{"id":1576968,"date":"2022-07-28T15:55:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T19:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1576968"},"modified":"2022-07-28T15:55:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T19:55:16","slug":"exclusive-house-republicans-introduce-legislation-to-increase-penalties-for-those-who-attack-pro-life-pregnancy-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-introduce-legislation-to-increase-penalties-for-those-who-attack-pro-life-pregnancy-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Introduce Legislation To Increase Penalties For Those Who Attack Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fexclusive-house-republicans-introduce-legislation-to-increase-penalties-for-those-who-attack-pro-life-pregnancy-centers%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=1576968&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Photo-by-Bill-ClarkCQ-Roll-Call-Inc-via-Getty-Images-21221-e1659035644404.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican New York Rep. Claudia Tenney introduced legislation Thursday that would make sure pro-life pregnancy centers and places of worship are protected from activists, and would increase the penalties for attackers.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation, first obtained by the Daily Caller, is titled the\u00a0Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act and is companion legislation to the same bill introduced by Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. The bill would increase criminal penalties from a misdemeanor to a felony for first-time offenses. Also, the bill would increase the criminal fine from $10,000 to $25,000.<\/p>\n<p>In Washington, D.C., the Capitol Hill Crisis Pregnancy Center was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/05\/pregnancy-center-pro-abortion-vandalized-roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vandalized<\/a> in June 2022. In Amherst, New York, a CompassCare Pregnancy Services location was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/08\/abortion-firebomb-pro-life-attacks-roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">set on fire<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/news\/mass-pro-life-pregnancy-centers-attacked-hours-after-state-attorney-general-s-warning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more pro-life pregnancy centers<\/a> and Christian churches have been vandalized. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/08\/abortion-firebomb-pro-life-attacks-roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Pro-Abortion Arsonists Have Firebombed Three Pro-Life Groups In A Month)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act would also guarantee pregnancy resource centers and religious facilities that successfully sue will receive no less than $20,000, which is $10,000 more than the current levels. It would also impose a 7-year mandatory minimum when attacks involve arson, which is an increase from the current 5-year mandatory minimum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPro-life pregnancy centers provide lifesaving care to pregnant women in need. Radical pro-abortion terrorists have been targeting these pregnancy centers and Houses of Worship across the country in the wake of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision overturning Roe,\u201d Tenney told the Daily Caller before introducing the legislation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THE BILL HERE:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View (DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) -- Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act_TENNEY on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/584586445\/DAILY-CALLER-OBTAINED-Pregnancy-Resource-Center-Defense-Act-TENNEY#from_embed\">(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) \u2014 \u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Henry Rodgers&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/527927298\/Henry-Rodgers#from_embed\">Henry Rodgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn New York, CompassCare Pregnancy Services was recently firebombed because of its work to protect life. This is unacceptable. Today, I am standing up to say enough. Those who support life should never be under threat in America,\u201d Tenney added. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/08\/brett-kavanaugh-man-gun-maryland-supreme-court-roe-v-wade-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Armed Man Arrested Near Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s House Said He Wanted To Kill Him: REPORT)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bill has four original cosponsors including West Virginia Rep. David McKinley, Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon, Kansas Rep. Tracey Mann, and North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican New York Rep. 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