FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                          CR
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1994                        (202) 616-2765
                                               TDD (202) 514-1888

                                 
 FEDERAL COURT ISSUES TRO AGAINST OHIO MAN WHO THREATENED DOCTOR


     PLEASE BE ADVISED: For those of you following the Justice
Department's actions under the Freedom of Access to Clinic
Entrances Act (FACE), a federal court in Northern Ohio today
issued a TRO against a Warren, Ohio man, Alan Maurice Smith. 
Earlier this month, the Justice Department requested a
preliminary injunction against the man to prevent him from
threatening to harm a doctor who provides reproductive health
services at two midwest women's health clinics.  The parties
agreed to the TRO until the hearing on the preliminary
injunction, which was originally scheduled for today, is held on
February 15.

     The TRO is attached.

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