{"id":1534822,"date":"2022-07-01T10:50:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T14:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1534822"},"modified":"2022-07-01T10:50:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T14:50:35","slug":"fbi-comes-under-fire-for-lack-of-response-to-attacks-on-pregnancy-clinics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-comes-under-fire-for-lack-of-response-to-attacks-on-pregnancy-clinics\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Comes Under Fire for (Lack of) Response to Attacks on  Pregnancy Clinics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-comes-under-fire-for-lack-of-response-to-attacks-on-pregnancy-clinics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1534822&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Dozens of attacks on churches, pregnancy crisis centers, and pro-life groups around the nation have drawn an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a> investigation and questions from lawmakers about whether the Biden administration is doing enough to stop them.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to FBI Director Chris Wray this week calling for a briefing on the issue and urging Wray to ensure these \u201cviolent attacks are recognized by the FBI and are being properly investigated for what they are\u2014cases of abortion-related violent extremism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been at least 40 violent attacks on crisis pregnancy centers, religious institutions, and other pro-life entities since the Dobbs leak and before the Court even issued its final opinion,\u201d Grassley wrote. \u201cThis violence continues to cause injury, damage to property, and interruption of constitutionally protected worship services all across the nation. In fact, it substantially accelerated last weekend, after the opinion was issued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrent threats from abortion extremists are impending, serious, and dangerous,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3812520\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/05\/12\/GettyImages-1232419154-1.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3812520 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/05\/12\/GettyImages-1232419154-1-600x349.jpg\" alt=\"Ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley\" width=\"600\" height=\"349\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on voting rights on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 20, 2021. (Bill Clark\/Pool\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>Pro-life groups say they fear the attacks will escalate into worse violence. They argued the media has given little attention to the attacks, which took off after the controversial leak of an early draft of the Supreme Court opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade weeks before the official decision was released.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women\u2019s Health that there is no constitutional right to an abortion and that the states have the right to decide their own respective abortion policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI applaud Sen. Grassley for his efforts to protect pro-life pregnancy centers, churches, and other institutions,\u201d said Eric Scheidler, executive director for the Pro-Life Action League. \u201cIt is critical that the FBI thoroughly investigate the rash of attacks on pro-life groups since the Dobbs draft was leaked, which have only intensified since the official ruling came down. The media have largely ignored these attacks, which don\u2019t fit their narrative, but if law enforcement doesn\u2019t step up, vandalism may escalate to physical violence and even homicide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others called on the Biden administration to keep the groups safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 40 pregnancy centers and churches have been attacked in the wake of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision overturning Roe v. Wade,\u201d said Peter Breen, vice president and senior counsel for the Thomas More Society. \u201cBut there\u2019s been a media blackout on this violence, and pro-abortion politicians refuse to acknowledge it. We expect the Biden administration to do just as much to protect pro-life pregnancy resource centers as it would for abortion facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recent reports show hackers have targeted states passing stricter anti-abortion measures. Other attacks have included arson, broken windows, and graffiti.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI told The Center Square in a statement they are investigating the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI is investigating a series of attacks and threats targeting pregnancy resource centers and faith-based organizations across the country,\u201d the FBI press office said in a statement. \u201cThe FBI takes all threats seriously and we continue to work closely with our law enforcement partners and will remain vigilant to protect our communities. We would like to remind members of the public that if they observe anything suspicious or have information about potential threats to report it to law enforcement immediately, call their local FBI field office, or submit a tip to tips.fbi.gov.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>By Casey Harper<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-the-center-square\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-14-at-12.15.43-PM.png\" alt=\"The Center Square\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bio\">The Center Square was launched in May 2019 to fulfill the need for high-quality statehouse and statewide news across the United States. The focus of our work is state- and local-level government and economic reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\">www.thecentersquare.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of attacks on churches, pregnancy crisis centers, and pro-life groups around the nation have drawn an FBI investigation and questions from lawmakers about whether the Biden administration is doing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1534822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1534822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1534822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1534822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1534822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}