Two elderly pro-life advocates were reportedly attacked by an unidentified male in front of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/planned-parenthood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Planned Parenthood</a> in Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday, leaving one victim hospitalized for a fractured bone in his face.
Local pro-lifer John Roswell told <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-two-pro-lifers-viciously-assaulted-outside-baltimore-planned-parenthood/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lifesite News</a> in an email that pro-life advocates Dick Schafer, 80, and Mark Crosby, 73, were assaulted and seriously injured outside the abortion facility on N. Howard Street in Baltimore in an unprovoked attack last week.
Schafer reportedly has been recovering at home while Crosby is currently receiving treatment for his injuries in the shock trauma facility at the University of Maryland. According to a police report, doctors diagnosed Crosby with a large hematoma, hyphemia, and head and neck pain.
Crosby&#8217;s &#8220;plate bone in his upper right cheek is completely fractured&#8221; and &#8220;is bleeding from some unidentified area behind his eye, and the bone eye orbit is completely shattered and will have to be replaced with metal,&#8221; Roswell said.
The attack left Crosby&#8217;s right eye swollen shut with blood dripping from his eye socket, forehead, and nose.
According to Roswell, the assailant asked Planned Parenthood &#8220;deathscorts&#8221; to hold his drink before attacking Schafer, who reportedly had his back turned away from the person at the time of the assault.
At that point, Crosby attempted to assist Schafer, but was hit in the face and &#8220;slammed&#8221; against the glass of the building, knocking him to the ground and toppling a ceramic planter in the process. The suspect then proceeded to kick Crosby in the head.
Roswell said a nurse from a nearby pro-life pregnancy center rushed over to aid the men after a client &#8220;screamed&#8221; upon witnessing the attack.
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Baltimore City Police said investigators obtained video footage of the incident showing the suspect as a white male with brown hair and a full beard, wearing a gray T-shirt, blue jeans, and brown shoes, The Daily Signal <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/05/30/pro-life-man-73-viciously-assaulted-outside-planned-parenthood-clinic-right-life-group-says/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Authorities said the suspect could be seen passing Crosby and Schafer before turning around and &#8220;having a visibly aggressive conversation&#8221; with the 80-year-old victim, CBS <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/anti-abortion-rights-demonstrators-assaulted-outside-baltimore-planned-parenthood-police-say/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
A witness told police the attack began with a debate over abortion rights, saying the suspect &#8220;did not yell or use obscenities, but that the suspect did talk in a loud manner to get his points across.&#8221;
Dr. Jay Walton, president of Baltimore County Right to Life, created a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-donate-to-help-prolifer-mark-crosby" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GoFundMe</a> page asking for prayer for Crosby and support to help pay for medical expenses.
&#8220;For years, Mark has prayed in front of the Planned Parenthood in Baltimore City to let the scared, young abortion-minded women know that they are loved, that their baby is loved,&#8221; Walton said on the website.
Walton called on Democratic Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Democratic Maryland Governor Wes Moore to denounce the attack and treat it as a hate crime in a statement reported by The Daily Signal.
&#8220;Their silence on this attack will continue to put pro-lifers in danger throughout the state of Maryland,&#8221; Walton said.
Since the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked in early May 2022 and the subsequent proliferation of state abortion bans, pregnancy resource centers and pro-life groups have been attacked and vandalized.
Arielle Del Turco, director for the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/acquitted-pro-life-activist-mark-houck-tells-congress-fbi-raided-his-home-to-instill-fear-in-pro-life-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Congress earlier this month that 420 incidents occurred in 45 states and Washington, D.C., between January 2018 and September 2022, including 342 occurrences of vandalism, 58 arson attacks or attempts, 12 gun-related incidents, 11 bomb threats, and 19 other incidences involving assault, threats, and interruption of worship services.
In April, the center reported an additional 54 incidents in the final months of 2022, and 69 in the first quarter of 2023.

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An Indiana doctor who performed an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a> on a 10-year-old girl and then shared details about the procedure with the media has been reprimanded by the state medical board.
The Indiana State Medical Licensing Board <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/indiana-doctor-reprimanded-performing-10-year-olds-abortion-telling-reporter-egregious-violation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> Thursday to reprimand Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis doctor, and fine her $3,000, saying she violated privacy laws and medical ethics standards, Fox News reported.
Bernard was also accused by Indiana&#8217;s Republican attorney general, Todd Rokita, of violating state law by not reporting the 10-year-old&#8217;s pregnancy as evidence of child sexual abuse, but the medical licensing board rejected that accusation.
The attorney general called Bernard an &#8220;abortion activist acting as a doctor&#8221; and also wanted the board to suspend Bernard&#8217;s license, but they refused to do so, according to Fox News.
