From:    Thomas Izaguirre                       Area: Mundane
To:      All                                    19 Aug 94 21:35:08
Subject: POST-PENSACOLA FALLOUT...              UpdReq 

The following appeared in The Wisconsin State Journal for Thursday, August 18, 
1994.  It is from an Associated Press wire.
 ABORTION FOE CHARGES 'SMEAR'
Rev. Trewhella respons to Planned Parenthood charges
 The Rev. Matthew Trewhells, an abortion opponent shown in video-taped 
excerpts released Wednesday by Planned Parenthood, accused the organization 
of a "smear campaign."
  Planned Parenthood executives in New York City released videotaped excerpts 
Wednesday of speeches by several abortion opponents at a political meeting of 
a Wisconsin group that advocates armed citizen militias.
  The mingling of anti-abortion and pro-militia groups increases the chance of 
more violence in the abortion contraversy, like the fatal July 29 shooting of 
a clinic physician and an associate in Florida, said Pamela Maraldo, 
president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
  But Trewhells said publicizing the video, in which he advocates firearms 
instruction for children, is a "perfect example of the new fascism that has 
pervaded our country."
  The video excerpts include a U.S. Taxpayers Party meeting in May in 
Wisconsin Dells.  They were edited from 11 hours of tape showing 
anti-abortionists Trewhella, Randall Terry, and Jeffrey Baker, spokesmen said.
  ""Planned Parenthood, who teaches children how to use condoms, is concerned 
about me teaching my children how to properly use a firearm?  Get serious," 
Trewhella said in a statement.
  Trewhella, a founder of Missionaries to the Preborn, is serving a 33-day 
sentence in Waukesha County Jail for disorderly conduct stemming from a Dec. 
13 demonstration outside a physician's home in suburban Brookfield.
  In the video, he protests gun control and says citizens "should be forming 
militias" and teaching children how to use guns.
  He said his toddler son, Jeremiah, can identify his "trigger finger."
  Mary Briedis, idenitified in a television interview Wednesday as a Trewhella 
follower, objected that gatherings at a farm near East Troy were being 
described as militia training.
  The U.S. Taxpayers Party has qualified for the state's November election 
ballot and reports 500 Wisconsin members.
  Party chairman Edward J. Frami, 40, of Dousman is running for governor.
  Trewhella said he had signed a "justifiable homicide" declaration that 
critics say endorses killing abortion doctors.
  Planned Parenthood executives admit culling "the most egregious statements" 
made at the open political meeting as "evidence of a widespread association" 
between the right-wing anti-abortion movement and other right-wing groups.
  But Maraldo said there was no evidence to indicate that "any particular 
militia was involved in any abortion attack."
  The edited tape was turned over several weeks ago to Justice Department and 
FBI officials after a meeting with U.S. Attorney Janet Reno.


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