The US Department of Justice on Tuesday indicted two suspects accused of vandalising three pro-life pregnancy centres in Florida in June 2022 in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The centres, also known as crisis pregnancy centres, provide free services and resources to pregnant women, including alternatives to abortion.

One centre in Winter Haven, Florida, was spray-painted with several threatening messages including “YOUR TIME IS UP!!,” “WE’RE COMING for U,” “if abortions aren’t safe than niether [sic] are you,” and “We are everywhere.”

Some pro-life activists were grateful for the indictment but expressed frustration about the length of time it took to indict the suspects and the lack of arrests in other attacks on pro-life pregnancy centres throughout the country.

The indictments represent the first suspects known to have been arrested in attacks on pro-life pregnancy centres since a rash of incidents of vandalism began in 2022 including one centre in Wisconsin which was firebombed.

CNA has independently tracked and confirmed nearly 60 attacks nationwide on pro-life pregnancy centres since May 2022.