Mark that down for at least two crisis pregnancy centers now caught up in the rising violence against anything and everything that falls on the “Pro-Life” side of the upcoming Supreme Court ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade later this month.
First, it was a center in Buffalo, New York, set ablaze and tagged with graffiti at the scene indicating involvement by a local pro-abortion group. Local media outlets are shying away from reporting the fact that these are Christian-based pro-life pregnancy centers being attacked, attempting to downplay the anti-religious and political aspects of the story.
Headlines like, “Feds Investigate Suspicious Fire,” or “Suspicious Fire Damages Building” are written to obscure the issue from passive observers. What kind of building? Why does this matter? They’d rather not say.
This time, the flames went ablaze in Oregon at a Christian-based pregnancy resource center called First Image. As the story notes below, the arson wasn’t the first reported incident of recent damage to a pro-life center in the area, but has been the most damage inflicted to date:
Federal investigators are looking into what caused a fire at a Pregnancy Resource Center in Gresham Friday morning.
Authorities with Gresham Fire said the blaze started from inside the Pregnancy Resource Center at about 3:00 a.m.
The center is one of three locations owned and operated by First Image, a Christian-based organization which offers alternatives to abortion.
“We don’t know who’s involved in this. But there’s enough to tell us that it is suspicious in nature,” said Jason McGowan, Gresham Fire Battalion Chief. “And that’s why we need to have multiple agencies looking into it and seeing what exactly happened this morning.”
The recent fire is not the only suspicious event to take place at a local pregnancy resource center.
The incident comes just two days after Vancouver Police say a separate Christian-based pregnancy center was vandalized in their jurisdiction Wednesday night.
The Supreme Court is expected to release the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health sometime in mid to late June, which means the ruling could come at any time.
As with typical precedent, however, the Court will usually wait until the very last hours of their current term to release controversial rulings on any subject whether it’s abortion, same-sex marriage, or anything which may stoke deep passions from either side.
Violence from pro-abortion groups has been growing ever since the leaked draft opinion seemed to indicate the court was ready to rule in a way that would nullify the previous precedent of Roe v. Wade and send the question of abortion regulation back to the states.
Within the current political environment, stoked by heated rhetoric from Democratic politicians, where Supreme Court Justices are being threatened at their homes and targeted for assassination, left-wing violence against pro-life groups and organizations will only intensify in the coming weeks.
That is, of course, unless the Court is successfully intimidated into ruling in a way that will placate the pro-abortion crowd to avert further violence. So far, there’s no indication that the upcoming ruling will be different from the leaked opinion draft, but no confirmation it will follow suit either.
Pro-life pregnancy centers and resource centers should be taking extra precautions including setting up surveillance cameras and ensuring that basic safety protocols are being followed.
Organizations like Live Action have documented the ongoing street violence campaign now calling for open war on pro-life centers and groups around the country. It may get worse before it gets better, especially if the Court rules to strike down Roe v. Wade given that abortion is the holiest of sacraments for the Democratic Party.
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