Pro-Life News

Abortion Activist Dies After Act Of Protest

A 53-year-old College Park woman who was immersed in gasoline and lit on fire in front of a Berwyn Heights abortion clinic died Saturday at 1:20 a.m. Berwyn Heights police believe that the woman, whose name has not been released, was apparently attempting to make a statement about abortion Friday, when she parked her car in the parking lot of the clinic in the 5900 block of Greenbelt Road, and ignited the fire. Berwyn Heights Cpl. Richard Hartnett said an off-duty Maryland state trooper, who was driving by, used a fire extinguisher and blanket to assist the woman. A helicopter transported her to the trauma unit at the Washington Hospital Center, where she died the next day.

Suicidal protester dies in gas blaze
Woman set self on fire next to Rt. 193 abortion clinic
BERWYN HEIGHTS -- A 53-year-old woman who poured gasoline all over her body and lit herself on fire off Route 193 Friday in an apparent anti-abortion statement died early Saturday morning in Washington Hospital Center. The woman parked her car at the Metropolitan Family Planning Center and office of A.M. Gohari, located directly across from CVS Pharmacy and Atlanta Bread Company on Greenbelt Road in Berwyn Heights, at about 3:30 in the afternoon. She stepped out, doused her body in gasoline and lit herself on fire, according to a Berwyn Heights Police Department report. Witnesses described the scene as horrific and unforgettable, with flames spurting from the human fireball about 10 feet high. Posted by Editor at November 1, 2004 07:37 PM