Another shooting incident this time in Colorado -- has brought attention to the debate about gun violence in the United States. “Enough is enough,” said President Barack Obama on Saturday. A police officer and two civilians were killed Friday during a five-hour shooting spree in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Nine other victims were wounded.
The shooting happened at a Planned Parenthood healthcare facility. The man accused in the shooting, Robert Lewis Dear, was due in court Monday. Dear’s motive for the attack is unknown, but he reportedly talked about abortion during the shooting. Planned Parenthood is a national provider of health and family planning services. It tests for sexually transmitted diseases and offers health consultations.
Some of its health clinics provide services to end pregnancies. Abortion has been legal in the United States since 1973. But it is very controversial. Fifty-five percent of American adults say abortions should be legal in all or most cases, compared with 40 percent who say it should be illegal all or most of the time, according to a February 2013 Pew Research poll.
