A crisis pregnancy center in Gresham, Oregon was firebombed over the weekend. No one was hurt.
“Our alarm system immediately alerted fire and police, and they arrived very quickly and extinguished the fire. It was mostly contained to one room, but damage there was extensive and there is additional water and smoke damage in other parts of the building,” a spokesperson for Gresham Pregnancy Resource Center said in a statement.
There were no messages left behind, and at this point, we do not know who committed this crime.
A few weeks ago the Portland Pregnancy Resource Center was vandalized.
“I said at the time that we had an incredibly resilient team. It remains true. I am deeply encouraged by the way our staff grieves honestly and prays genuinely for the hearts of the people perpetrating these crimes,” chief executive officer Luke Cirillo said.
“At the same time, this hurts. Arson is particularly violent and destructive, and it compromises a sense of safety for our team and for the people we serve. On top of that, this will require temporary closure of our center until we can make repairs.
“The kind of outrage that’s being directed at us is based on a complete misunderstanding and misrepresentation of who we are and how we have served the hundreds of thousands of people that have come to us over the decades,” he added. “This moment in our culture is volatile, and the spillover into violence is deeply destructive to the fabric of our communities. We reject and refuse to have any part in the culture of hate. Jesus has modeled a different way. It’s the way of love. That narrow way includes, as a challenge to us all, the love of those who hate us.”
Live Action reports this is the latest incident by pro-abortion terrorists follows a litany of violent threats, vandalism, arsons and even an assassination attempt aimed at pro-life groups or individuals.
In May, Wisconsin Family Action became the first victim of an arson attack when the domestic terrorist group “Jane’s Revenge” took credit for the criminal act. Also last month, a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the offices of Oregon Right to Life and just days ago a third act of arson was committed against CompassCare Pregnancy Services in Buffalo, New York.
Meanwhile, in an update to a previous act of violence, Catholic News Agency has released surveillance footage of the perpetrators who vandalized a Respect Life Office in Hollywood, Florida over the Memorial Day weekend. Vandals tagged the building by spray painting “Janes Revenge” along with the threat, “If abortions aren’t safe then neither are you” as well as the “anarchy” symbol.
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Breitbart says as many as 23 pro-life ministries have been impacted.
- Hollywood, FL — South Broward Pregnancy Center and Archdiocese of Miami Respect Life Ministry
- Asheville, NC — Mountain Area Pregnancy Services
- Manassas, VA — First Care Women’s Health
- Alexandria, VA — Concerned Women for America
- Reiserstown, MD — Alpha Pregnancy Center
- Frederick, MD — BirthRight of Frederick
- Frederick, MD — CareNet Frederick
- Reiserstown, MD — Alpha Pregnancy Center
- Buffalo, NY — CompassCare Pregnancy Services
- Madison, WI — Wisconsin Family Action
- Des Moines, IA — Agape Pregnancy Resource Center
- Denton, TX — Woman to Woman Pregnancy Resource Center
- Austin, TX — Trotter House
- Long Beach, CA — His Nesting Place Home for Mothers & Children
- Sebastopol, CA — Pregnancy Center Billboard
- Eugene, OR — Dove Medical Clinic
- Keizer, OR — Oregon Right to Life
- Gresham, OR — Gresham Pregnancy Resource Center
- Portland, OR — Southeast Portland Pregnancy Resource Center
- Vancouver, WA — Options360 Women’s Clinic
- Federal Way, WA — Care Net Pregnancy and Family Services of Puget Sound
- Lynnwood, WA — Next Step Pregnancy Services