U.S. Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/raphael-warnock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Raphael Warnock</a> (D-GA) said at a rally in Atlanta for seniors this week that &#8220;even God gave us a choice&#8221; regarding abortion.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/walker-charges-warnocks-demonized-police-emphasizes-independence-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that Warnock, the self-described pro-choice pastor, took time at the rally to speak about his support for a woman&#8217;s right to choose whether or not to terminate an innocent child&#8217;s life.
&#8220;I have a profound reverence for life,&#8221; Warnock said. &#8220;And I also have a deep respect for choice.&#8221;
In the same breath, Warnock called the patient&#8217;s room &#8220;too narrow and cramped&#8221; for a woman, her doctor, and the United States government.
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As a pro-choice pastor, I’ve always believed that a patient&#39;s room is way too small for a woman, her doctor, and the United States government.
I&#39;ll always fight to protect a woman&#39;s right to choose. And that will never change.
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&#8220;So, I trust women in their wisdom to sit with their own doctor and, if they choose, to sit with their pastor, and to pray about that and let their own conscience guide them,&#8221; Warnock added. &#8220;Even God gave us a choice.&#8221;
Warnock received heavy criticism from the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America group, slamming his extreme view on abortion.
&#8220;Senator Raphael Warnock strenuously opposes any limits whatsoever on abortion – including brutal late-term abortions up to the moment of birth and even infanticide,&#8221; Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the group, said in a <a href="https://sbaprolife.org/newsroom/press-releases/ga-sen-raphael-warnock-claims-god-approves-of-radical-pro-abortion-agenda" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;Georgians are deeply disturbed by Warnock&#8217;s shameless push to strip human rights from the most vulnerable and defenseless among us, the unborn.&#8221;
Dannenfelser added that pro-abortion Democrats like Warnock and Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams would &#8220;go to any lengths to promote abortion on demand nationwide.&#8221;
&#8220;Whether it is cloaking their radical agenda in the guise of religion or pushing outright misinformation denying basic scientific facts – for example, that unborn children have beating hearts by six weeks and can feel pain at least by 15 weeks,&#8221; Dannenfelser added.
Both Georgian politicians have joined an army of other Democratic candidates who have lobbied for abortion rights following the U.S. Supreme Court&#8217;s historic decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which has led to more than 63 million abortions in the country since 1973, according to the <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://nrlc.org/uploads/factsheets/FS01AbortionintheUS.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Right to Life Educational Foundation</a>.
In a recently surfaced video, Abrams said that at six weeks, unborn babies&#8217; heartbeats aren&#8217;t real, but a &#8220;manufactured sound designed&#8221; to take away women&#8217;s rights.
Immediately following her statement, Abrams also received wide criticism from doctors and scientists refuting her claim.
Dr. Tara Sander Lee, a senior fellow and director of life sciences at Charlotte Lozier Institute, said science demonstrates that a pre-born baby is already a complex human being at six weeks gestation.
&#8220;A pre-born baby&#8217;s heart is actively beating at six weeks and will have already beat nearly 16 million times by 15 weeks. In fact, at six weeks gestation, the baby&#8217;s heart rate is about 98 beats per minute, which can be easily detected by ultrasound,&#8221; Lee said.
Organizations advocating for the sanctity of life, like the Susan B. Anthony America Pro-life network, openly condemn those politicians who &#8220;refuse to name a single commonsense protection for unborn children and their mothers they would support.&#8221;
&#8220;When voters are informed about the Democrats&#8217; pro-abortion extremism, they reject it,&#8221; Dannenfelser said.
Amanda Prestigiacomo contributed to this report.

Dem Senator Raphael Warnock On Abortion: ‘Even God Gave Us A Choice’

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-swat-team-conducts-early-morning-raid-arrests-pro-life-activist-at-pennsylvania-home-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pro-life activist</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholicism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic</a> father of seven Mark Houck is fighting back after he was arrested by some 20 armed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> agents at his Pennsylvania home early Friday morning in front of his children and wife.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/doj" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Justice</a> is targeting Houck, who leads a nonprofit group that provides sidewalk counseling at abortion clinics in Philadelphia, over an incident last year involving his then-12-year-old son at a Planned Parenthood abortion facility. The family says Houck, who is now facing 11 years behind bars and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-pro-life-activist-arrested-fbi-charged-assaulting-clinic-escort">fines</a> up to $350,000, was defending his son from a harassing pro-abortion activist.
Houck&#8217;s attorney is slamming the targeting as blatant &#8220;political prosecution,&#8221; and the Catholic father has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
&#8220;This is a political prosecution,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/pro-life-activist-mark-houck-pleads-not-guilty-federal-charges-fbi-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asserted</a> attorney Peter Breen, Thomas More Society vice president.
Breen went further, saying the Biden DOJ acted against Houck to &#8220;send a message&#8221; to pro-life Americans.
&#8220;And what’s clear from the Department of Justice at its highest levels, which is directing this case, [is] that they are trying to send a message to pro-life and people of faith: ‘Don’t mess with us,'&#8221; he said. &#8220;They want to intimidate — they want to cause good people like Mark to stop praying and counseling at the abortion clinics of our country. And that’s not going to happen.&#8221;
&#8220;What in the world would possess the Department of Justice to send 20 or so heavily armed agents to this family’s home, violate the sanctity of that home, frighten the children and then drag their father away instead of allowing us to present him peacefully, which we had offered to do?&#8221; the attorney questioned.
Breen <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/lawyer-for-pro-life-protester-arrested-by-fbi-says-client-offered-to-surrender-claims-doj-trying-to-intimidate-people-of-faith/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> earlier this week that though they felt there was no federal case, his client would have appeared voluntarily; instead, Houck was treated &#8220;as if he was a drug lord or a mafia boss.&#8221;
“Rather than accepting Mark Houck’s offer to appear voluntarily, the Biden Department of Justice chose to make an unnecessary show of potentially deadly force, sending twenty heavily armed federal agents to the Houck residence at dawn this past Friday,” he said.
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&#8220;It put officers’ lives in danger. It put the Houck family in danger. And it was an utter waste of judicial resources and taxpayer resources,&#8221; Breen noted, adding that it was curious the charges took so long if Houck was such a supposed danger.
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U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-pro-life-activist-arrested-fbi-charged-assaulting-clinic-escort" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Friday that Houck was charged by indictment with violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act for allegedly assaulting a person who provides abortion-related services.
A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fundraiser-for-doj-targeted-pro-life-activist-mark-houck-hits-new-milestone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GiveSendGo account</a> for the Houck family says the activist was praying in front of the Planned Parenthood with his son and reacted to a pro-abortion activist harassing the 12-year-old child.
“Last year, Mark and his son were praying in front of the [Planned Parenthood] at 12th and Locust,” the account says. “When one of the escorts began harassing Mark’s son they walked down the street away from the entrance to the building. The escort followed them, and when he continued yelling at Mark’s son, Mark pushed him away.”
“It’s all on video,” the post continues. “But that hasn’t stopped Planned Parenthood and the Biden Administration. With no prior warning, and in spite of the fact that Mark is represented by an attorney, Biden’s Justice Department sent a fully armed SWAT team into a home full of young children at daybreak, to arrest a father for protecting his son.”
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/still-no-charges-for-man-who-admits-to-shooting-84-year-old-pro-life-canvasser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Still No Charges For Man Who Admits To Shooting 84-Year-Old Pro-Life Canvasser</a>

