An East Point clinic Pregnancy Aid Detroit was the victim of vandalism early Saturday morning, along with the home of a board member at Gross Point Woods. I sprayed it on and broke a window in an officer’s home.
The attack is similar to other cases in Michigan and across the country since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, and is linked to a mysterious pro-abortion group called Jane’s Revenge. There is a possibility that
Nancy Anter, executive director of Pregnancy Aid Detroit, said she learned of the incident Saturday after a member of her board called her to inform her of the vandalism at her home. She said that when Anter went to her clinic, she found similar pro-abortion messages sprayed onto the building.
“This is more than just us. We are a private charity. This is an attack on people’s freedom to be who they are,” Antar said Sunday.
There have been at least four similar attacks in Michigan this year.
- In the early hours of June 20, at the Lennon Pregnancy Center in Dearborn Heights, vandals sprayed pro-abortion messages on the exterior walls and broke 11 windows and three glass doors.
- The building housing Rep. Tim Wahlberg’s congressional offices in Jackson was vandalized on the night of June 22 with pro-abortion messages.
- The Detroit News reported that the Southfield Maternal and Fetal Care Center was attacked on Sept. 16. Vandals smashed multiple windows and sprayed the building with pro-abortion messages.
- The Church of the Resurrection, a Catholic church in Lansing, was destroyed on the night of October 8, WILX reported. Pro-abortion messages were spray-painted on the church door and on the sidewalk in front of the building.
Jane’s Revenge has been accused of many incidents this year by militant abortion rights group Jane’s Revenge, which targets anti-abortion clinics across the United States.
Pregnancy Aid Detroit filed a police report with the Eastpointe Police Department and board members filed another report with the Grosse Pointe Woods Police Department. Both departments are working with the FBI on the case, Anter said.
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Unter told the Detroit News that board members were awakened by noise outside their home at 2 a.m. Saturday and looked outside to see two people in masks and black clothes fleeing the house and jumping into a Prius. He said he saw the
Anter said he did not understand why they were targeted because their work is not political.
“What we are doing is very useful, our numbers show it, what we are doing is transparent and everyone is welcome,” Antar said. Told.
Pregnancy Aid Detroit will continue to serve the community. Amtor said.
The Free Press left a message on Sunday asking Eastpointe police for comment.