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John Britton

American physician murdered by anti-abortion extremist (1925-1994) · United States · On the map · Doctors · Died at 69

John Bayard Britton was an American physician. He was assassinated in Pensacola, Florida, by anti-abortion extremist Paul Jennings Hill.

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Britton's death was the second assassination of a Pensacola abortion provider in under a year and a half; he had replaced Dr. David Gunn after the latter's 1993 murder by another anti-abortionist.

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United States
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 1994 · aged 69