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‘Political Prosecution’: Pro-Life Activist Mark Houck Fights Back, Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Charges After Controversial Arrest

Pro-Life Activist Mark Houck Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Charges After Arrest

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It is pretty clear that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> and Department of Justice do not give a darn about protestations that the bureau has become politicized, otherwise it never would have treated pro-lifer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-details-in-the-biden-doj-targeting-of-pro-life-activist-father-of-seven-mark-houck" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Houck</a> as it did last Friday.
Dedicated public servants at the highest levels who care about the FBI&#8217;s reputation and institutional trust would likely work to alleviate concerns about alleged law enforcement corruption. Instead, it appears that the Biden administration is ramping up its crackdown on right-leaning activists whom they deem to be threats, regardless of precedent and the facts.
The real question is, what is the Republican Party going to do about it?
According to leading GOP senators, <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/26/gop-senators-demand-wray-ag-garland-end-fbi-whistleblowers-suspension/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than 20 whistleblowers</a> have come forward in recent weeks alleging varying degrees of political bias in the FBI against conservatives. At the same time, Biden and his team have been warning about Republican extremists and saying that pro-life Americans threaten democracy.
All of that, coupled with the FBI&#8217;s raid on former President Donald J. Trump, have many Americans fearful that Biden and his cronies at the DOJ are targeting right-leaning Americans to make an example out of them.
This is especially true in the aforementioned case of Houck, a Catholic father of seven who has worked on behalf of unborn and helpless mothers for the past twenty years.
On Friday, he was greeted by his government with more than 20 armed agents barging into his home as his children watched in terror, according to his wife. Houck was arrested and is being accused of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) act in October of last year outside a Philadelphia abortion clinic.
The specifics of his alleged crime?
The founder of The King&#8217;s Men, a group working toward ending pornography and abortion, shoved a 72-year-old creep well beyond the entrance of the clinic who was making vulgar statements to his pre-teen son, per statements made on his behalf.
The man in question attempted to sue Houck, but that case was dismissed by a federal court. According to the Catholic News Agency, the alleged victim did not even show up for the case&#8217;s hearing.
In turn, Attorney General Merrick Garland&#8217;s FBI decided that the case was so egregious that Houck simply had to be handled with armed agents.
For his part, Houck&#8217;s attorney, Peter Breen from the Thomas More Society, said that Houck voluntarily <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/lawyer-for-pro-life-protester-arrested-by-fbi-says-client-offered-to-surrender-claims-doj-trying-to-intimidate-people-of-faith/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered</a> to chat with authorities several months ago. The Feds rejected that act of good faith and instead arrested him in a show of force.
According to U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero, the FBI is committed to stopping assaults and Houck must be stopped.
&#8220;Assault is always a serious offense, and under the FACE Act, if the victim is targeted because of their association with a reproductive healthcare clinic, it is a federal crime,&#8221; Romero <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/bucks-county-man-indicted-federal-charges-assaulting-reproductive-healthcare-clinic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Our office and the Department of Justice are committed to prosecuting crimes which threaten the safety and rights of all individuals.&#8221;
Whistleblowers with the DOJ would likely disagree with that assessment and claim instead that the DOJ is focused on diverting resources to crack down on January 6 offenders and conjuring up cases of white supremacy and right-wing extremism to meet certain metrics.
“This case is being brought solely to intimidate people of faith and pro-life Americans,” Breen <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252393/fbi-disputes-accounts-of-swat-raid-at-pro-life-catholic-familys-home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
“Mark Houck is innocent of these lawless charges, and we intend to prove that in court,&#8221; he added.
Breen also asserts that based on a prior court victory won by the Thomas More Society, a one-off altercation cannot be considered a violation of the FACE act.
In short, the FBI chose to send armed agents to the home of a father of seven, with zero prior incidents, even after he was willing to cooperate with authorities. Based on common sense and the fact that the Biden administration has worked to make abortion the number one issue of the upcoming midterms, it isn&#8217;t a conspiracy to wonder whether or not the FBI really has been politicized.
Through that lens, the FBI has to prove to the American people that it has not been tainted with impropriety.
Since it looks like they have zero desire in doing that, Republicans — should they ever regain power in Congress — must find their backbone and implement reforms, fire those responsible for leading the FBI away from truth and justice, and work to ensure that the institution can be trusted.
Until that happens, cases like Houck&#8217;s only serve as evidence that the DOJ is enacting totalitarian edicts hellbent on arresting conservatives in order to silence political opposition.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Pro-Life Activist Arrest Shows DOJ Doesn’t Care If It’s ‘Politicized.’ What’s The GOP Going To Do About It?

