Attacks on churches, pro-life pregnancy centres in US

Attacks on Catholic churches and pro-life pregnancy centres have been reported in numerous states across the USA in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade.

West Virginia, Washington, Virginia, Louisiana, Colorado, California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Indiana all recorded separate incidents.

St. Patrick Catholic Church in Philadelphia was defaced with pro-abortion spray paint  on June 25, which said “Abort the church”.

All Saints Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon had its sign defaced with pro-abortion graffiti on the same day.

A photo of the vandalism shows the words “If abortions aren’t safe, neither are you! -XOXO Jane.”

A pro-life Pregnancy Resource Clinic in Yuba City, California was vandalised two days later.

The clinic had one of its windows smashed by what seems to be one perpetrator according to video footage, the clinic’s executive director Kristen Bird told CNA.

Video shows the perpetrator throwing three rocks at the window until it broke.

The Pregnancy Resource Center of Salt Lake City was vandalised on June 24, within hours of the release of the Dobbs decision.

A sign was taped to the front door that read “If abortions aren’t safe neither are you,” and on the backside, “Women are fragile, not like a flower, but more like a bomb.”

Stickers were left on the building, one of which that said “Jesus loves abortion”.