The only clinic in Kalispell that offers abortions has been extensively damaged by a break-in and substantial vandalism.

Police were called to All Families Healthcare after a receptionist arrived at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning and discovered the damage.

Whoever caused the damage made entry to the 505 First Ave. E. building by breaking a window in a back door.

Kalispell police investigators spent all day Tuesday at the clinic.

Kalispell Police Detective Scott Warnell said officers were still processing the crime scene late Tuesday afternoon. He said they likely would continue into the night and possibly this morning.

He declined to comment specifically on the damage other than to say it was “fairly extensive.”

All Families Healthcare relocated downtown early last month from its former location on North Meridian Road.

Physician Assistant Susan Cahill, who runs the clinic, said she’s angry that people are trying to prevent her from performing a legal procedure she believes is a human right.

Cahill is no stranger to the sometimes violent behaviors of those who disagree with abortion. In October 1994, she was an employee of Dr. James Armstrong when a Wenatchee, Wash., man set fire to Armstrong’s Kalispell clinic, which also provided abortions.

That man, Richard Andrews, was later sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to pay $3,600 in restitution after attacks on seven family planning clinics across the West between 1992 and 1995. The sentence came after he pleaded guilty to eight counts of arson.

Andrews’ arson spree caused more than $1 million in losses.

Reporter Jesse Davis may be reached at 758-4441 or by email at jdavis@dailyinterlake.com.