Attacks began after the Supreme Court leak.
QUICK FACTS:
- Almost two dozen instances of firebombing or vandalization of pro-life pregnancy centers have taken place around the country in the last several weeks.
- The attacks have included graffiti and other instances of domestic terrorist groups taking responsibility for the attacks.
- Attacks on the groups began after a leaked Supreme Court decision signaled the high court’s likely move to overturn Roe v. Wade before the end of their session in a few weeks.
- Pregnancy help centers have been hit in Florida, North Carolina, two in Virginia, four in Maryland, New York, Wisconsin, Iowa, Two in Texas, two in California, Four in Oregon, and three in the state of Washington.
- Several attacks have included the warning scrawled in spray paint, “If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either.”
FIREBOMBING IN GRESHAM OREGON:
- Over the weekend the Pregnancy Resource Center was targeted by pro-abortion terrorists who fire-bombed the pregnancy center that offered care and maternal support to expecting mothers in Gresham, Oregon.
- “There was extensive damage and additional water and smoke damage in other parts of the building. Nobody was hurt,” Pregnancy Resource Center CEO Luke Cirillo said.
BACKGROUND:
- Conservatives have laid some blame for the attacks on political leaders, including figures like Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) who used violent rhetoric against pro-life groups following the leak of the supreme court case.
- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also made menacing statements, saying previously that Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh will “pay the price” for overturning Roe v. Wade. “You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions,” he said.