Pro-Life Activist Arrest Shows DOJ Doesn't Care If It's 'Politicized.' What's The GOP Going To Do About It?

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The Satanic Temple (TST) is suing the state of Indiana over its recently passed abortion restriction law, claiming it infringes on the rights of its followers and violates the Constitution.
The lawsuit, filed on September 21, named Indiana Republican Governor Eric Holcomb and Attorney General Todd Rokita as defendants in the legal case.
&#8220;Members of TST hold the religious belief that an unwanted zygote, blastocyst, embryo, or nonviable fetus should be removed from the body of a pregnant woman. This belief is grounded in TST Tenet III that a woman’s body is inviolable, subject to her own will alone,&#8221; the <a href="https://fox59.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2022/09/SatanicTempleLawsuit.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> reads.
Among the organization&#8217;s seven tenets is also Tenet V which says “beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world.” The lawsuit alleges that &#8220;Members of TST hold the religious belief that a zygote, blastocyst, embryo, and nonviable fetus are a part of a woman’s body and not imbued with an existence, humanity, or spiritual life separate and apart from the mother.&#8221;
The Satanic Temple, based in Salem, Massachusetts, claims more than 1.5 million members worldwide, according to the text of the lawsuit. More than 11,300 of its members are reportedly located in Indiana.
The group is not alone in criticizing Indiana&#8217;s new law following the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade in June. The White House has also been outspoken in its condemnation of the Hoosier state&#8217;s new abortion limitations.
“The Indiana Legislature took a devastating step as a result of the Supreme Court’s extreme decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate women’s constitutionally-protected right to abortion,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/06/statement-by-white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-on-the-indiana-abortion-bill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement in August.
“And, it’s another radical step by Republican legislators to take away women’s reproductive rights and freedom, and put personal health care decisions in the hands of politicians rather than women and their doctors,” she added.
The new Indiana law went into effect on September 15. The restrictions against abortion include exceptions for rape, incest, and protecting the life of the mother.
The governor released a statement regarding his August bill signing that expressed his concern for protecting life.
“Following the overturning of Roe, I stated clearly that I would be willing to support legislation that made progress in protecting life. In my view, SEA 1 accomplishes this goal following its passage in both chambers of the Indiana General Assembly with a solid majority of support,” Holcomb <a href="https://events.in.gov/event/gov_holcomb_statement_following_conclusion_of_special_session?utm_campaign=widget&amp;utm_medium=widget&amp;utm_source=State+of+Indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
The Satanic Temple&#8217;s legal battle is not it&#8217;s first. Earlier in September, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/satanists-demand-religious-exemption-to-perform-abortion-ritual-illegal-under-texas-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the group is challenging a Texas law that bans most abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
The TST argued that the law restricts their right to free religious practice, referring to abortions as a “religious abortion ritual” and “a ceremony rooted in our deeply-held beliefs,&#8221; according to its <a href="https://thesatanictemple.tv/media/upcoming-events/announcement/">website</a>.
The group also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/satanic-temple-asks-boston-to-fly-flag-after-court-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested</a> to fly a flag at Boston’s City Hall after the Supreme Court ruled that banning a request to fly a Christian flag at the location was unconstitutional.

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An 84-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pro-life">pro-life</a> female activist canvassing for a ballot proposal surrounding abortion laws in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan">Michigan</a> was shot in the back by an unidentified man last week while passing out pamphlets.
Right to Life Michigan, a pro-life non-profit, said in a <a href="https://rtl.org/prolife-volunteer-shot/">statement</a> on Saturday that while the elderly woman volunteered her time going door-to-door around her community in Lake Odessa, one interaction left her wounded after leaving a residence during a &#8220;heated conversation.&#8221;
&#8220;The victim does not know the identity or motive of her shooter.&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;The victim is still recovering from her gunshot wound and wishes to remain anonymous while the criminal investigation proceeds.&#8221;
Michigan State Police have begun investigating the case and will forward the results to the Ionia County Prosecuting Attorney&#8217;s Office.
Authorities told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/elderly-pro-life-volunteer-michigan-shot-heated-conversation-pro-life-group-says">Fox News Digital</a> Saturday that the elderly woman was shot after a &#8220;verbal altercation while she was passing out pamphlets&#8221; and would later drive herself to the Lake Odessa Police Department.
She was transported to an area hospital for treatment and later released.
&#8220;We&#8217;re glad the victim is recovering, and our volunteers will continue knocking doors on Proposal 3,&#8221; Chris Gast, a Right to Life of Michigan official, told Fox News Digital on Saturday.
Proposal 3, otherwise known as the so-called &#8220;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Michigan_Proposal_3,_Right_to_Reproductive_Freedom_Initiative_(2022)">Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative,</a>&#8221; will allow the state to regulate abortion after fetal viability but not prohibit abortions if necessary to protect the mother&#8217;s life or physical or mental health.
Michigan voters will have the chance to vote on the measure in the upcoming midterm election later this year.
The attack on the woman follows the U.S Supreme Court&#8217;s historic decision last summer to overturn Roe v. Wade, the case that legalized abortion across the United States.
Abortion enthusiasts and their political supporters have signaled disturbing rhetoric towards those who stand for the sanctity of life, which has unleashed a string of attacks on pregnancy centers and other pro-life locations.
Within days of the nation&#8217;s highest court reversing the controversial ruling, pro-choice groups in Michigan allegedly vandalized and damaged other pro-life organizations.
Last <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-congressman-and-pro-life-organization-accuse-abortion-activist-group-of-vandalizing-offices">summer</a>, a pro-abortion group allegedly smashed the front door and shattered multiple windows of an office building shared by Jackson Right to Life and a Michigan Republican Tim Walberg&#8217;s campaign office.
Tagged in pink ink on the side of the building that read a grim warning to pro-life activists threatening their safety if abortion isn&#8217;t protected.

Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Case

Elderly Michigan Woman Shot In The Back While Raising Awareness About Upcoming Abortion Ballot Proposal

Donations are pouring into a GiveSendGo crowdfunding account for a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-swat-team-conducts-early-morning-raid-arrests-pro-life-activist-at-pennsylvania-home-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pro-life activist</a> and father of seven who was arrested and had his family home raided by some 20 to 30 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> agents on Friday.
Mark Houck, who leads a nonprofit group that provides sidewalk counseling at abortion clinics in Philadelphia, was seemingly targeted by President Joe Biden&#8217;s Department of Justice over an incident last year involving his then-12-year-old son at a Planned Parenthood abortion facility.
Houck protected his son from an aggressive Planned Parenthood escort harassing the 12-year-old, Pennsylvania pro-life activist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-lawmaker-who-harassed-young-girls-ends-james-barrett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ashley </a>Garecht told The Daily Wire, noting that the case was dismissed by a federal court in Philadelphia when the escort tried to press charges.
&#8220;We will not back down, we will not stop fighting to protect the lives of Pennsylvania&#8217;s unborn children, and we WILL NOT TOLERATE the harassment of our leaders by a corrupt and politicized justice system,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.givesendgo.com/prolifefamily" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GiveSendGo</a> page for Houck asserts.
The goal of the fundraiser is to collect $75,000 for the activist&#8217;s wife, Ryan-Marie Houck &#8212; and as of Sunday morning, more than $74,000 had already been donated.
Joe and Ashley Garecht created the crowdfunding page. Notably, the couple&#8217;s daughters in 2019, then just 13 and 15 years old, were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-lawmaker-who-harassed-young-girls-ends-james-barrett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">harassed</a> by then-State Rep. Brian Sims (D) for several minutes as they prayed for unborn children outside a Pennsylvania abortion clinic. 
The crowdfunding page describes Houck&#8217;s son being harassed and the activist stepping in to protect him.
&#8220;Last year, Mark and his son were praying in front of the [Planned Parenthood] at 12th and Locust,&#8221; the page reads. &#8220;When one of the escorts began harassing Mark&#8217;s son they walked down the street away from the entrance to the building. The escort followed them, and when he continued yelling at Mark&#8217;s son, Mark pushed him away.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s all on video,&#8221; the account details. &#8220;But that hasn&#8217;t stopped Planned Parenthood and the Biden Administration. With no prior warning, and in spite of the fact that Mark is represented by an attorney, Biden&#8217;s Justice Department sent a fully armed SWAT team into a home full of young children at daybreak, to arrest a father for protecting his son.&#8221;
The Garechts say the funds raised through the campaign &#8220;will go to help the family with any necessary expenses.&#8221;
&#8220;Your generosity is greatly appreciated,&#8221; the couple adds. &#8220;Let&#8217;s show the Houck family they are not alone, while we show Planned Parenthood and its militant pro-abortion allies that the pro-life community will not be silenced by fear and intimidation.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-swat-team-conducts-early-morning-raid-arrests-pro-life-activist-at-pennsylvania-home-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI SWAT Team Conducts Early-Morning Raid, Arrests Pro-Life Activist At Pennsylvania Home: Report</a>

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‘We Will Not Back Down’: Donations Pour In For Pro-Life Father Of Seven Arrested, Raided By FBI Team At Home

Donations Pour In For Pro-Life Father Of Seven Mark Houck Arrested, Raided By FBI Team At Home

