Volunteer radiologist Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie informed CNA that the vandalism occurred between Saturday, May 28, and Monday, May 30.
An archdiocesan pro-life being pregnant heart in Hollywood, Florida, was defaced with pro-abortion graffiti over the Memorial Day Weekend 2022.
“If abortions aren’t safe then niether [sic] are you,” “Janes revenge,” and an anarchist image had been written exterior the South Broward Pregnancy Help Center, situated about 45 minutes north of Miami.
The heart is one in every of three within the metropolis that’s run by the Archdiocese of Miami, in keeping with a volunteer radiologist on the clinic, Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie. Christie informed CNA that the vandalism occurred between Saturday, May 28 and Monday, May 30.
She added that nobody was within the clinic throughout the time of the vandalism. Christi mentioned that the graffiti has been painted over. No different injury was completed to the clinic, she mentioned.
Christi shared with CNA a press release she obtained from Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski denouncing the vandalism.
“Acts of vandalism like this defacing of our Respect Life ministry’s pregnancy assistance center is not just destructive of private property; it also expresses contempt for the beliefs, values and practices of a faith community and could easily escalate to physical harm to members of these faith communities,” the archbishop mentioned within the assertion.
“Our Jewish brothers and sisters take very seriously any vandalism against their synagogues,” he continued. “History shows that their concern is not misplaced. We too are concerned.”
The archdiocese’s Respect Life Ministry’s web site says, “As a ministry of the Church, the Pregnancy Help Centers provide confidential and nonjudgemental life-affirming services to abortion-vulnerable families regardless of the client’s race, ethnicity, religion, marital or legal status.”
The vandalism comes amidst a string of assaults on pro-life being pregnant facilities across the nation. After a Supreme Court draft opinion displaying the justices had been poised to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to the media in early May, pro-life being pregnant facilities and church buildings have come beneath assault with vandalism, protests and pro-abortion graffiti.
The court docket is predicted to launch the official opinion or resolution in that case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, on the finish of June or starting of July.
The archdiocese had not responded to CNA’s request for remark previous to publication.