Title: Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to violent extremism against pregnancy centers.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
This resolution requests the President, and directs the Department of Justice, to transmit to the House of Representatives all correspondence and other communications in their possession respectively related to attacks on certain crisis pregnancy centers or any religious organization following the leak of a Supreme Court opinion concerning the right to abortion.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1502 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1502

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General 
     to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of 
    Representatives relating to violent extremism against pregnancy 
                                centers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2022

Mr. Clyde submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General 
     to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of 
    Representatives relating to violent extremism against pregnancy 
                                centers.

    Resolved, That the President is requested, and the Attorney General 
is directed, to transmit, respectively, to the House of 
Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption 
of this resolution, copies of all documents, memoranda, advisory legal 
opinions, notes from meetings, audio recordings, records (including 
telephone and electronic mail records), correspondence, and other 
communications, or any portion of any such communications, to the 
extent that any such one or more items are within the possession of the 
President or the Attorney General, respectively, and refer to an attack 
against a crisis pregnancy center or religious organization following 
the leak of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization draft 
opinion or following the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization 
ruling, including, but not limited to, the following:
            (1) The May 3, 2022, attack on Trotter House in Austin, 
        Texas, which was vandalized and perpetrators graffitied 
        derogatory comments as well as digging up memorial bricks and 
        throwing them into the grass.
            (2) The May 4, 2022, attack on CareNet in Frederick, 
        Maryland, which was also vandalized with pro-abortion graffiti.
            (3) The May 5, 2022, attack on the Southeast Portland 
        Pregnancy Resource Center in Portland, Oregon, which had its 
        windows broken and the building was spray painted.
            (4) The attack on First Step Pregnancy Resource Center in 
        Bangor, Maine, which reported that its sign and sign holder 
        were ripped off.
            (5) The May 7, 2022, attacks on both First Care Women's 
        Health in Manassas, Virginia, and Loreto House in Denton, 
        Texas, which were vandalized with pro-abortion graffiti.
            (6) The Mother's Day, May 8, 2022, attack on the Office of 
        Wisconsin Family Action, which was set on fire, and after which 
        a ``Communique'' that was posted online and signed ``Jane's 
        Revenge'' stated, ``This was only a warning . . . Wisconsin is 
        the first flashpoint, but we are all over the US, and we will 
        issue no further warnings.''.
            (7) The May 7-8, 2022, attack on Woman to Woman Pregnancy 
        Resource Center in Denton, Texas, which was vandalized.
            (8) The May 15, 2022, attack on BirthRight of Frederick in 
        Frederick, Maryland, which was vandalized with pro-abortion 
        graffiti.
            (9) The May 11, 2022, attack on Family Life Services in 
        Ypsilanti, Michigan, which was vandalized with pro-abortion 
        graffiti.
            (10) The May 13, 2022, attack on Alpha Pregnancy Center in 
        Reisterstown, Maryland, which was vandalized with spray paint 
        of pro-abortion messages that were signed ``Jane's Revenge''.
            (11) The May 15, 2022, attack on His Nesting Place Home for 
        Mothers & Children in Long Beach, California.
            (12) The May 25, 2022, attack on Next Step Pregnancy 
        Services in Lynnwood, Washington, which was vandalized with 
        graffiti reading ``if abortion isn't safe, then you aren't 
        either'' and signed ``Jane's Revenge''.
            (13) The May 18, 2022, attack on employees' cars and the 
        sign at Women's Hope Medical Clinic in Auburn, Alabama, which 
        were keyed.
            (14) The May 27, 2022, attack on Dove Medical Clinic in 
        Eugene, Oregon, which was vandalized with pro-abortion 
        graffiti.
            (15) The attack, between May 28, 2022, and May 30, 2022, on 
        South Broward Pregnancy Center in Hollywood, Florida, which was 
        vandalized with pro-abortion graffiti stating ``if abortions 
        aren't safe, then you aren't either'' and signed ``Jane's 
        Revenge''.
            (16) The June 2, 2022, attack on the Community Pregnancy 
        Center in Anchorage, Alaska, which was spray painted with pro-
        abortion graffiti, had its front door broken, and had nails 
        placed upright in the parking lot.
            (17) The June 2, 2022, attack on Agape Pregnancy Center in 
        Des Moines, Iowa, which was spray painted with vulgar pro-
        abortion messages like ``god loves abortion'' and had its 
        windows broken.
            (18) The June 3, 2022, attack on the Capitol Hill Pregnancy 
        Center in Washington, DC, which was spray painted with pro-
        abortion graffiti referencing Jane's Revenge.
            (19) The weekend of June 4-5, 2022, attack on CareNet 
        Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget Sound in Federal Way, 
        Washington, which was plastered with pro-abortion posters on 
        the door, and had its sign shredded.
            (20) The June 6, 2022, attack on the Mountain Area 
        Pregnancy Services in Asheville, North Carolina, which had its 
        windows smashed and the sidewalk was spray painted with ``if 
        abortions aren't safe, then neither are you''.
            (21) The June 7, 2022, attack on CompassCare Pregnancy 