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> agents reportedly raided the home of a pro-life activist in Pennsylvania on Friday and arrested him.
A group of between 25 and 30 FBI agents raided the Bucks County, Pennsylvania, home of pro-life activist Mark Houck early Friday morning, his family told <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/fbi-raids-home-of-catholic-pro-life-speaker-author-with-guns-drawn-as-his-terrified-kids-watch/">LifeSite News</a>. Houck is the leader of a nonprofit group that provides sidewalk counseling at abortion clinics in Philadelphia. The arrest seemed to stem from a court case that was dismissed by a federal court in Philadelphia, but was somehow picked up by the Department of Justice, his family said.
“The kids were all just screaming,&#8221; Houck&#8217;s wife, Ryan-Marie, told LifeSite. &#8220;It was all just very scary and traumatic.&#8221;
Ryan-Marie Houck told the outlet that the group of agents in SWAT gear arrived in 15 vehicles outside the family home at around 7:05 a.m. Friday morning. The agents quickly surrounded the house and began pounding on the door, demanding they open up. Houck reportedly tried to get the agents to calm down, noting that his seven children were scared, but the agents kept shouting. “[T]hey had big, huge rifles pointed at Mark and pointed at me and kind of pointed throughout the house,&#8221; his wife said.
Houck and his wife asked the agents why they were there, to which the agents allegedly replied that they were there to arrest him. His wife asked for a warrant, but “they said that they were going to take him whether they had a warrant or not,&#8221; Ryan-Marie Houck recalled. She protested, saying that what the agents were doing was tantamount to kidnapping. Only then did they provide a copy of the warrant. Shortly afterward, Houck was apparently taken out and put into one of the vehicles.
But the FBI agents quickly softened once they realized the distress they had inflicted on the family, Houck&#8217;s wife recounted. “After they had taken Mark, and the kids were all screaming that he was their best friend, the [agents] kind of softened a bit,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I think they realized what was happening. Or maybe they actually looked at the warrant.”
“They looked pretty ashamed at what had just happened,&#8221; she added.
According to the warrant, shared by LifeSite reporter Patrick Delaney, Houck&#8217;s arrest stems from an indictment on charges of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994, specifically for &#8220;attack[ing] a patient escort.&#8221;
According to his wife, Houck was providing sidewalk counseling at abortion centers in Philadelphia last year, and had taken his then 12-year-old son. On multiple occasions over weeks, a &#8220;pro-abortion protestor&#8221; allegedly shouted vulgarities and insults at the boy. Houck repeatedly told the protestor not to speak to his son, but the protestor continued to encroach on the boy&#8217;s personal space, still spewing vulgarities. Finally, Houck shoved the man away, causing him to fall down. The protestor was not injured, but tried to sue Houck. Though the case was thrown out this summer, it was somehow picked up by the DOJ, Ryan-Marie Houck said.
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Below is the first page of the warrant issued for the FBI SWAT raid of Catholic pro-life speaker, author and sidewalk councilor, Mike Houck. <a href="https://t.co/XeVLhbxAYI">pic.twitter.com/XeVLhbxAYI</a>
— Patrick Delaney (@PatrickDDelaney) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatrickDDelaney/status/1573734662404464642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
Conservative leaders slammed the FBI raid as another example of the political weaponization of the FBI.
&#8220;In case you hadn&#8217;t caught on already, the satanic Biden administration is waging war on Christians,&#8221; Daily Wire podcast host <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1573728542851989505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1573728542851989505%7Ctwgr%5E1a62cd352de70826745c08e902dc25e229ca1280%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fmichaeljknowles2Fstatus2F1573728542851989505widget%3DTweet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Knowles</a> tweeted, linking to the original report.
“This is a disgrace and should not be happening in America,&#8221; LifeSite co-founder and editor-in-chief <a href="https://twitter.com/JhWesten/status/1573674686860369921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1573674686860369921%7Ctwgr%5Ee8aa56f0801b09c39ddb37919061847777556fad%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FJhWesten2Fstatus2F1573674686860369921widget%3DTweet">John Henry Westen</a> wrote on Twitter. &#8220;Pray for Mark Houck and his family.&#8221;
&#8220;So, a man who does nothing but run an org that teaches men to be strong Catholics and sidewalk counsels outside Planned Parenthoods had 30 armed federal agents sent to his house and is now facing jail time over an incident that resulted in a failed lawsuit,&#8221; conservative digital strategist <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1573774482501734401">Greg Price</a> said.
&#8220;The FBI has turned into Biden’s secret police force,&#8221; Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/RonnyJacksonTX/status/1573773257823719424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1573773257823719424%7Ctwgr%5E9fd93b64c047fb33205bc6c74c9dbfab2d487cc8%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FRonnyJacksonTX2Fstatus2F1573773257823719424widget%3DTweet">Ronny Jackson</a> (R-TX) wrote. &#8220;Sending a small army of heavily armed agents to raid Mark Houck’s home should frighten EVERY American. The FBI using fear &amp; intimidation tactics to go after conservatives needs to END!!&#8221;
&#8220;The continued weaponization of the FBI and persecution by Joe Biden&#8217;s DOJ against ordinary Americans is an outrage,&#8221; Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate <a href="https://twitter.com/dougmastriano/status/1573772157565521920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1573772157565521920%7Ctwgr%5Ee468f64cce0702bb7ed21fe44c2c182dc200cf89%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fdougmastriano2Fstatus2F1573772157565521920widget%3DTweet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Doug Mastriano</a> said in a statement. &#8220;Citizens across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania join me in expressing our outrage at this early-morning raid executed on a young family. This show of force carried out by the Biden regime against ordinary Americans is an abuse of power that stands against the fundamental principles our nation was founded on.&#8221;