Deputy Attorney General Cory Voight spoke to the board and argued Bernard committed an &#8220;egregious violation&#8221; of patient privacy by <a href="https://www.indystar.com/story/news/health/2022/07/01/indiana-abortion-law-roe-v-wade-overturned-travel/7779936001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sharing</a> details about the child&#8217;s situation with the media. Also, Bernard&#8217;s failure to report the child abuse immediately to police or Indiana&#8217;s child protective agency resulted in &#8220;a child returning to live with her rapist for five days in Ohio,&#8221; Voight said.
&#8220;Everyone – the country – learned about her patient. Learned a 10-year-old little girl was raped and had an abortion,” Voight <a href="https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2023/05/26/indiana-abortion-doctor-violated-privacy-law-medical-board-rules/70259794007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, adding that &#8220;no physician has been as brazen in pursuit of their own agenda.&#8221;
Bernard accused the deputy attorney general of pulling a &#8220;political stunt&#8221; with the situation.
Bernard insisted she had followed Indiana&#8217;s reporting requirements, notifying an Indiana University Health social worker and confirming the child abuse was already being investigated in Ohio, where the girl lived.
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The 10-year-old traveled to Indiana from Ohio for the abortion <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/25/caitlin-bernard-indiana-abortion-rape-victim/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">less than a week</a> after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in June last year. The court&#8217;s decision triggered a six-week abortion ban to take effect in Ohio, and the girl was reportedly six weeks and three days pregnant.
The girl&#8217;s family initially <a href="https://www.indystar.com/story/news/health/2022/07/01/indiana-abortion-law-roe-v-wade-overturned-travel/7779936001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took her</a> to an Ohio doctor, who called Bernard and asked if Bernard could help by performing the girl&#8217;s abortion in Indiana instead.
Bernard&#8217;s legal team argued that she did not give identifying information about the girl to the Indianapolis Star reporter who wrote the initial story about the 10-year-old&#8217;s abortion. She and her legal team emphasized that Bernard did not expect the story to go viral in the way it did.
Asked why she had shared details of the girl&#8217;s situation with the reporter, Bernard said, &#8220;I think that it’s incredibly important for people to understand the real-world impacts of the laws of this country about abortion.&#8221;
&#8220;I think it’s important for people to know what patients will have to go through because of legislation that is being passed, and a hypothetical does not make that impact,&#8221; Bernard said.
The president of the medical licensing board, Dr. John Strobel, called Bernard “a good doctor” during the 14-hour board hearing. He said he is &#8220;certain that Dr. Bernard has learned a lot about privacy.&#8221;
Besides being an OB/GYN, Bernard is an assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

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A Michigan man who shot an 84-year-old woman campaigning against abortion was sentenced to 100 hours of community service on Tuesday, <a href="https://www.9and10news.com/2023/05/24/michigan-man-gets-community-service-for-shooting-anti-abortion-campaigner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press.
Richard Harvey, 75, shot Joan Jacobson, 84, on September 20 when she came to his door in Odessa Township, about 130 miles northwest of Detroit.
Jacobson spoke with Harvey’s wife, Sharon Harvey, at the door and argued with her, urging her to vote against a proposed constitutional amendment that would enshrine legal abortion in Michigan&#8217;s constitution, Sharon told investigators.
“This lady comes up to me, knocks on my door, and says she’s from some coalition to save women and babies,” Sharon Harvey said. “She needed me to vote no on Proposal 3.”
“I told her I can’t do that and she says, ‘Well, you have to.’ I says, ‘No, I don’t. It’s not going to happen,&#8217;” she said. “I told her I had a four-and-a-half month tubal pregnancy, and she says, ‘Well, you survived, didn’t you?&#8217;”
The constitutional amendment <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/09/michigan-abortion-amendment-results-2022-00064778" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> in November.
Jacobson was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/01/michigan-man-charged-with-shooting-elderly-woman-in-abortion-altercation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">going</a> door-to-door volunteering with Right to Life, a national anti-abortion organization. Harvey&#8217;s wife, who is <a href="https://www.woodtv.com/news/ionia-county/man-who-shot-pro-life-volunteer-it-was-an-accident/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pro-abortion</a>, said she asked Jacobson to leave multiple times, and eventually Jacobson stepped off their front porch.
Harvey said he heard a &#8220;bunch of screaming&#8221; and came out of the barn with a .22-caliber rifle and first fired a warning shot.
Harvey said he then accidentally shot Jacobson.
“She is still ranting and raving and she’s got this clipboard. She’s waving it around. I’m thinking she’s going to smack Sharon with it. So without thinking, I went to club it away with the rifle and my finger was still in the trigger guard. It went off and hit her about in here,” Harvey <a href="https://www.woodtv.com/news/ionia-county/man-who-shot-pro-life-volunteer-it-was-an-accident/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> local News 8, pointing to his right shoulder.
“I shot somebody. It was an accident,” he said.
Jacobson said she believes Harvey shot her intentionally.
Right to Life said Jacobson was peaceful and was walking away when she was shot in the back. Harvey disputes that&#8217;s how the shooting unfolded. Jacobson suffered a shoulder wound and drove herself to a nearby police station. She was treated at a hospital and recovered.
