(AP) — A 42-year-old Columbia, Missouri, man has been charged with trying to burn down a local Planned Parenthood clinic last month, federal prosecutors said Monday. NEW: This is Wesley Kaster, the 42-year-old Columbia man charged with a federal crime in connection with the arson investigation at the Columbia Planned Parenthood (@PPGreatPlains) clinic. Dr. Brandon Hill, who heads Planned Parenthood Great Plains, said in a statement Monday that the organization was grateful for law enforcement’s swift response to the fire. “With sexual and reproductive health care under attack in Missouri, our mission is more important than ever before.”The Columbia clinic, which reopened Feb. 18, does not currently provide abortions. The Columbia clinic has not been able to finding a doctor with such privileges since the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia stopped offering the privileges in 2015.

Source: Huffington Post March 04, 2019 19:07 UTC