Political leaders are urging the pro-life community to prepare for a possible violent reaction to the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.
The White House and the Department of Homeland Security asked the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission to join a call warning them about an increased threat level based on the potential decision, according to Kentucky Today.
Brent Leatherwood of the ERLC told Baptist Press in a written statement– “Political violence of any kind is unacceptable, regardless of the context. That is not how we resolve our differences in this nation.”
As of June 21, around 30 pregnancy support centers have been vandalized or suffered other damage with many of them threatened. Several of them spray painted with threatening messages such as, “If abortion isn’t safe, neither are you.”
By some counts, the estimated number of churches and crisis pregnancy centers burned or vandalized is now over 100.
A website called Jane’s Revenge was launched in May saying, “We are forced to adopt the minimum military requirement for a political struggle.”
On June 15, they posted, “From here forward, any anti-choice group who closes their doors, and stops operating will no longer be a target. But until you do, it’s open season, and we know where your operations are.”
20 state attorneys general have written to US Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for action writing, “The Department of Justice must investigate and prosecute these terroristic threats and acts.”