Ventura County man convicted of threatening 2 Planned Parenthood clinics

Threats and violence against reproductive healthcare facilities have become increasingly common. A Ventura County man pleaded guilty to making death threats against two Southern California Planned Parenthood clinics, just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade last summer, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Threats and violence against reproductive healthcare facilities have become increasingly common, with the U.S. Department of Justice noting more than two dozen such cases have been prosecuted in the last four years, including a group that tried to physically block entrance to a Washington, D.C., clinic last year and a man who in 2020 and 2021 shot a BB gun at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Pasadena. On June 24, 2022 — the same day the Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, overturning the 1973 decision that had previously affirmed the right to abortion — Vandebona admitted he used an anonymous number to make death threats against Planned Parenthood California Central Coast, based in Santa Barbara, according to a press release about his plea agreement. The following day, Vandebona called Planned Parenthood Los Angeles multiple times, and made threats to a call center specialist, the news release said.