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Harvey also received a suspended jail sentence of two months, meaning he will likely not serve time if he does not break the law. He also received a delayed sentence of one year on probation, and he must pay $347.19 in restitution. He is also barred from any contact with Jacobson.
Last month, Harvey pled no contest to felonious assault, careless discharge of a firearm causing injury, and reckless discharge of a firearm.
Without Michigan&#8217;s new constitutional amendment enshrining legal abortion, a 1931 law banning abortion with no exemptions for rape or incest could have taken effect. Planned Parenthood and Michigan&#8217;s Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer challenged the 1931 law last year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 landmark case that legalized abortion nationwide.

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A professor at an art college in New York City was caught on video cursing at pro-life students and shoving their educational materials off of a display table.
Shellyne Rodriguez, 46, an adjunct assistant professor at Hunter College who also teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, confronted pro-life students in early May as they stood behind their display.
“You&#8217;re not educating s***,” Rodriguez taunted. “This is f***ing propaganda. What are you going to do, like, anti-trans next? Is that what you’re gonna do next?”
“We are talking about abortion,” a male pro-life student responded quietly.
“This is bulls***. This is violent. You&#8217;re triggering my students,” Rodriguez claimed.
“I’m sorry about that,” the student replied.
“No, you’re not,” Rodriguez, who has <a href="https://asapjournal.com/two-readings-on-mistaken-identity-shellyne-rodriguez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called herself</a> a “Black Marxist,”  declared. “Because you can&#8217;t even have a f***ing baby. So you don’t even know what that is. You don’t even know what this is.”
“Get this s*** the f*** out of here,” she snapped, then shoved the materials off of the table, before adding, “F*** this s***” as she walked off.
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PROFESSOR GONE WILD: Pro-abortion professor Shellyne Rodriquez curses at pro-life students and vandalizes table at Hunter College. <a href="https://t.co/QNspuXB4KK">pic.twitter.com/QNspuXB4KK</a>
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“When you believe everyone agrees with you, you can become quite entitled to your rage,” one social media user <a href="https://twitter.com/AAC0519/status/1660958057772228610" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a>.
“Proud Hunter College alum,” another user <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilCaraher/status/1660248607511986178" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>. “Hunter and CUNY system are a haven for working class kids to pursue higher education and broaden their understanding of the world. The students at the table were displaying information with permission from university. The prof was way out of line.”
The PSC Graduate Center, comprised of graduate and professional schools at the City University of New York, defended Rodriguez, <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciHukZyNW59wDQAgtB25DS-cTv3rHUzSqkLWvN9okVGM0Szw/viewform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming:</a>
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&#8230; the anti-abortion group Students for Life set up a table and prominent banners to propagate dangerously false propaganda, after receiving permission by the Office of Student Affairs (OSA). &#8230; Hunter College adjunct educator Shellyne Rodriguez approached the display, constructively critiqued the group members, and eventually physically took down items from the table. Her actions to shut down the tabling were fully justified, and are part of a long and celebrated CUNY legacy of confronting groups such as military recruiters who disseminate misleading information. 
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“Students for Life and other far-right groups are not welcome on our campuses. Anti-abortion propaganda actually endangers people’s lives, and incites other far-right views and actions to emerge,” the PSC Graduate Center added.
A spokesperson for Hunter College <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/professor-hurls-students-pro-life-display-after-profanity-laced-tirade-triggering-my-students" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> that the college is “taking this matter very seriously,” adding, “The provost has opened an investigation into the professor’s actions.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/north-carolina" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Carolina</a> Republicans voted to override Democratic Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/roy-cooper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roy Cooper</a>’s veto of a 12-week abortion ban, using their supermajority to put the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pro-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pro-life measure</a> into law. 
The law, called the “Care for Women, Children, and Families Act,” bans abortions after 12 weeks, with exceptions for rape or incest until 20 weeks and fetal abnormalities until 24 weeks. 
“Today the North Carolina House of Representatives has affirmed the value of human life, and I am proud that the ‘Care for Women, Children, and Families Act’ is now law,” North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore <a href="http://speakermoore.com/house-overrides-governors-veto-care-women-children-families-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
“I am proud that the House has overridden the Governor’s veto of this meaningful, mainstream legislation. Senate Bill 20 will save lives and provide needed support for women and families while putting North Carolina’s abortion law in line with the most of rest of the free world,” Moore added. 
The override required all Republicans in the state House, including a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pushed-me-out-north-carolina-democrat-defects-hands-gop-veto-proof-control-of-legislature" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently defected Democrat</a>, to vote together. Cooper had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/north-carolina-heads-toward-veto-showdown-over-abortion-limits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hoped to flip Republicans</a> on the edge on the issue, arguing that it would lead “to harm for pregnant women and their families,” but was unable to do so. 
