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		</div><p>Vandals struck at an anti-abortion group’s office in Wisconsin, apparently setting a fire after a Molotov cocktail thrown into the building failed to ignite, authorities said.</p>
<p>Flames were seen coming from Wisconsin Family Action’s office shortly after 6am on Sunday and the fire is being investigated as arson.</p>
<p>It was not immediately clear who vandalised the building but the message “If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either” was spray-painted on the outside.</p>
<p>No one was hurt.</p>
<p>“It appears a specific nonprofit that supports anti-abortion measures was targeted,” Madison Police chief Shon Barnes said in a statement.</p>
<p>Police planned a Monday afternoon press conference to provide an update on the investigation.</p>
<figure id="attachment_173684" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-173684" style="width: 785px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/A1ED4E1A-5613-4A2F-95BE-260FD92CD7D2.jpeg" alt="" width="785" height="515" class="size-full wp-image-173684" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-173684" class="wp-caption-text">Threatening graffiti is seen on the exterior of Wisconsin Family Action offices</figcaption></figure>
<p>The vandalism came days after the leak of a draft opinion suggested the US Supreme Court was on course to overturn the landmark Roe versus Wade decision that legalised abortion.</p>
<p>The leak spurred immediate demonstrations, including weekend protests by abortion rights supporters outside the homes of conservative justices, with more planned this week.</p>
<p>The president of the lobbying group, Julaine Appling, said she considers the fire a “direct threat against us”.</p>
<p>She said people could have been hurt if they had been working in the office at the time.</p>
<p>“This is the local manifestation of the anger and the lack of tolerance from the pro-abortion people toward those of us who are pro-life,” Ms Appling told the Wisconsin State Journal.</p>
<p>Ms Appling said her group would not be intimidated.</p>
<p>“We will repair our offices, remain on the job, and build an even stronger grassroots effort,” Ms Appling said.</p>
<p>“We will not back down. We will not stop doing what we are doing. Too much is at stake.”</p>
<p>Politicians from both parties swiftly condemned the vandalism.</p>
<p>“We condemn violence and hatred in all forms, including the actions at Wisconsin Family Action in Madison,” governor Tony Evers, a Democrat, said in a tweet.</p>
<p>“We reject violence against any person for disagreeing with another’s view. Violence is not the way forward. Hurting others is never the answer.”</p>
<p>The governor said on Monday during a question-and-answer session with reporters at a pharmaceutical company groundbreaking in Verona, a Madison suburb, that the incident was “horrible” and whoever is responsible should be arrested and put on trial.</p>
<p>“This is unacceptable,” Mr Evers said.</p>
<p>“Violence does not solve the issues we’re facing as a country.”</p>
<p>Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican, said the actions should not be tolerated.</p>
<p>“This attack is abhorrent and should be condemned by all,” Mr Johnson said.</p>
<p>Clinics that perform abortions have sometimes been targeted by vandals, too, including as recently as January when a planned parenthood clinic in Tennessee was hit by arson.</p>
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