(Live Action) In recent weeks, Live Action News has documented multiple acts of pro-abortion violence and hate crimes perpetrated against pro-life centers and churches in several states, due to the leaked draft Supreme Court opinion penned by Justice Samuel Alito, which appeared to show the Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Here are the currently known incidents of pro-abortion violence, below:
Alabama: A sign outside the Women’s Hope Medical Clinic was damaged. (5/19/2022)
Alaska: The Community Pregnancy Center in Anchorage, Alaska, was allegedly “vandalized…with graffiti, a broken front door and nails,” according to AlaskaWatchman.com. (6/2/2022)
California: A tweet published by @GraffitiRadical revealed the image of a vandalized pro-life pregnancy center billboard allegedly out of Sebastopol, California (5/24/2022). In addition, His Nesting Place, a pro-life maternity home in Long Beach, California, which holds regular church services for the women they serve, had their Sunday services interrupted by an angry pro-abortion woman (5/16/2022). Disruptions also took place at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles (5/8/2022) while someone attempted to disrupt priestly ordinations at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco (6/4/2022).
Colorado: St. John XXIII parish in Fort Collins was vandalized (5/8/2022) with the graffiti messages, “My Body My Choice” and the anarchist ‘A’ (see news video) while vandals sprayed graffiti on doors and statutes of the Sacred Heart of Mary Parish (5/3/2022) in Boulder (see news video).
Washington, D.C.: Police arrested Nicholas John Roske, who allegedly traveled to Maryland with the specific goal of killing Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, based on the Supreme Court leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade (6/8/2022). Capitol Hill Crisis Pregnancy Center was vandalized (6/3/2022) and the words “Jane says revenge” were spray painted on the building (see news video). That same day, DC Antifascists Action published images on Twitter of a threatening message found on an overpass in D.C., signed “Jane’s Revenge.” It also read, “If abortions aren’t safe, then you’re not either, Jane’s Revenge.” A statue in D.C. was vandalized and posted to Twitter with the message, “My body my choice” (5/5/2022). Vandals also damaged the headquarters of Concerned Women for America (CWA), and CWA staff has reported that they have had coffee cups hurled at them in their parking garage, and the offenders have been consistently confrontational and made vulgar gestures at them (5/7/2022).
Florida: The Respect Life Office in Hollywood, Florida, was vandalized and tagged “Janes Revenge” along with the threat, “If abortions aren’t safe then neither are you” (5/28/2022). The pro-abortion TEQUESTA BLACK STAR Blog published additional images. (See video.)
Iowa: An communique allegedly from Jane’s Revenge claim the domestic terrorist pro-abortion group vandalized a pregnancy center in Iowa (6/2/2022). This incident has not yet been confirmed.
Kansas: Surveillance cameras caught a vandal committing “criminal damage” at the Church of the Ascension in Overland, where the perpetrator defaced a sign promoting a pro-life state proposition (5/11/2022).
Kentucky: St. Louis Catholic Church in Louisville was vandalized with pro-abortion messages (5/8/2022).
Michigan: Family Life Services pregnancy center in Ypsilanti was vandalized (5/11-12/2022) with pro-abortion messages. St. Joseph’s Priory in Armada, Michigan, was defaced with graffiti messages reading “666” (5/2/2022). A nearly naked Riseup4AbortionRights activist disrupted Mass (6/12/2022) at the St. Veronica Parish in Eastpointe, Michigan, shouting: “Overturn Roe? Hell no,” “Abortion on Demand Without Apology,” and “Overturn Roe.” The congregants responded with “Abortion kills babies.” A video of the disruption was uploaded by Refuse Fascism Ohio.
Maryland: Birthright in Frederick was vandalized and tagged “Defend Roe” and also, “F*** Fake Clinic” (5/15/2022). In addition, vandals attacked Alpha Pregnancy Center in Reisterstown (see news video) and tagged the facility with the threatening messages, “If abortions aren’t safe, neither are you” and “Jane’s Revenge” (5/13/2022). CareNet Pregnancy Center of Frederick was also vandalized (5/4/2022).
Mississippi: Mt. Avery Missionary Baptist Church in Columbus was vandalized with spray painted messages reading, “Keep your laws off my body” and “Girls just want to have fundamental human rights” (5/23/2022).
North Carolina: Mountain Area Pregnancy Services in Asheville was vandalized with the threatening message, “If abortions aren’t safe, neither are you!” (6/6/2022) along with an anarchist symbol on the front of the building (see this news video and this video).
