The leaked Supreme Court opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization came out on May 2, 2022. Since the leak occurred, many pro-life organizations have been attacked. On June 13, 2022, John Knox put the number at 41. Yet, the Department of Justice does not take actions against any of the perpetrators.
According to Jarrett Stepman, conservative
leaders noticed the lack of DOJ action and recently sent a letter to Attorney
General Merrick Garland and Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for
civil rights. The leaders requested that the DOJ address the recent wave of
attacks on pregnancy resource centers and churches.
The severity of the situation calls for
your leadership. This continued assault on religious and pro-life groups
because of their beliefs is a manifest injustice that requires prompt,
comprehensive, and public response.
As Stepman reported, the leaders
noted in their letter that the attacks were occurring prior to the leak of the
Dobbs decision, but they “intensified” after the leak. The writers of the
letter called for the DOJ to investigate and to take actions to stop the
violence.
Since May 2020 over 130 incidents have
occurred across 29 states and the District of Columbia at Catholic properties
alone. Incidents include arson, statues beheaded, limbs cut, smashed, and
painted, gravestones defaced with swastikas and anti-Catholic language and
American flags next to them burned, and other destruction and vandalism. A
number of these incidents appeared to express hostility toward the Catholic Church
because of its beliefs on the sanctity of life in the womb.
We call on you to publicly condemn these
unlawful attacks; to commit to vigorous efforts to prevent them, and to
investigate and prosecute them; and to proactively engage with the affected
faith communities to ensure their concerns and security needs are being met.
According to Stepman, the letter was
signed by Brian Burch (president of Catholic Vote), Tony Perkins (president of
the Family Research Council), Jeanne Mancini (president of the March for Life Education
and Defense Fund), Ben Carson (former secretary of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development and chairman of the American Cornerstone Institute),
Kevin Roberts (president of The Heritage Foundation), and Jessica Anderson
(executive director of Heritage Action for America).
Stepman noted that the “escalating
wave of attacks on pregnancy centers and pro-life organizations” have had
little attention from the media. He wrote that The Washington Stand (news site
of Family Research Council) reported “at least 41 separate incidents of violent
attacks against churches, pro-life organizations, and pro-life property across
the country” the Supreme Court draft was leaked on May 2 leak.
The radical pro-abortion group Jane’s
Revenge took credit for recent vandalism and arson and said it would continue
acts of violence.
From here forward, any anti-choice group
who closes their doors, and stops operating will no longer be a target. But
until you do, it’s open season, and we know where your operations are.
Jane’s Revenge is not the only
pro-abortion group committing illegal and/or violent acts. The group known as
Ruth Sent Us has been active in protesting at the homes of several
conservative justices. They recently sent out an open invitation to protest at
the home of Justice Amy Coney Barrett as well as her church and the school that
her children attend.
If you’re in the D.C. metro area, join us.
Our protests at Barrett’s home moved the needle to this coverage. Falls Church
is a People of Praise stronghold. She sends her seven kids to a People of
Praise school that she sat on the Board of Directors for. She attends church
DAILY.
Neither President Joe Biden nor Vice
President Kamala Harris have condemned the protests. Neither was there any condemnation from
them after an alleged attempt to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Speaker
of the House Nancy Pelosi discussed her own pro-abortion views when she was
asked about the violence. The Department of Justice fails to stop the protests
or to investigate the threats against the justices even though it is illegal to protest at a federal judge's or a justice's home. It is like the Democrat
leaders want the violence to continue.
The formal Supreme Court decision
will come out in the next few weeks – either the end of June or the first part
of July. If the Justices are not swayed by the violence, the decision will send
the question of abortion back to the states where it belongs. If the past is a
precursor to the future, we can expect more violence without the DOJ or the Democrat-controlled
cities and states doing anything to stop it. More property will be destroyed,
and people may lose their lives. When will the violence on the Left be treated the
same way as the assault on the Capitol Building? Never, if it is left to the
Democrats!
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