In the weeks after breaking the Roe in June, pro-life activists and organizations suffered more than 135 separate attacks and assaults – including a pro-life champion who was shot by a man in Michigan.
83-year-old Joan Jacobson canvassed a neighborhood in Odessa Township in September, urging Sharon and Richard Harvey to vote against a pro-abortion amendment that would eventually pass in November.
According to press reports, an argument ensued between Joan and Sharon, which escalated to the point where Richard Harvey shot the elderly pro-life volunteer in the shoulder.
Richard Harvey claims the shot was an accident and he accidentally pulled the trigger while trying to protect his wife … from Joan’s clipboard.
Well, that case happened this week. In the end, Harvey pleaded “no contest,” was given a suspended prison sentence of two months, placed on one year of probation, and then ordered to complete 100 hours of community service, along with paying $347.19 in restitution.
Consider the premise: shoot a pro-lifer and the real consequences can range from weeks of picking up trash along a highway and a fine as little as the price of a ticket to see Billy Joel. in concert this summer.
In one of the great ironies of our time, it has become increasingly dangerous to champion and defend unborn life. Pregnancy clinics, organizations and churches have been targeted, bombed and vandalized with increasing frequency this past year – and the lives of those who dare to take a pro-abortion position have been threatened.
Remember the name Nicholas John Roske? Apparently not. The press avoided the sensational story. But in June, the 26-year-old was arrested after he was found outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. He was carrying a backpack that contained a knife, pistol, bullets, zip ties, duct tape and pepper spray. He told the investigators that he was there to kill justice. Since then, he has pleaded not guilty.
In recent weeks, Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the Dobbs decision, acknowledged in an interview with Wall Street Journal that he believed all five justices who voted to overturn Roe were “assassination targets.”
“It is reasonable for people to believe that they can stop the decision by killing one of us,” he said.
Any and all attacks on people or organizations defending unborn life must be thoroughly and promptly investigated, and if there is sufficient evidence, the perpetrators must be prosecuted and sentenced to the fullest extent permitted. in law. All life is sacred and of immeasurable value. Vigorous pursuit of attacks and attacks on innocent lives is the only way to prevent and discourage future aggression.