Commentary
On Aug. 18, vandals hurled gobs of red paint to deface the white clapboard walls of the Bethlehem House Pregnancy Care Center in Easthampton, Mass. Bethlehem House was the latest target of the more than 100 acts of vandalism, including smashed windows and even arson, that have been committed against crisis pregnancy centers across America since May, when the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling overturning Roe v. Wade was first leaked to the media. Typically, the vandals also scrawled red and black graffiti onto benches and sidewalks around Bethlehem House: “Janes [sic] Revenge.” “If Abortions aren’t safe, neither are you!”
This is nasty stuff, designed to intimidate staff and volunteers, and deter pregnant women from approaching these faith-based charities aimed at persuading them to choose alternatives to abortion. But graffiti can be erased, windows replaced, walls repainted, and security beefed up—if at great expense. The real battle against crisis pregnancy centers is the war of words, the propaganda war currently being waged by the abortion industry and its progressive allies in the Democratic Party and the media….