Since 1977, there have been more than 1,700 attacks against abortion providers, according to the National Abortion Federation. Following are recent shooting victims.

1998		Oct. 23 Amherst, N.Y.:Physician Barnett Slepian, 52, was shot and killed in his house. The bullet was fired through the kitchen window.
1997		Oct. 28 New York:A doctor whom police did not identify by name was shot in the shoulder while sitting in his home in northern New York.
1996		Nov. 12 Vancouver:Physician Jack Fainman was shot in the right shoulder by a bullet that came through the back window of his home.
1995		Nov 10 Ancaster, Ontario:Physician Hugh Short was shot while watching television in his home. The bullet was fired through a second-floor window and shattered his elbow.
1994		Dec. 30 Brookline, Mass:Receptionists Lee Ann Nichols, 38, and Shannon Lowney, 25, were killed in a clinic. John C. Salvi III, who opened fire in two clinics and was convicted in the deaths, later committed suicide in his prison cell. Nov. 8 Vancouver:Physician Garson Romalis was shot in the leg in his home. Romalis was eating breakfast when the bullet was fired through the back window. July 29 Pensacola, Fla.:Physician John Britton, 69, and volunteer security escort Jim Barrett were shot and killed outside the Ladies Center.
1993		March 10 Pensacola, Fla.:Physician David Gunn was shot in the back and killed outside a clinic in Pensacola. Aug. 19 Wichita, Kan.:Physician George Tiller, 52, was shot once in each arm outside the Women's Health Care Services.