Posted on 08/02/2019 1:50:26 PM PDT by Morgana
Vandals recently targeted an Illinois pregnancy center that provides help to families in need, spray-painting pro-abortion rhetoric on its mobile ultrasound van and slashing the tires.
The van belongs to The Women’s Centers of Greater Chicagoland, a pro-life organization with three centers in the Skokie area. A spokesperson for the organization told LifeNews that local police are investigating, but they have not identified any suspects yet.
The vandalism was discovered Thursday morning in a church parking lot where the van was parked. According to the organization, two tires were slashed, and the words “fake clinic” were spray-painted across the van.
The Women’s Centers uses the van to provide free ultrasounds, counseling and other support to pregnant mothers who may be considering abortion. They take it to abortion clinics in Chicago to reach women where they are.
“This vandalism proves that our ultrasound unit is effective and big abortion feels threatened. There is nothing fake about the services we provide to women,” the organization said in a statement to LifeNews.com.
A spokesperson said their offices received several suspicious prank calls within the past week, and they believe the vandalism may be linked to them. They said a pro-abortion group called Expose Fake Clinics also has been leaving false client reviews and ratings on their Yelp and Google pages.
The pro-life nonprofit thanked police for investigating, and promised to persevere in their life-saving work.
“We will not stop reaching out to women here in Chicagoland. This is an affirmation that the devil is mad about the good work we are doing here in Chicago,” the organization said, noting plans to open a fourth location this fall.
They plan to repair the van as soon as possible. To donate, visit www.GoTWC.org/donate.
Attacks on pro-life advocates have escalated in recent years. In February, another pro-life pregnancy center was vandalize in Virginia in the midst of a heated political debate about a pro-abortion bill. In May, someone spray-painted pro-abortion graffiti on a Catholic church in Philadelphia. Then earlier this month, another mobile ultrasound van was vandalized in North Carolina.
These are the incidents LifeNews has documented in 2019:
* Washington, D.C. – Man who mocked, threatened to shoot pro-lifers at D.C. Planned Parenthood goes free (Live Action News)
* England – Scottish MP Receives Threats after Voting Against Pro-Abortion Bill (News Letter)
* North Carolina – Pregnancy Center Van Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti
* Wisconsin – Woman Arrested for Allegedly Vandalizing Pro-Life Display, Pushing Pro-Life Advocate (Created Equal)
* Texas – Anarchist Group Threatens to Dox Students who Join Conservative Pro-Life Groups (College Fix)
* Canada – Canadian Movie Theater Cancels “Unplanned” After Abortion Activists Threaten Violence, Catholic Herald Reports 2 Death Threats
* Canada – “Unplanned” Movie Premiers in Theaters Across Canada Despite Censorship and Pro-Abortion Threats
* North Carolina – Abortion Activists Arrested at City Council Meeting about Ordinance Restricting Free Speech (Charlotte Observer)
* Washington state – Video: Person Caught Stealing Crosses from Pro-Life Display (Students for Life)
* Alabama – Pro-Life Sidewalk Counselors: Driver Tried to Hit Us outside Abortion Clinic (Live Action)
* Massachusetts – Abortion Activists Arrested After Throwing Urine on Pro-Life Speaker
* Illinois – Pro-Life College Student Receives Death Threats for Proposing Cuts to Abortion Funding (Fox News)
* Missouri – Abortion Activists Arrested at Protest Demanding Pro-Life Governor Keep Dangerous Abortion Clinic Open (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
* Florida – Video: Student Wrecks Pro-Life Display at University of Central Florida
* Alabama – Abortion Advocates Threatened to Rape Pro-Life Legislator’s Wife After He Voted for Abortion Ban
* Mississippi – Pro-Life Advocate Hit with Cane, Pushed at Pro-Abortion Rally
* Ohio – Abortion Activists Spit on Pro-Life Woman, Threaten Rape (Created Equal)
* Ohio – Abortion Activist: Pro-Life Advocates “Deserve To Be Shot” (Created Equal)
* Washington, D.C. – Student: Abortion Activists Pushed, Threatened Him at National Protest (Breitbart)
* New Jersey – Student Pro-Life Display Vandalized, Signs Stolen (The Signal)
* Pennsylvania – Catholic Church Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Slogan
* Abortion Activists Threaten to Kill, Rape Wife and Daughter of Pro-Life Writer Matt Walsh
