CHICAGO — The Illinois man accused of crashing his car into a future abortion clinic in downstate Danville while attempting to set it on fire told authorities he intended to destroy the building so it could not be used to provide abortions and would attempt to do so again if he had the chance, according to a criminal complaint.
Philip Buyno remains in FBI custody, according to federal authorities.
The prospective abortion clinic has been at the center of a recent high-profile debate over reproductive rights in this east central Illinois community, which passed a controversial ordinance earlier this month to ban the mailing and shipment of abortion pills. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and civil liberties experts have warned city leaders that the measure is illegal in Illinois, which has strong reproductive rights protections.
