IIB 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 3 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 23 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2023 

Received; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress condemning the recent 

attacks on pro-life facilities, groups, and churches. 

Whereas since the May 2, 2022, leak of the Supreme Court’s 

draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, individuals professing anti-life views have targeted, destroyed, or vandalized numerous pro-life facilities, groups, and even churches to further their radical 

cause; 


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Whereas, on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued a 

final decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which upheld Mississippi’s pro-life law and overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey; 

Whereas, following the leak of the draft Dobbs decision, radical anti-life advocates initiated a pressure campaign designed to influence the Supreme Court’s opinion; 

Whereas, following the leak and issuance of the Dobbs decision, radical anti-life advocates have defaced, vandalized, 

and caused destruction to over 100 pro-life facilities, 

groups, and churches; 

Whereas, on May 3, 2022, individuals vandalized the Care 

Net Pregnancy Center in Frederick, Maryland, with proabortion graffiti, including the messages, ‘‘not real clinic’’, ‘‘end forced motherhood’’, and ‘‘go to [Planned Parenthood] instead’’; 

Whereas, on May 5, 2022, in Portland, Oregon, vandals 

smashed numerous windows and spray-painted graffiti on 

the Southeast Portland Pregnancy Resource Center; 

Whereas, on May 7, 2022, activists vandalized a crisis pregnancy center in Denton, Texas, with the radical pro-abortion messages ‘‘not a clinic’’ and ‘‘forced birth is murder’’; 

Whereas, on May 7, 2022, in Fort Collins, Colorado, activists 

painted ‘‘my body my choice’’ on the doors of a Catholic 

parish; 

Whereas, on May 8, 2022, Mother’s Day, individuals attempted to break into the Oregon Right to Life office in 

Keizer, Oregon, reportedly igniting and throwing 2 Molotov cocktails at the building; 


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Whereas, on May 8, 2022, vandals spray-painted pro-abortion 

messages such as ‘‘Abortion is a right’’, ‘‘Fake clinic’’, 

and ‘‘Liars’’ on the side of a pro-life pregnancy center in 

Manassas, Virginia; 

Whereas, on May 8, 2022, a pro-life nonprofit center in 

Madison, Wisconsin, was set ablaze and vandalized with 

the words, ‘‘If abortions aren’t safe, then you aren’t either’’; 

Whereas, on May 13, 2022, activists left ‘‘threatening messages’’ on the front of the Alpha Pregnancy Center in 

Reisterstown, Maryland, including the messages, ‘‘if 

abortions aren’t safe, neither are you’’, ‘‘you’re anti 

choice not pro life’’, ‘‘not a clinic’’, and were signed 

‘‘Jane’s revenge’’; 

Whereas, on May 18, 2022, vandals targeted a ‘‘women’s 

faith-based medical clinic’’ in Auburn, Alabama, defacing 

the clinic’s sign and staff members’ vehicles; 

Whereas, on May 25, 2022, in Lynnwood, Washington, antilife activists smashed windows and vandalized the Next 

Step Pregnancy Center with the threat, ‘‘if abortion isn’t 

safe, you aren’t either’’; 

Whereas, on June 2, 2022, Jane’s Revenge claimed credit for 

an attack in which its members broke windows and 

scrawled messages including ‘‘God loves abortion’’ and 

‘‘fake clinic’’ at Agape Pregnancy Resource Center in 

Des Moines, Iowa; 

Whereas, on June 3, 2022, the Capitol Hill Crisis Pregnancy 

Center in Washington, DC, was the target of left-wing 

abortion extremists who threw red paint on the door, 

threw eggs at the window, and spray-painted the building 

with ‘‘Jane Says Revenge’’; 


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Whereas, on June 6, 2022, in Asheville, North Carolina, vandals broke windows and left graffiti on the Mountain 

Area Pregnancy Services building, including the messages, ‘‘If abortions aren’t safe, neither are you’’, ‘‘no 

forced birth’’, and an anarchist symbol; 

Whereas, on June 7, 2022, reports indicate that an ‘‘abortion 

terrorist group Jane’s Revenge’’ firebombed the 

CompassCare pro-life pregnancy center in Amherst, New 

York; 

Whereas, on June 10, 2022, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 

vandals smashed the windows and graffitied the walls of 

HOPE Pregnancy Center; 

Whereas, on June 19, 2022, in Redford Township, Michigan, 

individuals smashed the windows of the Pregnancy Counseling Center; 

Whereas, on June 22, 2022, in Jackson, Michigan, vandals 

graffitied and smashed the windows of the office of Jackson Right to Life; 

