Late last week a Bowling Green, Ohio, pro-life pregnancy center was targeted by a pro abortion zealot in an act of vandalism. The attack on the Bowling Green Pregnancy Center, also known as Her Choice, was caught on a video surveillance camera although, reportedly, the face of the criminal was covered.
Abortion is currently legal in Ohio through 22 weeks of pregnancy.
The name of the vicious pro-abortion group Jane’s Revenge was spray-painted on the building, along with several other messages such as “Liars,” “Fake Clinic,” “Fund Abortion,” and “Abort God.” Dozens of the more than 200 such attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers since a March 2022 leak of the Dobbs v.Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which would eventually overturn Roe v. Wade, have been done in the name of the shadowy “Jane’s Revenge” group.
“Jane’s Revenge” is widely credited with the pro-abortion slogan “If abortion isn’t safe, you aren’t either.” It is the same group that took responsibility for an arson attack at a Madison, Wisconsin, pro-life pregnancy center.
The Her Choice center in Bowling Green has been in operation since 1985. It offers pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, STI testing, nurse visits, birth and parenting classes, and even post-abortion support services.
“This vile attack is part of a nationwide movement to intimidate, threaten, and terrorize pregnancy centers,” said Rochelle Sikora, the clinic’s executive director. “These tactics are not only anti-American, they are based on misconceptions, misinformation, and outright lies.”
Volunteers cleaned off the vile graffiti the day after it occurred.
Despite the nastiness of the opposition, Sikora vows to keep the center open and providing assistance to pregnant women who choose life.
“Our love for women in the community will not wane in the face of these threats. In fact, our resolve to serve is only strengthened,” Sikora said.
Despite the dozens of attacks on pro-life crisis pregnancy centers in the last year, law enforcement hasn’t had much luck in finding many of the perpetrators. Only five arrests have been reported.
One of those arrests was made recently at Boston’s Logan International Airport. Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, of Madison, Wisconsin, was taken into custody after DNA from a half-eaten burrito connected him to the firebombing of Wisconsin Family Action in Madison in May of last year. The accused was in possession of a one-way ticket to Guatemala when he was arrested.
Roychowdhury is in custody and has pleaded “not guilty” to charges of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive.
Unfortunately, groups such as “Jane’s Revenge” are not the only enemies of pro-life crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) in America. Politicians such as Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) claim that CPCs use “deceptive practices” to lure unsuspecting women in and talk them out of having abortions.
“CPCs often lure women seeking legitimate reproductive care — including abortions — into their facilities by advertising themselves as comprehensive reproductive health care providers. But this is flatly untrue,” Warren said on the Senate floor in August.
“Many of these CPCs are not health care providers, and they often operate specifically to deceive pregnant women with the goal of preventing them from having abortions,” Warren added.
Warren even introduced legislation to hinder their ability to do business. The Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation Act would direct the Federal Trade Commission to closely monitor the advertising of such agencies and prohibit claims that the bureaucracy deemed false.
But rather than get even for the terroristic attack on her clinic, Sikora would prefer that supporters respond with love after the vandalism.
“For those looking to help us respond to this vandalism with love and compassion, we invite you to join our mission to love, serve, and equip anyone facing a pregnancy decision with Christ-centered resources and support that empower them to pursue life for themselves and their unborn child,” Sikora said.