Despite the pressure, the caucus <a href="https://abc11.com/nc-abortion-north-carolina-ban-bill/13254312/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> together 72-48 to implement the abortion ban. 
Republicans in the state Senate had previously voted to override Cooper’s veto, setting up a photo finish in the House. The House gallery was flooded with pro-abortion supporters who screamed “shame” at the Republicans after the vote. 
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These are the moments right after the house passed the override of <a href="https://twitter.com/NC_Governor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NC_Governor</a> veto on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SB20?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SB20</a>. Bill will now become law <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/abc11?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#abc11</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ncpol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ncpol</a> <a href="https://t.co/WE89dP6d8K">pic.twitter.com/WE89dP6d8K</a>
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“Today marks the beginning of North Carolina’s first real step towards becoming a pro-life state,” said Tami Fitzgerald, of the North Carolina Values Association. &#8220;Pro-life North Carolinians have waited over 50 years to roll back the gestational age for sanctioned killing of pre-born children. With this veto override, legislators have rejected Governor Cooper&#8217;s extreme, unreasonable position of abortion without restriction up to birth.&#8221;
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The bill also provides millions of dollars in assistance to pregnant women, including $75 million for childcare and another $59 million for foster-related care. 
“This bill provides resources for the pregnant woman. It provides broad resources and a significant knowledge base to enable her, to equip her in finding a path forward — a path forward for her, and a path forward for her unborn child,” <a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-veto-override-north-carolina-4282913637b499490494dd3e3cce3478" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Rep. Kristin Baker. 
The bill was widely condemned by North Carolina Democrats, including Attorney General Josh Stein, who is running for governor.

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Acquitted Catholic pro-life activist Mark Houck, in front of House Judiciary members on Tuesday, revisited the moment when federal and state law enforcement authorities raided his home with guns last year on accusations he blocked others from entering an abortion clinic.
&#8220;My home was raided by ten unmarked units, state troopers, federal law enforcement personnel,&#8221; Houck told the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government during a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-PrwnZaz24" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hearing</a>. &#8220;I had five federal agents on my doorstep at 6:30 in the morning, with long guns pointed at me and my seven children.&#8221;
Houck, who leads a nonprofit group that counsels women outside of abortion clinics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, testified in front of the subcommittee members during a hearing to revisit the implications of the FACE Act — a federal law prohibiting people from blocking others from entering an abortion clinic — and examine recent attacks on pregnancy centers, pro-life facilities, and the Biden Administration&#8217;s use of the federal statute.
Houck was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-houck-catholic-pro-life-activist-facing-11-years-in-prison-acquitted-at-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acquitted</a> in January after federal authorities threatened him with 11 years in prison for allegedly violating the FACE Act, a federal crime making it illegal to injure, intimidate, or interfere with anyone due to their status as a reproductive health care provider. Months before a jury acquitted the pro-life activist, FBI agents in 15 vehicles raided his residence, quickly surrounded the house, and began pounding on the door, demanding they open up.
He told subcommittee members that he believes the FBI raided his home to &#8220;humiliate me, to scare my children, and to instill fear in pro-life America.&#8221;
&#8220;My children were downrange of many guns, and they screamed through the whole process,&#8221; Houck said. &#8220;The committee should know that they were traumatized.&#8221;
Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) echoed Houck&#8217;s remarks, saying he believes federal law enforcement authorities targeted him for his pro-life position and threatened to limit funding for the FBI.
&#8220;So if you&#8217;re pro-family, pro-life, and you want a border, you&#8217;re a target — and your family fit all of them,&#8221; Jordan told Houck. &#8220;You&#8217;re a pro-life, pro-family Catholic, for goodness&#8217; sake — they&#8217;re going to come after you. You&#8217;ve got seven kids. You&#8217;re not allowed to have seven kids today, you know, we&#8217;re trying to save the planet. You can&#8217;t do that in America today.&#8221;
&#8220;You were the example,&#8221; Jordan added. &#8220;That is how pervasive this political attitude is at the highest levels of our agencies.&#8221;
A spokesperson with the Philadelphia office of the FBI previously <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">said</a> SWAT was not involved with the arrest of Houck.
&#8220;There are inaccurate claims being made regarding the arrest of Mark Houck, a spokesperson told Fox News. &#8220;No SWAT Team or SWAT operators were involved. FBI agents knocked on Mr. Houck&#8217;s front door, identified themselves as FBI agents, and asked him to exit the residence. He did so and was taken into custody without incident pursuant to an indictment.&#8221;
Notably, a senior FBI source told Fox News that 15-20 agents at the scene might have come to the family&#8217;s door with guns out. However, the source claimed authorities never pointed the guns at Houck or his family.
Chairman Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he believes that the Biden administration has displayed &#8220;a clear double standard&#8221; of enforcing the FACE Act in a way that protects pro-abortion activists and facilities while substantially ignoring attacks on pro-life advocates, facilities, and churches.