        Services in Buffalo, New York, which was firebombed and 
        graffitied.
            (22) The June 8, 2022, or June 9, 2022, attack on Options 
        360 in Vancouver, Washington, which was vandalized with red 
        paint and graffiti saying ``Jane was here.''.
            (23) The June 10, 2022, fire set at Gresham Pregnancy 
        Resource Center in Gresham, Oregon, which was labeled by police 
        as ``suspicious''.
            (24) The June 11, 2022, attack on HOPE Pregnancy Center in 
        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which had its windows smashed and 
        graffiti was spray painted on the building.
            (25) The June 19, 2022, attacks on the Lennon Center in 
        Dearborn Heights, Michigan, which was vandalized, leaving 
        windows smashed and 3 glass doors shattered, and on the 
        Pregnancy Counseling Center of Redford Township, Michigan, 
        which was graffitied.
            (26) The June 24, 2022, attack on Pregnancy Resource Center 
        of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City, Utah, which was 
        vandalized.
            (27) The June 25, 2022, attack on Life Choices in Longmont, 
        Colorado, which was vandalized with spray paint of pro-abortion 
        propaganda.
            (28) The June 25, 2022, attack on Blue Ridge Pregnancy 
        Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, which was vandalized with pro-
        abortion spray paint which said ``if abortion aint safe, you 
        aint safe'', among other pro-abortion propaganda.
            (29) The June 25, 2022, attack on Tree of Life Pregnancy 
        Support Center in Paso Robles, California, which had its 
        windows broken and was vandalized with spray-painted symbols.
            (30) The June 25, 2022, attack on Options Health in 
        Concord, California, and Informed Choices in Iowa City, Iowa, 
        which were vandalized.
            (31) The attack, between June 25 and June 26, 2022, on 
        Heart to Heart Pregnancy Center in Cortez, Colorado, which was 
        vandalized.
            (32) The attack, between June 25 and June 26, 2022, on 
        LifeChoice Pregnancy Center in Winter Haven, Florida, which was 
        spray painted with pro-abortion graffiti saying ``Your time is 
        up'', ``We're coming for U'' and ``Jane's Revenge''.
            (33) The June 29, 2022, attack on Hope Clinic for Women in 
        Nashville, Tennessee, which had its window smashed, and inside 
        of which police found a Molotov cocktail-style device.
            (34) The attack, between June 27-28, 2022, on A Woman's 
        Friend Pregnancy Resource Clinic in Yuba City, California, 
        during which three rocks were used to break the window.
            (35) The June 30, 2022, attack on Pathways Pregnancy Center 
        in Littleton, New Hampshire, which was vandalized with pro-
        abortion propaganda.
            (36) The July 3, 2022, attack on Pregnancy Help Medical 
        Clinic in Hialeah, Florida, which was vandalized with pro-
        abortion graffiti and appeared to connect itself with Jane's 
        Revenge.
            (37) The July 4, 2022, attack on Birthright in St. Paul, 
        Minnesota, which had two windows broken and pro-abortion 
        messages graffitied on the building.
            (38) The attack on July 4, 2022, attack on Care Net of 
        Puget Sound Pregnancy Clinic, which had a rock thrown through 
        the window and an American flag burned on the property.
            (39) The July 5, 2022, attack on the Arches New Hope 
        Pregnancy Center in Moab, Utah, which was splattered with paint 
        on the sign, exterior walls, and windows of the center.
            (40) The July 6, 2022, attack on the Pro-Life Union of 
        Greater Philadelphia, which had its front window smashed and 
        wall vandalized.
            (41) The July 7, 2022, attack on Problem Pregnancy Resource 
        Center and Clearway Clinic in Worchester, Massachusetts, which 
        was vandalized.
            (42) The July 12, 2022, attack on Woman's New Life Clinic 
        in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which was vandalized.
            (43) The attack on the Alternatives Pregnancy Center in 
        Sacramento, California, about which the executive director 
        testified before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, on July 
        12, 2022, that ``we had to call police when a man approached 
        our care center with threats and a machete.''.
            (44) The July 26, 2022, reported attack on Northfield 
        Women's Clinic, which had its front window broken and had been 
        vandalized with spray paint.
            (45) The August 1, 2022, attack on Abria Pregnancy 
        Resources in St. Paul, Minnesota, the director of which 
        reported discovering that the center's glass doors had been 
        shattered and that it had been vandalized with red graffiti 
        reading, ``If abortions aren't safe, neither are you.''.
            (46) The August 9, 2022, attack on Compassion & Hope 
        Pregnancy Center in Pocatello, Idaho, which was vandalized with 
        graffiti messages including ``forced birth center'', ``God is a 
        woman'', and ``beware''.
            (47) The August 18, 2022, attack on Bethlehem House of 
        Western Massachusetts in Easthampton, Massachusetts, which was 
        vandalized with graffiti reading, ``If abortions aren't safe, 
        neither are you'', and with ``Janes Revenge'' painted on 
        benches outside of the facility.
            (48) The August 22, 2022, attack on Alpha Pregnancy Center 
        in Schenectady, New York, which was vandalized with graffiti 
        reading, ``Fake Clinic'', ``Stop Forced Birth'', and ``Jane's 
        Revenge''.
            (49) The September 16, 2022, attack on Mother & Unborn Baby 
        Care in Southfield, Michigan, which was vandalized with 
        graffiti reading, ``If abortions aren't safe, neither are you. 
        Jane.''.
            (50) The October 13, 2022, attack on HeartReach Pregnancy 
        Care Center in Wasilla, Alaska, which was vandalized.
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