* Michigan – Pro-Life Office Vandalized after Lawmakers Pass Bill to Protect Unborn Babies
* North Carolina – Student Arrested for Stealing Sign from Pro-Life Advocates on Campus
* Alabama — Abortion Activist Caught on Camera Assaulting Pro-Life Woman, Punches Her Repeatedly
* California – Video: Student Destroys Pro-Life Display on Campus (Students for Life)
* Washington state – Police Investigating Arson after Pro-Life Display Set on Fire on Campus
* North Carolina – Video: Student Charged after Punching Pro-Lifer Repeatedly in the Face
* Pennsylvania – State Lawmaker Berates Pro-Life Woman, Attempts to Doxx Pro-Life Teenage Girls
* California – FBI Arrests Man for Allegedly “Serious” Death Threats against Pro-Life Speaker Ben Shapiro, Family (TMZ)
* Alabama – Abortion Activist Throws Paint inside Alabama House as Lawmakers Vote to Ban Abortion
* Texas – University of Texas Austin Student Pro-Life Materials Stolen, Thrown in the Gutter (Students for Life)
* More Than 50 Pro-Life Student Displays Vandalized This School Year (Students for Life)
* Texas – Abortion Activists Try to Shut Down Pro-Life Speaker With Smokebomb. They Failed
* Washington state – Conservative Student: Man Vandalized Display, Tried to Hit Her With Car Twice (The College Fix)
* Kentucky – Elderly Pro-Life Woman Attacked Outside Abortion Facility, Thighbone Broken
* Illinois – Thief Steals Pro-Life Students’ Display at Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville (Students for Life)
* Texas – Two Pro-Life Republican Lawmakers Under Police Protection After Threats (Dallas News)
* Missouri – Pro-life Speaker Michael Knowles attacked during speech at University of Missouri-Kansas City (Campus Reform)
* California – Pro-Abortion Students Throw Pro-Life Display Into River, Protest Pro-Life Speech With Coat Hangers
* California – WATCH: Planned Parenthood Supporter Brutally Assaults Elderly Pro-Life Volunteer
* Massachusetts – Massachusetts Citizens for Life Receives Suspicious Package, Building Shut Down
* Michigan – Video: Abortion Activists Steal Crosses from Pro-Life Display at University of Michigan
* Massachusetts – Pro-lifer Punched in Face Outside Abortion Facility
* Connecticut – Pro-Life Students’ Display Vandalized at University of Connecticut
* Missouri – Items Stolen, Vandalized from Church Pro-Life Display (WDAF Kansas City)
* Minnesota – Campus Republican Club Catches Students on Video Tearing Down Pro-Life Fliers (College Fix)
* Australia – Video: Pro-Abortion Students Vandalize Pro-Life Campus Display (LifeChoice Australia)
* England – Police Investigate Violent Attacks on Pro-Life People at Prayer Vigils
* Ohio – Abortion Activists Harass Pro-Life Rape Survivor, Police Called
* Washington state – 3 Pro-Life Billboards Vandalized: “Your Life Drains Earth” (The Blaze)
* California – Abortion Activists Destroy, Steal UCLA Pro-Life Club Signs (Live Action)
* Virginia – Pregnancy Center Vandalized in Politically Motivated Attack
* Washington, D.C. – Abortion Activists Smash Pro-Life Sign, Hit Boy and His Dad With a Stick
* France – Abortion Activists Spraypaint “Blessed Abortion” on Catholic Church (National Catholic Register)
* Texas – Pro-Life Advocate Brutally Assaulted for Telling Man “Jesus Loves You”
Did some searching on this and will post more if I can but the people who owned this were Catholic is why I posted it here.
At it’s core it is about violence.
Everything that flows from it is violent.
Worse than that they say WE are the ones who are violent.
The pro-abortion activists are such lovely people. /s
Still, must pray for them. There is a trapped soul in there somewhere.
Yep. And if we ever let the Left get us at their mercy, It is Katie Bar the Door for us. it will be expecting mercy from those who do not know the meaning of mercy.
Bookmark. I bookmarked the article, Mprgana. I will return later to print it out.
Low lifes need to be aborted alive.
Everybody needs to just chill out.
It’s starting to feel like the late 80’s early 90’s again...only worse.
I was on the other side of this issue back then and remember the tension and fear. The violence and disruption came mostly (yes, mostly) from extremists on the anti abortion side. It accomplished very little except to harden most of the American public against them.
This time it seems to be coming more from the pro abortion side.
I don’t care who’s doing the violence. Both sides need to stop. And they need to stop justifying their behavior.
What was that Movie line, some folks just need killin’?
Correct. Including violence to self (by the woman).
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