&#8220;It is a disgrace the Justice Department would rather cater to the pro-abortion political movement than protect places that assist pregnant women in need,&#8221; Johnson said.
Talcott Camp, the chief legal and strategy officer of the National Abortion Federation, <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/camp-testimony.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the subcommittee, the number of death threats or threats of harm rose from 182 to 218; stalkings rose 229% from 28 to 92; burglaries rose 231%; and four clinics suffered arsons since draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked in early May 2022 and the subsequent proliferation of state abortion bans.
Since the historic ruling first made headlines last summer, CatholicVote <a href="https://catholicvote.org/pregnancy-center-attack-tracker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at least 87 pregnancy resource centers and pro-life groups have been attacked and vandalized.
Arielle Del Turco, director for the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/del_turco_testimony.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Congress</a> that 420 incidents occurred in 45 states and Washington, D.C. between January 2018 and September 2022, including 342 occurrences of vandalism, 58 arson attacks or attempts, 12 gun-related incidents, 11 bomb threats, and 19 other incidences involving assault, threats, interruption of worship services.
In April, the center reported an additional 54 incidents in the final months of 2022 and 69 in the first quarter of 2023.

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Acquitted Pro-Life Activist Mark Houck Tells Congress FBI Raided His Home 'To Instill Fear In Pro-Life America'

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Nebraska Democrats <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cried and shrieked</a> with joy after a bill that would have protected babies in the womb once a heartbeat is detected failed to secure the necessary number of votes needed to advance in the state legislature.
&#8220;ABORTION IS LEGAL IN NEBRASKA,&#8221; State Senator Megan Hunt tweeted Thursday.
&#8220;Speechless,&#8221; she added, showing a video of euphoric women. &#8220;Thank you. Abortion is legal in Nebraska.&#8221;
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Speechless. Thank you. Abortion is legal in Nebraska. <a href="https://t.co/56UgThZoo5">pic.twitter.com/56UgThZoo5</a>
&mdash; Senator Megan Hunt (@NebraskaMegan) <a href="https://twitter.com/NebraskaMegan/status/1651698401631666184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The video went viral, in part because it helped highlight how fanatic the Democratic Party has become on this issue.
&#8220;I used to be very moderate on Abortion,&#8221; OldRowSwig, a popular conservative on Twitter, said. &#8220;But seeing people cheer on killing their own kids like their football team won the Super Bowl instead of it being a somber, serious issue that those in desperate circumstances could turn to disgusts me. These people are psychotic.&#8221;
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I used to be very moderate on Abortion. 
But seeing people cheer on killing their own kids like their football team won the Super Bowl instead of it being a somber, serious issue that those in desperate circumstances could turn to disgusts me. 
These people are psychotic. <a href="https://t.co/A9D2x35Flp">https://t.co/A9D2x35Flp</a>
&mdash; Swig 🇺🇸 (@OldRowSwig) <a href="https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/1652397832069091330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Celebrating abortion is glorification of violence,&#8221; Babylon Bee founder Seth Dillon tweeted. &#8220;Change my mind.&#8221;
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Celebrating abortion is glorification of violence. Change my mind. <a href="https://t.co/eepQQGpZCF">https://t.co/eepQQGpZCF</a>
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&#8220;I don’t care what your position on abortion is, cheering for abortion is repugnant. And all I see are white women cheering for the death of black babies,&#8221; another tweeted. &#8220;Gross.&#8221;
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I don’t care what your position on abortion is, cheering for abortion is repugnant. And all I see are white women cheering for the death of black babies. Gross. <a href="https://t.co/D8lWz9LUhQ">https://t.co/D8lWz9LUhQ</a>
&mdash; Gabrielle Clark (@GabsClark5) <a href="https://twitter.com/GabsClark5/status/1652347302646804483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Currently, abortion <a href="https://www.abortionfinder.org/abortion-guides-by-state/abortion-in-nebraska" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remains</a> legal in Nebraska up until 22 weeks.
Nebraska&#8217;s &#8220;Heartbeat Bill&#8221; failed thanks to one Republican. Republican Senator Merv Riepe abstained from voting, which blocked the bill from advancing. Republicans needed 33 out of 49 senators to vote to end debate in order to bring it to a floor vote, Catholic News Agency <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254200/republicans-help-defeat-abortion-bans-in-sc-and-nebraska" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. They received only 32 votes, thus likely ending the bill&#8217;s chances this legislative session.
In reaction, GOP Governor Jim Pillen was furious.
“I am a staunch defender of life and supporter of the Nebraska Heartbeat Act,” Pillen <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254200/republicans-help-defeat-abortion-bans-in-sc-and-nebraska" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> after the vote. “I am profoundly disappointed in the cloture vote today. It is unacceptable for senators to be present not voting on such a momentous vote. I call on Sen. Merv Riepe to make a motion to reconsider and stand by the commitments to life he has made in the past.”
