Pro-life centers targeted by 70% of abortion-related violent threats since Dobbs decision: FBI
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing that since the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, 70% of abortion-related threats have been against pro-life centers.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the United States' premiere professional organization for gynecologists and obstetricians, barred a group of pro-life doctors from setting up a booth at their annual conference this week.
The American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), the group that wanted to share their message regarding their stance against abortion, had been permitted to host a booth at the conference for 15 years prior to the incident.
The doctors did not find out their booth was canceled by the host until they arrived in Maryland, the state where the conference was being held.
"Despite multiple requests for an explanation as to why, the only explanation we’ve received is a vague explanation that we disagree with ACOG, presumably on the issue of abortion," Dr. Christina Francis, incoming president of the pro-life group, said in a video posted to Twitter Monday.
Terrisa Bukovinac speaks in front of the Supreme Court. Photo credit Terrisa Bukovinac. (Terrisa Bukovinac)
In a statement to The Federalist, ACOG said that the group's pro-life views are inconsistent with its mission to "the advancement of evidence-based, scientific information."
"Scientific advancement is made through the free exchange of ideas, and through critically looking at both sides of an issue and deciding which the evidence better support," Francis said of the decision to ban the group.
She argued that the group was "afraid" that people would be "exposed to any other position on abortion other than their radical position."
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The Pro-Life beanie worn by Our Lady of the Rosary students removed from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. (WYFF4/YouTube Screenshot)
ACOG describes abortion as "essential healthcare" and has been critical of pro-life bills passed by various state legislatures.
ACOG declined to comment to Fox News Digital.
Across America, over one hundred pro-life centers and churches have come under attack since the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision leaked last year.
Crowds outside the court reacting to the Dobbs ruling. (Joshua Comins/Fox News)
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Attorney General Merrick Garland has pledged to get to the bottom of the attacks on pro-life centers. Few arrests have so far been made.
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