As a torched pregnancy center reopened near Buffalo, New York, on Monday, leaders vowed to continue their work and criticized authorities for a slow-walking investigation and even appearing to condone the attack.
Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) told the crowd she had introduced the Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act to increase prison terms and fines for attacks on anti-abortion centers like the CompassCare Pregnancy Services.
The fire that damaged the center began around 2:30 a.m. on June 7. Police have not yet announced the cause as arson nor arrested anyone.
The center’s director, Rev. Jim Harden, said their security cameras captured video of multiple attackers with multiple incendiary devices, probably Molotov cocktails. Police confiscated the security camera footage, and the center can’t get at it, Harden said….