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A judge in Arizona ruled that the state&#8217;s 19th-century abortion ban could take effect.
In a <a href="https://www.azag.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/Planned%20Parenthood%20v%20Brnovich%20Ruling.pdf">ruling</a> Thursday, Arizona Superior Court judge Kellie Johnson ruled that Arizona&#8217;s near-total abortion ban, which dates back to 1864, could take effect after the Supreme Court sent the issue of abortion back to the states in Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization. The judge&#8217;s ruling overturned a state court decision in 1973 that blocked the law after Roe v. Wade took effect.
The <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/viewDocument/?docName=http://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/03603.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1864 law</a>, which was modified with streamlined language in 1901, bans the administration of an abortion procedure or abortifacient drug. &#8220;A person who provides, supplies or administers to a pregnant woman, or procures such woman to take any medicine, drugs or substance, or uses or employs any instrument or other means whatever, with intent thereby to procure the miscarriage of such woman, unless it is necessary to save her life, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than two years nor more than five years,&#8221; the law <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/03603.htm">states</a>.
Recounting the legal history behind the case, Johnson wrote that the law was declared unconstitutional at trial in 1972, but that decision was overturned by an appeals court in 1973. Less than three weeks after the higher court ruling, the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade; the appeals court &#8220;vacated its opinion on the sole and express grounds of the binding nature of the United States Supreme Court decisions,&#8221; Johnson recounted. The trial judge then ruled that the law was unconstitutional.
In the succeeding years, the Arizona legislature passed numerous laws placing regulations on abortion. Most recently, Arizona Governor signed a law in March that banned abortion after 15 weeks. But that <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2R/bills/SB1164P.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a> expressly did not overrule the 1864 ban. In light of the Dobbs decision, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed a motion for relief from judgment to put the ban back into effect. Planned Parenthood responded, arguing that the court should not reinstate the ban but issue a ruling modifying the law to &#8220;harmonize&#8221; it with newer laws. The court refused, noting that &#8220;[t]he controlling Complaint seeks relief solely on constitutional grounds,&#8221; and that &#8220;[t]he judgment entered in 1973 was based solely on those constitutional grounds,&#8221; therefore issuing a modified judgment was improper.
“The court finds that because the legal basis for the judgment entered in 1973 has now been overruled, it must vacate the judgment in its entirety,” Johnson concluded in her ruling. &#8221; [T]he Second Amended Declaratory Judgment and Injunction signed by the Court on March 27, 1973 &#8230; no longer has any prospective application.&#8221;
Brnovich celebrated the ruling as a win for life in the state. &#8220;A Pima County judge lifted an injunction that was placed on Arizona&#8217;s abortion statute,&#8221; Brnovich said in a <a href="https://www.azag.gov/press-release/arizona-attorney-general-mark-brnovich-successfully-defends-life-pima-county">statement</a>. &#8220;We applaud the court for upholding the will of the legislature and providing clarity and uniformity on this important issue. I have and will continue to protect the most vulnerable Arizonans.&#8221;
The Arizona ruling comes as the pro-life movement faces ongoing legal struggles in other states. Earlier this month, a judge in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-strikes-down-michigans-1931-abortion-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a> declared the state&#8217;s near-total abortion ban, enacted in 1931, unconstitutional. Last week, a judge in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-temporarily-suspends-ohios-six-week-abortion-ban">Ohio</a> temporarily suspended the state&#8217;s six-week abortion ban that took effect after Dobbs. And earlier this week, a judge in <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/politics/indiana-abortion-ban-blocked/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indiana</a> temporarily blocked the state&#8217;s newly-passed abortion ban, just weeks after it was enacted by the state legislature.

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Meghan McCain blasted Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams as &#8220;a very sick person&#8221; over her claim that unborn babies have no fetal heartbeat at six weeks.
The former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/meghan-mccain">cohost</a> of &#8220;The View&#8221; reacted Thursday to video of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stacey-abrams">Abrams</a> telling a group of people that doctors are &#8220;faking fetal heartbeats.&#8221;
&#8220;Hearing my babies heartbeats at six weeks is hands down one of the most exciting, liberating and most beautiful moments of my entire life,&#8221; McCain <a href="https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1572916351324528641?s=20&amp;t=-nff10rV-FGQ6DagocH7Uw">tweeted</a> to her hundreds of thousands of followers. &#8220;Hands down.&#8221;
&#8220;Stacey Abrams is a very sick person to say this and somehow accuse doctors of faking fetal heartbeats,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Full stop.&#8221;
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Hearing my babies heartbeats at 6 weeks is hands down one of the most exciting, liberating and most beautiful moments of my entire life. Hands down.
Stacey Abrams is a very sick person to say this and somehow accuse doctors of faking fetal heartbeats. Full stop. <a href="https://t.co/oATAzuHgTA">https://t.co/oATAzuHgTA</a>
&mdash; Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1572916351324528641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feckless-moronic-isolated-titanic-of-an-administration-meghan-mccain-unloads-on-biden">Fox News cohost</a> included a retweet of the clip of Abrams&#8217; remarks from Tuesday at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center in Atlanta. In the video, the GA Democrat said, &#8220;There is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks.&#8221;
&#8220;It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman&#8217;s body in place of her,&#8221; Abrams added, as the others on the panel nodded in agreement.
However, many scholars, scientists, and doctors agree that an unborn child&#8217;s heart typically starts beating around six weeks gestation, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyond-qanon-s-stacey-abrams-says-unborn-babies-heartbeats-not-real-at-six-weeks-a-manufactured-sound-tool-of-patriarchy">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
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Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams: &quot;There is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks. It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman&#39;s body.&quot;
REMINDER: Abrams supports NO LIMITS on abortion. <a href="https://t.co/f7XxeqzfF6">pic.twitter.com/f7XxeqzfF6</a>
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&#8220;We&#8217;re all feeling very blessed, lucky and happy,&#8221; Meghan captioned her post on Instagram. &#8220;Thank you all for all the kindness! Ben is soon to be outnumbered by girls in our house 3 to 1 this winter…&#8221;
McCain has been very open on social media about her life as a mom, her pregnancy, and even the miscarriage she and her husband suffered before she became pregnant with Liberty.
In March, she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meghan-mccain-slams-biggest-and-worst-lie-that-motherhood-is-a-burden">tweeted</a> to her followers that the &#8220;biggest and worst lie&#8221; she said her generation was sold was that being a mother is a &#8220;burden.&#8221;
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meghan-mccain-says-one-reason-she-left-the-view-is-because-she-didnt-feel-supported-after-having-a-baby">Meghan McCain Says One Reason She Left &#8216;The View&#8217; Is Because She &#8216;Didn&#8217;t Feel Supported&#8217; After Having A Baby</a>

