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Police: Man Knowingly Crashes Into Abortion Clinic
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The building was struck at 7:30 a.m. The clinic's front door and surrounding stonework suffered minor damage.
Tim Stanley, senior director of legislative affairs at Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, said patients were still being seen at the clinic Thursday. It's the only Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota that performs abortions.
Investigators believe the crash was not an accident.
"That's our belief -- that it was an intentional act," Panos said. "Usually we have some demonstrations there on this day, but someone doing actual damage is very, very rare."
Several employees were in the building at the time, said Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Kathi Di Nicola. She said the SUV hit the front door of the clinic two or three times.
When Di Nicola arrived at the clinic, she said Derosia had gotten out of the SUV and was pacing around it, holding a crucifix and chanting. "He was agitated and he was saying, 'shut down this Auschwitz,"' she said.
Later Thursday morning, dozens of demonstrators showed up at the clinic -- something Di Nicola said happens every year on the Roe V. Wade anniversary. But the SUV incident came as an unpleasant surprise.
"Nothing violent like this has happened in recent memory here," Di Nicola said.
The landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion was issued Jan. 22, 1973.
(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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