This week, red paint and graffiti were sprayed on a pregnancy resource facility in Washington, D.C. The attack is the latest in a series of assaults on pro-life organizations and Catholic churches.
A splatter of red paint covers the Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center’s white door in photos from the May 3 vandalism. The words “Jane says revenge” are spray painted in black on the brick outside of the building.
The center’s executive director, Anet Durig, told The Daily Signal that she found out it had been vandalized when a neighbor called to inform her. The incident took place between late Thursday night and early Friday morning, according to the Daily Signal.
“It’s awful that someone feels they have to do this when we aid so many people,” Durig told The Daily Signal.
By the time of publication, Durig had not responded to CNA’s request for comment.
After the May 2 release of a Supreme Court draft opinion in the abortion case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which indicated the justices are poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion statewide in 1973, attacks against pro-life centers and Catholic churches surged.
Graffiti was sprayed on the Next Step Pregnancy Center in Lynnwood, Washington, in the early hours of May 25. “If abortions aren’t safe, you aren’t either.” At least five of its windows were smashed in.
The Archdiocese of Seattle confirmed to CNA that St. Michael Parish in Olympia was vandalized with the words “Abort the church” spray-painted on a wall on May 22. On a post at Puget Sound Anarchists, the Bo Brown Memorial Cell of Jane’s Revenge claimed responsibility for the attack, along with attacks on three non-Catholic churches.
The Alpha Pregnancy Center in Reisterstown, Maryland, northwest of Baltimore, received spray-painted threats on May 14 that included “You aren’t safe if abortions aren’t.” “This isn’t a clinic,” and “You’re pro-choice, not pro-life.” Those texts were signed with the name of the person who sent them “”Jane’s Retaliation.”
Wisconsin Family Action’s Madison headquarters was set on fire on May 8. “Inside the building, a molotov cocktail was hurled that did not ignite. In addition, it appears that a separate fire was sparked as a result of the incident “According to a police report. “If abortions aren’t safe, then neither are you,” claimed graffiti left outside the building.
Molotov cocktails were hurled into Oregon Right to Life’s offices in Keizer on May 8, causing a small fire, according to the organization. No one was injured in the incident, which was promptly put out.
Over the May 7-8 weekend in Denton, Texas, near Dallas, two women’s help facilities, Woman to Woman Resource Center and Loreto House, were vandalized.