Overview
- Security video captured an intruder who, late Thursday, set a fire inside a storage closet at the Mount Auburn clinic that firefighters put out quickly.
- Investigators are treating the case as arson and say multiple agencies are working the probe with no arrests announced.
- At a Tuesday news conference, CEO Nan Whaley, Mayor Aftab Pureval and Rep. Greg Landsman called it violence and vowed to hold the culprit to account.
- The clinic reopened the next morning, reported about $75,000 in damage, and added 24/7 on-site security across its Southwest Ohio sites.
- Regular anti-abortion protesters outside the facility condemned the fire, as leaders pointed to Ohio’s 2023 vote safeguarding abortion access and a long history of attacks on clinics.