FBI Director Denies Targeting Pro-Life Activists
Several House and Senate Republicans, including Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, have been calling for the FACE Act to be repealed because they say it is being unequally applied to target pro-life advocates.
Several House and Senate Republicans, including Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, have been calling for the FACE Act to be repealed because they say it is being unequally applied to target pro-life advocates.
Heartbeat of Miami, a faith-based nonprofit ministry that offers life-affirming services to women and couples facing unplanned pregnancies, has “reached a favorable settlement” with the vandals, according to a June 28 press release.
One church was defaced with pro-abortion messages spray-painted on a window and more than a dozen other church properties had their pro-life campaign signs stolen or destroyed.
Parishioners attending daily Mass Tuesday morning discovered the defaced crosses and banner.
The Italian association Pro Vita & Famiglia (Pro Life and Family) denounced an attack on its office in Rome.
An adjunct art professor at Hunter College is shown in a video insulting a group of pro-life students with expletives while criticizing their display.
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, argued that the Department of Justice and the FBI are selectively enforcing the FACE Act and other laws in ways that target pro-life activists and conservatives but let pro-abortion and left-wing activists off the hook.
A doorbell camera may have recorded part of the targeting, and law enforcement is examining the footage. Bishop John Noonan of the Diocese of Orlando sent a priest to bless the building the next morning. The clinic is not affiliated with the diocese.
This is the 63rd pro-abortion attack on a pro-life pregnancy center since May 2022.
Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, was arrested in Boston on Tuesday and charged with one count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive. If convicted, he could be sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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