Until that happens, the video of the Nebraska banshees weeping tears of happiness because women can kill their children until 22 weeks should serve as a reminder of just how insane the Left has gone.
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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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/planned-parenthood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Planned Parenthood</a> aborted almost 375,000 unborn children last year, setting another record for the organization as elective abortions remain the leading cause of death for children in the United States.
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s historic overturning of Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in the summer of 2022, which fundamentally changed the abortion landscape across the nation, at least 14 states have outlawed abortions with few to no exceptions.
In the new annual <a href="https://cdn.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/25/ed/25ed2675-fbbc-453b-8b35-f8ddaa025b57/281222-ppfa-annualreport-c3-digital.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> released this week, the organization documented 374,155 abortions performed last year amid receiving $670.4 million in government grants and reimbursements — an increase of about 5.8% from the previous year. According to a Life News analysis, Planned Parenthood performed 1,025 abortions daily or terminated a baby every 84 seconds.
Dr. Michael New, a self-described conservative Catholic professor and researcher, reported in the <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/planned-parenthood-more-taxpayer-funding-fewer-health-service/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Review</a> that Planned Parenthood recorded the second-most abortions performed by the organization in its history, representing approximately 40 percent of abortions last year in the U.S.
“This is unsurprising,” New said.
According to the Guttmacher Institute’s estimate, just under 1 million unborn children lost their chance at life in the United States last year, with fewer than half of the abortions performed by Planned Parenthood.
New’s reaction to the staggering number seemed predictable to him and other pro-life advocates considering President Joe Biden repealed the Trump administration’s Protect Life Rule, which allowed Planned Parenthood to become eligible for more government funding through Title X grants.
Abortion <a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2022/09/07/data-shows-96-of-abortions-are-done-for-birth-control/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> analyzed last year from the pro-life medical research group Charlotte Lozier Institute shows a breakdown of the various reasons women seek abortions, which range from rape and incest to the risk to the mother’s life or health or a fetal abnormality.
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With such reasons only making up less than 5% of the abortions performed, the data concluded 95.7% of procedures were marked as “elective or unspecified reasons.”
Lila Rose, founder and president of pro-life organization Live Action, called the organization’s latest annual report “horrific.”
“Shut. Them. Down,” she said.
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Planned Parenthood just released their annual report 
They are killing an unprecedented number of babies, and have cornered a full 40% of the US abortion market 
They kill 1,025 boys and girls every day 
Horrific. 
Shut. Them. Down.
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The abortion giant’s report also noted the organization offered fewer services to women — prenatal services dropped by 29%, miscarriage care fell 5%, adoption referrals fell by 7%, and pregnancy tests fell by 3.7%.
Planned Parenthood’s latest numbers broke previous statistics reported by Life News, which said the organization aborted 354,871 unborn children in 2019.

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Students at the University of Arizona were caught on camera Wednesday throwing eggs at pro-life activists and their graphic display, which featured images of aborted babies.
Video shows a large group of students chucking eggs at a display set up by an anti-abortion group called the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform.
The students also threw jello at the group&#8217;s display, Abra Singleton, the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform&#8217;s southwest regional director, told The Daily Wire.
Three of the activists were hit by eggs, including Singleton’s 72-year-old father, who was hit in the head with an egg, Singleton said.
Those three activists have filed charges, she said.
The graphic display featured photos of aborted preborn babies side-by-side with victims of historical human rights abuses like the Holocaust and Rwandan genocide.
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No other student organization would partner with the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform <a href="https://twitter.com/abortionNO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@abortionNO</a> at ASU and UofA, but promoting life is essential and a value we believe in. Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/uofa_gop?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@uofa_gop</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ASU_CRU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ASU_CRU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RU_Arizona?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RU_Arizona</a> for hosting them on campus. <a href="https://t.co/TrsMIiiWZp">pic.twitter.com/TrsMIiiWZp</a>
&mdash; 𝕮ollege 𝕽epublicans 𝖀nited (@National_CRU) <a href="https://twitter.com/National_CRU/status/1646236970304290816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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YESTERDAY: Abortion protesters egg a graphic display depicting aborted babies at the University of Arizona
Video provided by Center for Bio-Ethical Reform <a href="https://t.co/cIp2LuHnNC">pic.twitter.com/cIp2LuHnNC</a>
&mdash; Mairead Elordi (@JohnsonHildy) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnsonHildy/status/1646996098123288581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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More damage from the abortion protesters <a href="https://t.co/iaVJDXRhbt">pic.twitter.com/iaVJDXRhbt</a>
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Students <a href="https://www.kold.com/2023/04/14/graphic-hundreds-protest-pro-life-display-university-arizona-campus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> local outlet 13 News that they were disturbed by the images.
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“Using that kind of graphic imagery and confronting people with that in a way that they physically cannot avoid because it’s lining a corridor that leads to several classrooms,” one student told the outlet. “Children can see that, people who have been exposed to those tragedies can see that without consent and that’s not okay.”
