John Ryan, a well-known anti-abortion activist who lives in Pacific, Missouri, faces a felony charge of "making a terrorist threat" after allegedly making a bomb threat to the Planned Parenthood clinic in the Central West End on December 31.In a probable cause statement, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office said that an employee of the clinic was walking into work on New Year's Eve when Ryan, 64, allegedly told her that "multiple bombs were inside the building."
The charge is a class-C felony. Court records show Planned Parenthood has also asked for a restraining order against Ryan.
"Health and safety are our top priorities,” said Mary M. Kogut, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, in a prepared statement.…