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‘A Very Sick Person’: Meghan McCain Blasts Stacey Abrams’ Claim About No Fetal Heartbeat At 6 Weeks

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A group of House Democrats has introduced a new bill that would require the military to provide a leave of absence for service members to receive abortions, including military payment to cover out-of-state travel.
The <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2085?s=1&amp;r=9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a>, called the &#8220;Access to Reproductive Care for Service Members Act,&#8221; was introduced to respond to requests for abortions by military members in states that have tightened abortion laws following the Supreme Court&#8217;s overturn of Roe v. Wade in June.
“Abortion access should be a right, not a privilege,&#8221; Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), Chair of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee, said in a <a href="https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-crow-speier-introduce-bill-to-protect-abortion-care-for-us-servicemembers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Tuesday.
&#8220;Yet a recent study estimated that 40 percent of servicemembers will have no or severely restricted access to abortion services where they are stationed – something they have no control over. The fallout of being denied care will be catastrophic, as is the threat to our military readiness, recruitment, morale, and unit cohesion,” she added.
The new legislation will seek to add several new aspects to how abortions are handled by the military. First, it would redefine abortion as time-sensitive, requiring a commander to approve leave automatically. In addition, the act would allow service members to request and receive leave for abortion care without specifying to a commander the nature of the procedure.
In cases in which abortion is not legally provided in the state where the service member is stationed, the bill would require the Department of Defense to cover travel expenses similar to other &#8220;necessary&#8221; healthcare travel.
The new act would also prohibit retaliation or adverse action from commanding officers or other service members for getting an abortion.
Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a co-sponsor of the legislation, argued that abortion is an issue of military preparation.
“A woman’s choice to have an abortion should remain between her and her doctor – including for our servicemembers. Ensuring our troops have access to safe and reliable abortion care is both a matter of principle and troop readiness,” Crow said.
“During my time in the Army, I served alongside talented and brave servicewomen. Their service was – and is – a huge part of what makes our military the greatest fighting force in the world,&#8221; he added.
The Democratic lawmakers argue that the projected cost of travel for military personnel going out-of-state for an abortion is $1,100 or more, almost half of the monthly pay for a junior enlisted service member. Speier argued that covering the abortion-related expenses was &#8220;the least we can do.&#8221;

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Democrats Introduce Legislation To Offer Military Leave For Service Members To Get Abortions

