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Corrects Claim that Operation Rescue is a Terrorist Organization Wichita, KS – On August 5, 2024, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) sent a legal demand letter on behalf of Operation Rescue to Christine E. Wormuth, the Secretary of the Army. The letter demanded a clear, direct acknowledgement and written apology for grossly mislabeling Operation Rescue as a domestic terrorist group in its training sessions – not once, not twice, but approximately 150 times over a seven-year period. The letter also demanded express assurance that such baseless labeling will not recur. Whistleblower Photo Goes Viral Operation Rescue’s demand...

Pro-life activist Heather Idoni, who was imprisoned by the Department of Justice under the Biden administration for trying to rescue the unborn at a late-term abortion clinic in Washington D.C., continues to suffer gross mistreatment at the hands of the U.S. Marshals. Idoni and her husband, who are both heavily involved in pro-life work, have five biological children and have adopted 10 boys from Ukraine. Heather has been behind bars since August 2023 and has been convicted and sentenced in two trials — one in Washington, D.C. and another in Nashville, Tennessee — on charges of violating the pro-abortion FACE...

San Francisco, CA – When the Center for Medical Progress released its shocking series of videos in the summer of 2015, showing undercover footage of Planned Parenthood abortionists and executives discussing their lucrative trade in body parts harvested from aborted babies, it caused a tsunami of bad publicity for the nation’s largest supplier of abortions. The sale of tissues and organs of aborted babies for profit is illegal under 42 U.S. Codes 274e and 289g-2. It was not long before a San Francisco, California, Federal Court Judge placed a gag order sealed up much of the evidence gathered during the...

Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Ted Budd (R-NC), along with Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) and their colleagues, sent a letter to Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth demanding answers after an anti-terrorism training conducted at Fort Liberty, North Carolina depicted Pro-Life Americans as terrorists. “We write regarding social media reports that anti-terrorism training conducted at Ft. Liberty, North Carolina depicts Pro-Life Americans as terrorists. Specifically, the slides identify National Right to Life, ‘Choose Life’ license plate holders, and anyone who opposes the Supreme Court’s rightfully overturned decision in Roe v. Wade, which was rightfully overturned by the Supreme Court, as...

Not Only is it an Outright Lie, it Violates the 1878 Federal Law, Posse Comitatus Act On Thursday, Sam Shoemate, described on his X profile as an analyst, watchdog, and “advocate for service members seeking justice,” posted about an anti-terrorism brief held on Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg), a U.S. army installation in North Carolina. He posted a photo of a slide (above) included in the training, listing several pro-life organizations as terrorist groups. Shoemate stated the slide followed another slide about ISIS and prominently featured Operation Rescue’s logo under the title “TERRORIST GROUPS.” The slide contained bullet points, including...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington D.C. – Just months after securing an $18 million judgment against Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue, news broke that Cecile Richards is suffering from terminal brain cancer. Jesus exhorted his followers to “love our enemies” and “pray for those who persecute us.” With that sentiment, Operation Rescue is asking all followers of Jesus to pray for the healing and salvation of Planned Parenthood’s former chief executive. When the groundbreaking Center for Medical Progress (CMP) videos hit the news in 2015, revealing Planned Parenthood’s illegal sale of baby body parts, Cecile Richards was President of Planned...

Outside Bellevue’s lone abortion business, a large white sign prominently displays, “Bellevue Health Clinic,” along with the name “LeRoy H. Carhart, M.D.” However, the babies entering the doors of the building are not being killed by Carhart. He is not there. He died nearly six months ago, on April 28. Just two days after Carhart’s death, his daughter, Janine Weatherby, became the registered agent of the abortion business under the new name, Abortion Clinics Org INC of Nebraska. Though Weatherby is not a medical doctor, chemical abortions are still being administered at the facility at the rate of $800 per...

UPDATE 6/11/2020: Amy Acton has announced her resignation as Director of the Ohio Department of Health as of June 11, 2020. Read OR’s press release on her resignation. A Special Operation Rescue Investigative Report By Cheryl Sullenger Columbus, Ohio – She’s been called heroic. The Savior of Ohio. Inspirational. One four-year old child even dressed up like her for “Superhero Day.” But Operation Rescue has uncovered new information about Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Executive Director Amy Acton that casts doubt not only on her alleged meteoric rise from poverty and abuse, but also on her fitness to serve. Troubling...

Columbus, Ohio – Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton resigned suddenly today, citing inability to cope with the overload of work the job required. Acton will reportedly stay on as Gov. Mike DeWine’s “Chief Health Advisor.” This came a week after Operation Rescue called for her resignation after publishing an exposé that included information on her Ohio medical license application that indicated she had been treated for mental illness and/or addiction issues at some point in the past. That exposé also included audio clips from Operation Rescue’s interview with Donna Arthur, Acton’s estranged mother. Arthur claimed that her daughter...

The Brutal Truth - Classic Pro-life Documentary on Operation Rescue Documents police brutality and the abrogation of constitutional rights against the largest civil disobedience movement in American history. Watch actual footage of pro-life arrests and decide for yourself who is "violent". If pro-lifers' civil rights to non-violent protests are being trampled, how safe are the beliefs of the rest of us? 28 min.