New York: CompassCare Pregnancy Services in Buffalo was firebombed and tagged with the message “Jane was here” (watch news video). Because over 600 pro-life pregnancy centers nationwide are using their materials CompassCare feels they will be further targeted, and sent an e-mail which read in part, “Sources monitoring the social media pages of abortion activists flagged multiple comments encouraging followers to locate the home of CompassCare CEO Jim Harden. Harden’s wife and young children relocated yesterday, as police track suspicious activity at their home” (6/7/2022). In addition to those incidents, a vulgar pro-abortion protest was held at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral which also received threats to bomb and burn down the church (5/7/2022).
Oregon: In Gresham, First Image pro-life pregnancy center, located in the greater Portland area (6/11/2022), was set on fire (news video). A Molotov cocktail was thrown into the offices of Oregon Right to Life (5/8/2022). Twitter handle @rubyfire77 posted images 5/27/2022 of pro-abortion graffiti messages spray painted on the Dove Medical Clinic in Eugene, Oregon, vandalized and spray painted with the “A” anarchy symbol, along with the phrases “Abortion is Healthcare” and “Not a Clinic” and signed “from Jane.” The Southeast Portland Pregnancy Resource Center in Portland was vandalized with the message “F*** CPCs” (5/2/2022). An image of a vandalized pro-life billboard with the message “Abort the Supreme Court” was posted (5/20/2022).
Pennsylvania: Notre Dame de Lourdes was vandalized with the message, “You Do Not Have the Right To Decide How Others Live” (5/8/2022). In addition, the image of a vandalized pro-life billboard in Pittsburgh from Pro-life Across America was published (5/17/2022). An e-mail sent to Abolitionist Media allegedly by a group called “Anti Hope Brigade” claimed responsibility for smashing the windows of a Philadelphia Pregnancy Center (6/11/2022). The email read: “We smashed out all of the windows of the ‘Hope’ pregnancy center on Broad st. We are tired of your ‘family values’ and you forcing families, and your values onto our bodies. This fake clinic spread lies and is part of a broader attempt to strip away body autonomy from hundreds of women and people. We are inspired by the actions of comrades in Wisconsin, Colorado, New York, and a growing list of places. If the attack on abortion does not stop, our attacks will broaden. This is also intended as a small gesture of complicity with all those imprisoned by the state, in honor of June 11th.”
Texas: Two Pregnancy Resource Centers in Denton, Texas, were spray painted with abortion messaging (5/7/2022) like, “Not a Clinic” and “Forced birth is Murder” (see this news video and this one). The Trotter House PRC in Austin, Texas, was vandalized (5/3/2022). In addition, abortion supporters with RiseUp4AbortionRights disrupted the Lakewood Church where Joel Osteen preaches in Houston (6/5/2022). Activists also spray-painted “Pro-choice is pro-life” (5/8/2022) on the front and side doors of Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Houston (see news video). That same day, Fox News reported that two Catholic churches in Katy were also vandalized and at St. Bartholomew the Apostle Catholic Church, the vandals attempted to remove the tabernacle containing the sacred presence of Christ and the Eucharist. At St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, someone attempted to desecrate the Eucharist (5/8/2022 – see news video).
Virginia: The First Care Women’s Health pregnancy resource center (PRC) in Manassas was vandalized with messages that read, “Fake Clinic,” “Liars,” and “Abortion is a Right” (5/8/2022).
Washington: Someone plastered posters on the Care Net Puget Sound offices in Federal Way, claiming the facility wants to “push forced birth options” (6/4/2022). In addition, Next Step Pregnancy Center in Lynnwood was vandalized with the threat, “If abortion isn’t safe, you aren’t either” (5/25/2022). And an alleged “cell” of the Jane’s Revenge terrorist group claimed responsibility for the vandalism of four churches in Olympia; their message was signed “Jane’s Revenge Bo Brown Memorial Cell” (5/22/2022). Pro-abortion activists lay on the steps of St. James Cathedral in Seattle with fake blood (5/8/2022). Options360 Women’s Clinic in Vancouver, Washington was vandalized and spray painted with the now infamous “Jane’s Revenge” insignia (6/8/2022).
Wisconsin: Wisconsin Family Action was the first victim of an arson attack (5/8/2022). See video here, here, here, and here.
Read additional acts or threats of violence can be read here, here, here and here.
Tweet This: More than 40 instances of pro-abortion violence & hate crimes occurred against pro-life centers & churches in @least 20 states as of 6/15/22
The pro-life legal firm Thomas More Society previously issued a letter warning some of the more public pro-abortion groups that if they threaten places of worship, there could be “significant legal liability” under the F.A.C.E. federal law. In addition, 16 United States Senators sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland asking for the DOJ to respond to the increasing incidents of pro-abortion violence.
Editor's note: This article was published by Live Action News and is reprinted with permission. Live Action editor’s note: Some dates have been corrected. The Live Action post will continue to be updated as needed.