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In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade in late June, there have been a wave of attacks on pro-life centers and pro-life churches, including the firebombing of some of these buildings. 
Already in July, it was <a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2022/07/22/there-have-been-76-attacks-on-churches-and-pregnancy-centers-not-one-attacker-has-been-sent-to-prison/">reported</a> that, “At least 76 churches and pro-life organizations have been targets of arson and vandalism since May when news leaked that the U.S. Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade.” According to the <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251553/map-vandalism-attacks-continue-at-pro-life-centers-across-us">Catholic News Agency&#8217;s tracker</a>, that number has now risen to 94.
Yet to this day, despite FBI involvement in the investigations, not a single arrest has been made. Doesn’t this seem odd?
We’re talking about attacks on as many as 50 pregnancy centers and 32 churches, along with scattered attacks on other targets. These have taken place in multiple states and have ranged from spraying graffiti on walls to firebombing buildings and from smashing windows to defacing billboards. Specific groups, like <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/what-janes-revenge-abortion-rights-group-vows-night-rage-over-roe-1718919">Jane’s Revenge</a>, have <a href="https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2022/june/revenge-more-than-40-attacks-against-pro-life-centers-as-violence-increases">taken responsibility</a> for some these attacks. And yet still no arrests? 
Are the attackers that skilled in clandestine activities? Are there no viable leads to trace? Are they that invisible?
These are fair questions to raise.
A June 8 headline on The Federalist asked, “Will The FBI Do Anything About The Alarming Number Of Attacks On Pro-Life Centers Following SCOTUS Leak?”
The answer came a few days later. As reported by the Washington Times on June 17, “The FBI is investigating a series of attacks and threats targeting pregnancy resource centers and faith-based organizations across the country. The FBI takes all threats seriously and we continue to work closely with our law enforcement partners and will remain vigilant to protect our communities.”
And yet still, three months later, no arrests have been made. Does this seem suspicious?
According to Jim Harden, the CEO of a pregnancy center in Buffalo, NY, that was firebombed on June 7, it seems suspicious indeed.
As <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/fbi-investigations-into-wave-of-pro-life-pregnancy-center-vandalism-stall/">summarized</a> by the National Review on August 8, based on information from Harden, the FBI seemed to be dragging its feet.
“The FBI did not conduct a forensic analysis of CompassCare’s extensive video surveillance footage until July 13th, five weeks after the attack, the center <a href="https://www.compasscarecommunity.com/2022/08/arsonist-arrested-within-four-days-of-attack-on-michigan-in-planned-parenthood-no-arrests-made-after-58-days-in-45-attacks-on-pro-life-pregnancy-centers/">reported</a>. Amherst Police waited until an August 1 press conference, the day of Compass Care Buffalo’s <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/buffalo-pregnancy-center-firebombed-by-pro-abortion-extremists-reopens-after-spending-100000-on-security/">re-opening ceremony</a>, to release a <a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/196e1cde001/a64779df-4f83-451a-8055-7bd56d48886f.pdf">statement</a> on the investigation, although it updated that ‘there have already been multiple leads examined and we are continuing to follow up with those at this time.’”
Yet none of those leads have led to an arrest, nor is Harden satisfied that every rock is being turned over. He reiterated this while on my &#8220;Line of Fire&#8221; broadcast in August, and, as of this writing in September, there still have been no arrests made.
Is the FBI, then, dragging its feet? Or could it be that these are just tough cases to crack?
Once again, Harden is suspicious. 
Speaking of a Planned Parenthood building in New York, he <a href="https://afn.net/pro-life/2022/08/03/pro-abortion-vandals-apparently-invisible-to-law-enforcement/">noted</a> that, “somebody played a trick on them and put a chain and a lock around their fence, and they captured a person immediately. They arrested them and bemoaned the fact that somebody vandalized their facility. Meanwhile, we&#8217;ve got arson attacks all over the country, and we&#8217;ve got no arrests. That doesn&#8217;t make any sense to me. It&#8217;s like somebody puts on a hoodie and a mask, and all of a sudden they go invisible to the law enforcement.”
To give another case in point, there was a <a href="https://www.compasscarecommunity.com/2022/05/abortion-terrorist-group-claims-responsibility-for-firebombing/">firebombing</a> of a pregnancy center on May 8 in Madison, Wisconsin, one of the first acts of violence after the leak regarding overturning Roe. But today, more than four months later, there are still no arrests.
Once again, <a href="https://www.compasscarecommunity.com/2022/08/fbi-slow-walking-justice-amherst-police-refuse-to-return-pro-life-pregnancy-centers-private-property/">in stark contrast</a>, “a multi-agency, federal manhunt ensued immediately after an isolated attack on a <a href="https://www.compasscarecommunity.com/2022/08/arsonist-arrested-within-four-days-of-attack-on-michigan-in-planned-parenthood-no-arrests-made-after-58-days-in-45-attacks-on-pro-life-pregnancy-centers/">Planned Parenthood in Kalamazoo, MI</a>. Arresting a man in just four days, the FBI proved that they have both the skill and staff to identify a suspect and make an arrest quickly.”
Why, then, have the combined forces of our local and national governments been so inept in tracking down the criminals who have gone on this violent, pro-abortion spree? Why have none of these domestic terrorists been prosecuted?
I’m glad that the man who attacked the Planned Parenthood clinic in Kalamazoo was identified and arrested, as much as I deplore what is done inside those clinics.
But it is not up to us to take the law into our own hands, and it’s good that he was tracked down so quickly.
The obvious question is why and how these same law enforcement organizations seem so incredibly inept – even uninterested – in tracking down the criminals who have terrorized scores of pro-life centers and churches. Is there a double standard involved? Are abortion clinics still treated like sacred sites, worthy of the utmost protection and care, while those clinics (and churches) which stand for life are deemed unworthy of the same protection and care?
That would be the ultimate double standard – where those who take life are protected and those who protect life are unprotected.
We obviously have more questions than answers right now, leaving us only to hope and pray that truth will come to light quickly, that justice will be done, and that the life of the unborn will be valued again in our nation.
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An Ohio judge temporarily suspended the state&#8217;s six-week abortion ban on Wednesday that went into effect after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
Hamilton County Judge Christian Jenkins issued the temporary restraining order that will last 14 days as abortion rights advocates seek to stop the law.
“No great stretch is required to find that Ohio law recognizes a fundamental right to privacy, procreation, bodily integrity and freedom of choice in health care decision making,” Jenkins <a href="https://hamiltoncountycourts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Decision-and-Entry-Final-091422.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
The ruling stated that abortion is a form of health care, noting that the law violates the state&#8217;s constitution prohibiting laws penalizing the sale or purchase of health care. Jenkins further wrote that the law discriminates against pregnant women.
The case was brought against the state by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), its Ohio-based ACLU of Ohio, Planned Parenthood, and law firm WilmerHale.
“We’re grateful that, for now, Ohioans can once again widely access abortion care in their own state. But this is just the first step. We have already seen the devastating impact Senate Bill 23 has had on people seeking abortions in Ohio,&#8221; the groups said in a <a href="https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/ohio-lower-court-blocks-six-week-abortion-ban-restoring-reproductive-rights-across" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> following the ruling.
&#8220;State lawmakers will stop at nothing to try again to permanently restrict our reproductive rights; their cruelty knows no bounds. We remain intensely committed to defending against any and all attempts to limit Ohioans’ constitutional right to access the full range of reproductive health care in their home state,&#8221; the statement added.
The Ohio law was signed by Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) in 2019, banning abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat that generally occurs at approximately six weeks. The law had been blocked until the decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization case.
Under the temporary restraining order, abortion is currently legal in the state up to 20 weeks of pregnancy, effective immediately.
The state&#8217;s law drew nationwide attention after the news of a 10-year-old girl who was more than six weeks pregnant was denied an abortion after it went into effect. The girl reportedly traveled across state lines for an abortion procedure.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-accused-of-raping-impregnating-10-year-old-ohio-girl-is-indicted-by-grand-jury" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in July that the illegal immigrant who was arrested and accused of raping the 10-year-old girl was later indicted. Gerson Fuentes, 27, was indicted by a grand jury in Franklin County, Ohio, on two counts of felony rape.
On Wednesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced a federal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-lindsey-graham-introduces-national-15-week-abortion-ban-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> to ban abortions nationwide after 15 weeks. The new proposal offers exceptions for rape, incest, and the protection of the life of a mother during pregnancy. The bill also prohibits the prosecution of women who seek abortions.
“I can assure that a vast majority of Americans do not support abortion on demand up to delivery,&#8221; Graham <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmiXZ14L_dU&amp;ab_channel=USSenLindseyGraham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during the press conference regarding the bill.

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