR) tried to shut down the clinics in metropolitan Washington, D.C. At the clinic in Suitland, Md., on Nov. 18, OR pushed abortion-rights defenders into a plateglass window, causing minor injuries. Rather than arresting or even giving a warning to OR, the police expressed surprise when clinic defenders refused to move from the area.

After the police announced they were going to clear an area around the door, the pro-choice defenders moved away peacefully, expecting that the police would restore access to the clinic. However, the police only arrested 26 blockaders for trespassing, clearing a small area around the back door and ignoring the hundreds of OR members who surrounded the clinic defenders.

Meanwhile, at the nearby Hillview clinic, two women needed follow-up care after having had second trimester abortions the previous day. Although pro-choice leaders explained the risk to the women's health, the police refused to clear a path to the clinic. It was left to the pro-choice defenders to try to protect the patients and doctors.

Julia Steinberg, Baltimore, Md. injured in any of these actions.

The goverment has no proof to show who actually carried out the bombings. Rather, it wants to convict the defendants by proving "guilt by political association." The trial begins early in 1990.

For more information about the case, contact the Emergency Committee for Political Prisoners, P.O. Box 28191, Washington, D.C. 20038-8191.

Julie Starobin, San Francisco, Calif.

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