Whereas, on June 25, 2022, in Lynchburg, Virginia, anti-life 

activists vandalized the Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center; 

Whereas, on June 25, 2022, in Paso Robles, California, vandals broke the windows and spray-painted the walls of 

Tree of Life Pregnancy Support Center; 

Whereas, on June 25, 2022, radical leftist rioters breached 

the Arizona State Capitol, forcing legislators to evacuate 

the building; 

Whereas, on June 25, 2022, in Cortez, Colorado, Heart to 

Heart Pregnancy Center was defaced with pro-abortion 

graffiti; 


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HCON 3 RFS 

Whereas, on June 25, 2022, in Longmont, Colorado, vandals 

graffitied and set fire to the Life Choices Free Pregnancy 

Services; 

Whereas, on June 26, 2022, in Winter Haven, Florida, antilife activists destroyed security cameras and spray-painted the LifeChoice Pregnancy Center with threatening 

messages, including ‘‘Your time is up’’, ‘‘We’re coming 

for U’’, and ‘‘Jane’s revenge’’; 

Whereas, on July 2, 2022, in Hialeah, Florida, individuals 

vandalized the Pregnancy Medical Clinics with spraypaint, writing ‘‘If abortions aren’t safe neither are you’’ 

on the walls; 

Whereas, on July 7, 2022, activists vandalized 2 pro-life 

pregnancy centers in Worcester, Massachusetts, hours 

after the State’s Attorney General issued a consumer advisory warning residents about such centers; 

Whereas, between July 8 and 9, 2022, in Bethesda, Maryland, individuals either vandalized or set fire to 3 churches, causing physical damage to the churches and their 

properties, where 1 church faces approximately $50,000 

in damages because of the vandalism; 

Whereas, on July 11, 2022, activists vandalized the pro-life 

Women’s New Life Clinic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by 

spray-painting anti-life messages and ‘‘Jane’s Revenge’’ 

on its exterior walls; 

Whereas, on August 1, 2022, in St. Paul, Minnesota, vandals 

broke doors and graffitied a pregnancy center, leaving 

messages such as ‘‘if abortions aren’t safe, neither are 

you’’; 


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HCON 3 RFS 

Whereas, on August 1, 2022, a Douglas County Church in 

Kansas City was vandalized with messages such as ‘‘protect choice’’; 

Whereas, on August 1, 2022, in Lawrence, Kansas, two 

churches were vandalized with spray painted messages 

such as ‘‘vote no’’, ‘‘protect choice’’, and ‘‘no forced 

birth’’ on their properties; 

Whereas, on August 9, 2022, in Pocatello, Idaho, the Compassion and Hope Pregnancy Center was vandalized with 

messages including, ‘‘forced birth center’’, ‘‘God is a 

woman’’, and ‘‘beware’’; 

Whereas, on August 15, 2022, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, a 

woman was accused of assault after throwing eggs and 

a dead raccoon at the Northeast Ohio Women’s Center; 

Whereas, on August 18, 2022, anti-life extremists vandalized 

a pregnancy center in western Massachusetts with messages including ‘‘Jane’s Revenge’’ and ‘‘if abortion isn’t 

safe neither are you’’; 

Whereas, on September 16, 2022, in Southfield, Michigan, 

vandals broke a window and left graffitied messages including, ‘‘Jane was here’’ and ‘‘if abortions aren’t safe, 

neither are you’’ on a pregnancy counseling center; 

Whereas, on October 8, 2022, security camera footage 

showed anti-life activists spray-painting the sidewalk of 

the Church of the Resurrection in Lansing, Michigan, 

with ‘‘abort the court’’ and ‘‘death to Christian nationalism’’; 

Whereas the Biden Administration has failed to take action 

to respond to the radical attacks on pro-life facilities, 

groups, and churches, or to protect the rights of these organizations; and 


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HCON 3 RFS 

Whereas these attacks on pro-life facilities, groups, and 

churches have included vandalism, arson, incendiary graffiti, and other damage: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) condemns recent attacks of vandalism, vio4 lence, and destruction against pro-life facilities, 

5 groups, and churches; 

6 (2) recognizes the sanctity of life and the im7 portant role pro-life facilities, groups, and churches 

8 play in supporting pregnant women, infants, and 

9 families; and 

10 (3) calls upon the Biden Administration to use 

11 all appropriate law enforcement authorities to up12 hold public safety and to protect the rights of pro13 life facilities, groups, and churches. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 11, 

2023. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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