Students were reportedly so disturbed by the images that they set up emergency counseling at the Women and Gender Resource Center.
A student who works at the resource center told the outlet that &#8220;over 30 people&#8221; came into the center in one day because they were &#8220;triggered by the display and were in crisis.&#8221;
&#8220;The reason we use images is that past reformers have used images,&#8221; Singleton told The Daily Wire. She cited William Wilberforce, a British politician who worked to abolish the slave trade, and Lewis Hine, a photographer who worked to end child labor.
&#8220;We don&#8217;t believe that the victims of abortion benefit by being hidden,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We want to open the casket on the ugly truth of what goes on thousands of times a day.&#8221;
The reason they compare aborted babies to victims of other injustices is that &#8220;preborn human beings are just that, human beings,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;When you strip personhood away from certain groups of people, then you can justify killing them,&#8221; Singleton said.
The anti-abortion group was <a href="https://twitter.com/National_CRU/status/1646236970304290816" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hosted</a> on campus by University of Arizona&#8217;s College Republicans club.
&#8220;Here at the UofA College Republicans United, we’re dedicated to upholding free speech on campus, trying to start important conversations. Evidently, this wasn’t taken so well by the far left on campus,&#8221; Ricky Guthridge, a student on the board for the College Republicans Club told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;They threw eggs, screamed at us, tried to cover our displays with blankets, and attempted to get our club kicked off campus. We carry the torch of liberty and fought back against their unconstitutional and undemocratic power grab,&#8221; Guthridge said.
On Thursday, the activists returned to campus with a police presence, per their request, Singleton said. At least two uniformed officers remained with the group all day on Thursday, she said. The police independently decided to erect their own barricade around the display, which was farther away than the group&#8217;s initial barricade and did a better job of preventing the students from damaging the display, she said.
The approach, while upsetting to some, works, she added.
&#8220;We have changed many minds doing this,&#8221; Singleton said. &#8220;Sometimes people change their mind right on the spot. Sometimes they come back to us years later when we have another display and they let us know that they were angry with us originally, but they later changed their minds because they kept thinking about the pictures.&#8221;
&#8220;Women have chosen life after seeing our images, so we know it works,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We understand that it&#8217;s upsetting, but children are dying, and our main focus is to make abortion unthinkable.&#8221;

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The Biden Justice Department will recommend zero jail time as part of a plea agreement for a trans-identifying male who allegedly vandalized a Catholic church and assaulted a church worker.
Maeve Nota, 31, a biological man who identifies as a woman, admitted to spraying-painting profane graffiti on the walls of St. Louise Catholic Church in Bellevue, Washington, state last June, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-doj-recommends-no-jail-time-for-trans-vandal-of-catholic-church-f-catholics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Nota also admitted to assaulting a church worker, destroying a statue of Mary, and resisting arrest. As part of the plea deal, Nota will receive three years of probation at the June 2 sentencing, the outlet noted.
The Justice Department had charged Nota with destruction of religious property, a misdemeanor punishable by one year in prison and $100,000 in fines.
Nota was allegedly <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10970171/Man-31-smashes-door-Catholic-church-sprays-graffiti-walls-Roe-v-Wade.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recorded</a> by security cameras smashing a door with a rock and throwing broken glass into the building. A woman who was praying inside attempted to talk to the suspect, but she eventually became fearful and locked herself inside the building.
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CHURCH RAMPAGE UPDATE: Prosecutor&#39;s officially charged 31 year old Maeve Jacqueline Nota with a hate crime and assault in 4th degree, after she allegedly trashed St. Louise Catholic Church in Bellevue. Prosecutors asked for $25K bail. Nota will be back in court later this month. <a href="https://t.co/yVGtAxO4bF">pic.twitter.com/yVGtAxO4bF</a>
&mdash; Jonathan Choe Journalist (Seattle) (@choeshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/choeshow/status/1543031709507039232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;F*** Catholics,&#8221; &#8220;religion of hate,&#8221; &#8220;go to your fake hell,&#8221; &#8220;groomers,&#8221; &#8220;rapists,&#8221; &#8220;woman haters,&#8221; and &#8220;liars&#8221; were some of the messages graffitied on the church, according to pictures posted on social media.
Nota also spray-painted a church employee&#8217;s face, according to authorities. Police said that when they arrived Nota appeared intoxicated and smashed a backpack full of spray paint cans into the police car before the arrest.
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Investigators said Nota was angry that the Supreme had overturned the landmark abortion ruling in Roe v. Wade, which occurred less than a week before the incident.
Critics argued that Nota was receiving lenient treatment compared to pro-life Christians who have been prosecuted for altercations outside of abortion clinics.
Mark Houck, a Catholic pro-life activist and father of seven, was arrested by heavily armed FBI agents in September on charges of assaulting an abortion clinic escort who Houck said got in his 12-year-old son&#8217;s personal space and yelled at the child.
