Officials Test Clinics' Suspicious Packages
By Brett Garamella | Oct. 22, 2001N.C. public health officials say they are testing substances contained inside suspicious packages sent to 14 different abortion clinics in North Carolina. The local reports come in the wake of a nationwide scare for Planned Parenthood offices and independent abortion clinics. About 110 of these groups received suspicious envelopes or packages last Monday with white powder in them, The Associated Press reported Oct. 15. None of the suspicious packages tested positive for anthrax. Also Oct. 15, 15 abortion clinics across the state reported receiving a suspicious package.
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