Abortion providers and reproductive rights advocates are devastated by the assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband over the weekend by a suspect who allegedly planned to also target abortion providers.

Former state Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband were shot and killed in their home just outside of Minneapolis on Saturday. Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife were wounded in a shooting by the same suspect.

That suspect, Vance Boelter, was apprehended by police on Sunday after a two-day manhunt.

Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Joseph H. Thompson said Monday that officials had found notebooks with the suspect’s writing that contained plans and a list of names of other potential targets, including the abortion rights advocates and Planned Parenthood centers.

“It is absolutely heartbreaking to know that in addition to those who were........

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