Arson investigators were probing a fire Sunday inside the headquarters of anti-abortion group Wisconsin Family Action, where someone had spray-painted a message outside the building.
the Wisconsin State Journal that the fire reported shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday in Madison was suspicious in nature. Federal officials and the Madison Fire Department are helping with the investigation.
It wasn't immediately clear who vandalized the building, but the message"If abortions aren't safe than you aren't either" was spray-painted on the building. The president of the lobbying group, Julaine Appling, said she considers the fire a"direct threat against us" given that it happened just a few days after a draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion was leaked suggesting the court may soondecision that legalized abortion in this country. She said people could have been hurt if they had been working in the office at the time.
Wisconsin politicians from both parties, including Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, swiftly criticized the vandalism Sunday.
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