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==Anti-abortion connection==
The Klan has been linked to [[anti-abortion activism]] in the Pensacola area. Activist [[John Burt]] was a former Klansman. The Klan has held protests in front of abortion clinics.
After the [[July 29]], [[1994]] murder of Dr. [[John Britton]] and his security escort [[James Barrett]] by [[Paul Hill]], prominent Klan leader J. D. Alder recorded a telephone hotline message praising Hill:
<blockquote>Abortion is mostly a white thing. Abortion is racial suicide for the white race. … Men such as Paul Hill are heroes for eliminating baby killers and saving the lives of unborn beautiful white babies. We of the Klan would be willing to pay higher taxes to pay for tar baby abortions if it meant a whiter and brighter future for our people. … Baby killers need to know that the Klan is not asleep.<ref>Carol Mason. ''Killing for life: the apocalyptic narrative of pro-life politics''. Cornell University Press, 2002.</ref></blockquote>
Three Klan members picketed outside the [[Ladies Center]] clinic on [[October 1]] of that year.
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