Baton Rouge, LA – Despite a serious Coronavirus outbreak in the New Orleans area, abortion facilities in Louisiana remain open for business. At a time when ordinary citizens are ordered to stay at home, and legitimate businesses are shutting down, Louisiana abortion facilities continue to invite women seeking elective abortions – including those from out-of-state – to pack their businesses. An abortionist named Musa Williams, an intern at the LSU Medical Center, travels from the Coronavirus breakout zone in New Orleans to conduct abortions at the Delta Clinic of Baton Rouge. Recent photos of Williams taken on April 2, 2020,...

FULL TITLE: Ambulance Transports Woman to Hospital from Rhode Island Planned Parenthood as Suspected Tissue Trafficking there Continues Providence, RI – Rhode Island’s sole abortion facility is a high volume Planned Parenthood that has hospitalized two women in the past five months. The most recent medical emergency occurred on November 21, 2019, when Fire Unit 8 and Rescue 5 were dispatched to the Providence Health Center Planned Parenthood. A white woman with a pained facial expression was loaded into the ambulance for transport to a hospital emergency room. Efforts to obtain 911 records in Providence have been rejected citing the...

FULL TITLE: Jury Forces David Daleiden to Pay Planned Parenthood $870,000 for Exposing Its Aborted Baby Part Sales A California jury has decided that pro-life advocate David Daleiden has caused substantial harm to the Planned Parenthood abortion business as a result of his organization’s undercover reporting and exposing of its potentially illegal sales of aborted baby parts nationwide. Planned Parenthood filed the lawsuit accusing them of more than a dozen crimes, including trespassing, breach of confidentiality, wiretapping and conspiracy. The trial is separate from a criminal case against Daleiden and Merritt launched by former California Attorney General Kamala Harris. The...

PRESS RELEASE San Francisco, CA – Moments ago, a jury of ten issued adverse verdicts in a Federal civil suit brought by Planned Parenthood against five pro-life activists who exposed its participation in the illegal trafficking of aborted baby remains. Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue, was found liable for $870,000 in damages for his service as a founding board member of the Center for Medical Progress. Civil counts against him included conspiracy, fraud, and violations of the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Newman maintains that his participation in the undercover journalistic project was completely legal and that he...

San Francisco, CA – Yesterday, closing arguments from the pro-life defendants’ side were made in the Planned Parenthood v. CMP et. al. baby parts RICO case. After seven weeks of trial testimony, the case is now with the jury. Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue, one of the defendants in this case, served as a founding member of the board for the Center for Medical Progress, which produced a series of undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood executives discussing their secret trade in aborted baby remains. Troy Newman and his legal team from the ACLJ at the Federal Court in San...

PRESS RELEASE Washington, DC – As the impeachment charade begins today in the U.S. House of Representatives, Operation Rescue, a national pro-life group, denounces the Democrats’ efforts to impeach President Donald J. Trump less than one year before a presidential election. The following statement is attributable to Troy Newman, President, Operation Rescue. We at Operation Rescue stand behind President Trump one-hundred percent. He has done more to protect innocent life from the brutality of abortion than any other president in American history. He has also done more to improve finances and lives for those communities that are most vulnerable to...

San Francisco, CA – Closing arguments are set to begin today in the Planned Parenthood v. CMP et. al. case in the Federal Courtroom of Judge William Orrick in San Francisco. Defendants in the case include Troy Newman of Operation Rescue, Sandra Merritt, Albin Rhomberg, David Daleiden, and Adrian Lopez, along with two business entities, Center for Medical Progress and Biomax. The case stems from the release of several undercover videos in the summer of 2015 that showed Planned Parenthood executives discussing the sale of aborted baby parts for “valuable consideration” and methods used to ensure that tissues and organs...

San Francisco, CA — Testimony has concluded in the punitive RICO case brought by Planned Parenthood against pro-life activists, including Operation Rescue’s Troy Newman, who exposed Planned Parenthood’s participation in the illegal trafficking of aborted baby tissues and organs. It is a trial that has had its high and low moments. Of note recently was the admission under oath by a representative from Advanced Bioscience Resources (ABR) that is still has a contract with Planned Parenthood to supply them aborted baby body parts. That means the organ trafficking continues — and so do Planned Parenthood’s potential crimes! In another development,...

FULL TITLE: Man Who Threatened to Rape and Murder Operation Rescue Staff and Families Gets 12 Months in Federal Prison Wichita, KS – Christopher M. Thompson, 22, was sentenced today by Federal District Judge John W. Broomes to twelve months plus one day in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to be followed by two years of supervised release in a plea bargain deal that allowed him to plead to one felony count of threatening communications. Three other counts were dismissed upon sentencing. Judge Broomes remanded Thompson into Federal custody immediately after sentencing. Thompson made multiple phone calls...

A Kansas man has admitted to the crime of threatening to rape and murder employees at a national pro-life organization. Christopher M. Thompson, 22, of Wichita, plead guilty on Monday to one count of threatening members of Operation Rescue in 2018. According to a statement by the Department of Justice’s U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas, Thompson admitted to making three phone calls to Operation Rescue in one day that included threats against them. Sentencing for Thompson is scheduled for Oct. 15, according to the Justice Department. Thompson could receive up to 20 years in prison and a...