Officials investigate arson at central Illinois Planned Parenthood facility

Officers in Illinois say they’re looking for a suspect after a hearth was set at a Peoria Deliberate Parenthood facility Sunday. Nobody was inside on the time of the fireplace, they are saying, and one firefighter suffered non-life threatening accidents.

Peoria police say they’re in search of a truck that was seen on video footage leaving the scene.

“Mindless acts of vandalism have been on the rise throughout the nation and Illinois has grow to be a goal as excessive and divisive rhetoric will increase,” mentioned Deliberate Parenthood of Illinois president and CEO Jennifer Welch. “This act of vandalism may have a devastating affect on the group’s capability to entry contraception, most cancers screenings and gender-affirming care.”

In line with the Nationwide Abortion Federation, assaults towards abortion suppliers elevated by 128% in 2021. Many abortion clinics throughout the U.S. additionally shut down in 2022 after the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v. Wade.

CBS Information reported again in June {that a} masked lady was caught on video setting fireplace to a Wyoming abortion clinic that was planning to open. 

As well as, fireplace officers in December 2021 dominated {that a} fireplace at a Tennessee abortion clinic was deliberately set, and that the location had been beforehand focused by the identical individual. Knoxville officers say Mark Thomas Reno, 64, fired a shotgun on the abortion clinic in early 2021, shattering glass and leaving bullet holes within the reception space. The clinic was compelled to shut for months to endure a $2.2 million renovation.