The letter was signed by at least 124 House Republicans and was co-authored by Reps. Scott Franklin (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), and Mike Johnson (R-LA).
“We write to express serious concerns over recent attacks targeting religious organizations and crisis pregnancy centers and request the Department of Justice respond with how its National Security Division plans to investigate these acts of domestic terrorism,” the Republicans said. “Since the draft Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health U.S. Supreme Court opinion was leaked on May 2, 2022, U.S. Supreme Court Justices and pro-life advocates have experienced heightened threats and violence.”
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The DOJ revealed a new domestic terrorism unit in January during a hearing on the Capitol riot, and the FBI has said it considers the riot domestic terrorism.
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The Republicans pointed to 18 U.S. Code § 2331, which defines domestic terrorism as activities that “involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws” that are intended to “influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion” or through threats of violence.
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The House members claimed the DOJ “has a clear duty to pursue these recent attacks as instances of domestic terrorism, and it is the responsibility of the National Security Division to protect the United States from threats to our national security by seeking justice through law.”
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The letter argued that “terrorists have targeted numerous pro-life crisis pregnancy centers — two of which culminated in the firebombing and destruction of property by the terrorist group Jane’s Revenge” in Buffalo, New York, and Madison, Wisconsin.
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The Republicans stressed that during the Madison attack, the words “if abortions aren’t safe, then neither are you” were spray-painted on the building’s facade. CompassCare, the group targeted in Buffalo, described the effort against it as “abortion terrorism,” according to RealClearInvestigations. Planned Parenthood told the outlet that “we condemn violence and hatred in all forms.”
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A Washington Examiner review determined recent incidents of arson or vandalism at least 16 anti-abortion centers across the country. The advocacy group Catholic Vote says more than 20 pregnancy resource centers and offices of anti-abortion groups have been targeted.
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The GOP letter also recorded 11 incidents from May and two in June. These incidents involved one in Colorado, two in Maryland, two in Texas, one in Wisconsin, one in Oregon, two in Virginia, two in Washington state, one in North Carolina, and one in Washington, D.C. (where the Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center was vandalized). The targets were churches, pregnancy centers, and anti-abortion offices.
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