Houck was charged with violating the FACE Act, which prohibits “violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain, or provide reproductive health services.”
Houck faced 11 years in prison after the DOJ went after him, but a jury <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-houck-catholic-pro-life-activist-facing-11-years-in-prison-acquitted-at-trial">acquitted</a> him in January. Houck was offered a plea deal as well, but he chose to plead not guilty. Houck <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253523/acquitted-pro-life-activist-mark-houck-reveals-details-of-fbi-raid-will-press-charges">said</a> he would have received a &#8220;slap on the wrist&#8221; if he had pleaded guilty.
&#8220;It is very clear that the Biden Justice Department has politicized and weaponized the FACE Act to go after pro-life Christians praying outside of abortion clinics like Mark Houck while turning a blind eye to violent felons terrorizing and badly damaging Catholic churches like Maeve Nota,&#8221; Mike Davis, founder of the Article III Project, told Fox News.
&#8220;The Biden Justice Department tried to put Houck in prison for 11 years for defending his son while recommending no jail time for Nota after this deranged trans terrorist badly damaged a Catholic church, fought with the police, assaulted a church employee, and scared the hell out of a little old lady praying,&#8221; Davis said.

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Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) suggested House Republicans could reach a point where they vote to defund Food and Drug Administration programs after President Joe Biden threatened to fight a federal <a href="https://adfmedialegalfiles.blob.core.windows.net/files/AHM-MPI-Decision.pdf">ruling</a> to suspend the agency&#8217;s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk moved to suspend the FDA&#8217;s approval of mifepristone, which is used to end the life of an unborn child in about half of all abortions since authorities permitted using the drug more than two decades ago. Kacsmaryk argued that the FDA stonewalled judicial review and ignored petitions, rushing its approval of putting the potentially dangerous drug on the market.
Biden has promised to fight the Texas ruling, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-in-texas-suspends-fda-approval-of-abortion-pill-used-in-up-to-half-of-abortions">claiming</a> the move results is &#8220;another unprecedented step in taking away basic freedoms from women and putting their health at risk.&#8221;
Rep. Gonzales, however, told CNN &#8220;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/04/09/sotu-gonzales-full-interview.cnn">State of the Union</a>&#8221; host Dana Bash on Sunday that Democrats encouraging the Biden administration to ignore the decision, including Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), are sending a &#8220;very dangerous&#8221; message.
&#8220;The House Republicans have the power of the purse,&#8221; Gonzales said. &#8220;And if the administration wants to not live up to this ruling, then we&#8217;re going to have a problem … it may come to a point where House Republicans on the appropriation side have to defund FDA programs that don&#8217;t make sense.&#8221;
Judge Kacsmaryk&#8217;s decision sided with the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and other pro-life groups who were represented by lawyers with the Alliance Defending Freedom, which sued the FDA in November, <a href="https://sbaprolife.org/newsroom/press-releases/leading-pro-life-group-responds-to-landmark-abortion-drug-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accusing</a> the agency of &#8220;reckless and inadequate screening&#8221; of the abortion drug regimen utilizing mifepristone and removing restrictions designed to protect the safety of women.
ADF Senior Counsel Erik Baptist argued FDA officials never had the authority to approve these drugs and remove important safeguards.
&#8220;Pregnancy is not an illness, and chemical abortion drugs don&#8217;t provide a therapeutic benefit—they can pose serious and life-threatening complications to the mother, in addition to ending a baby&#8217;s life,&#8221; Baptist said.
According to <a href="https://sbaprolife.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3-16-23-National-Survey-FDA.pdf">polling</a> conducted by the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America group, Americans do not believe the FDA&#8217;s assertions that mail-order abortion drugs are safe – including 75% who agree the agency should have performed studies focused on girls under the age of 18 before approving the abortion pill for minors.
Ingrid Skop, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., is a board-certified OB-GYN who has practiced in Texas for nearly 30 years. She serves as senior fellow and director of medical affairs at Charlotte Lozier Institute and <a href="https://lozierinstitute.org/lozier-institute-statement-on-abortion-pill-lawsuit-filed-by-alliance-defending-freedom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> she performed at least a dozen surgeries on women who experienced complications due to abortion pills, including women needing blood transfusions, treatment for severe infections, and emotional distress after witnessing their child&#8217;s body in the toilet, Skop said in a news release.
SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser said post Dobbs v. Jackson era ruling, the abortion industry has relied on abortion pills as a backstop as more than a dozen states have enacted strong protections for unborn babies and mothers.
&#8220;Women deserve to know about all the life-affirming options that are available to them, including nearly 3,000 pregnancy centers and maternity homes nationwide that offer vital services at no cost, as well as safe, effective abortion pill reversal that has saved thousands of babies after their moms regretted making the terrible mistake of taking mifepristone to cause an abortion. The pro-life movement stands ready as always to serve them with compassion and respect,&#8221; Dannenfelser said.
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