AR Pro-Abortion Group Encourages Supporters to “Smash Away” Feelings, Fund Abortion at Weekend Event

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A pro-abortion group is inviting its supporters to come “smash away your feelings” and “fund abortion” at an event in Little Rock later this month.

In a promotional email obtained by Family Council, Arkansas Abortion Support Network writes,

Do you need to get some aggression out? Do you like funding abortion? Have we got a deal for you!

Join us for Smash-A-Thon on Saturday, May 27th! We’ll have dishes, glasses, bottles, maybe some electronics, and a CAR that you can smash, break, and destroy. We’ll provide all smashing implements and safety gear. You bring your rage, some enthusiasm for smashing, and a desire to fund abortion.

A registration web page for the event advertises, “Fund Abortion. Build Power. Smash the Patriarchy.”

The event is part of the National Network of Abortion Funds’ annual Fund-A-Thon, and will take place on Office Park Drive in Little Rock — across the street from what used to be a surgical abortion facility. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reverse Roe v. Wade, the abortion facility closed, and Arkansas Abortion Support Network began utilizing the location.

Arkansas Abortion Support Network refers women to abortion facilities in other states. The group’s website promotes information about “self-managed” abortions via abortion-inducing drugs, and historically has lobbied against pro-life legislation at the Arkansas Capitol.

All of this underscores what we have said in the past: It’s important to prohibit abortion through legislation, but we need to work to eliminate the demand for abortion as well.

One way Arkansans can do that is by supporting pro-life organizations that empower women with real options besides abortion.

Arkansas is home to more than 60 organizations that assist pregnant women — including some 45 pregnancy resource centers that help women with unplanned pregnancies.

As we recently noted, the State of Arkansas is nearly finished awarding $1 million in grants to pregnancy-help organizations for the 2022-2023 budget cycle and is set to provide additional funding in the coming months. That money is going to help a lot of women and children in Arkansas.

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Madison Man Charged With Firebombing Pro-Family Organization in Wisconsin

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Above: The aftermath of an arson attack at Wisconsin Family Action’s office in Madison on Mother’s Day of 2022.

Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the firebombing at the office of Wisconsin Family Action, a pro-life, pro-family organization headquartered in Madison.

Initial reports indicated a local anarchist group carried out the attack following the leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

On March 28, 2023, the FBI released a statement indicating an arrest had been made in the case — although the FBI failed to clearly name Wisconsin Family Action as the victim.

The FBI’s press release said,

Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, is charged with one count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive. . . .

on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8, 2022, at approximately 6:06 a.m., law enforcement responded to an active fire at an office building located in Madison, Wisconsin. Once inside the building, police observed a mason jar under a broken window; the jar was broken, and the lid and screw top were burned black. The police also saw a purple disposable lighter near the mason jar. On the opposite wall from the window, the police saw another mason jar with the lid on and a blue cloth tucked into the top; the cloth was singed. The jar was about half full of a clear fluid that smelled like an accelerant. Outside of the building, someone spray painted on one wall, “If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either” and, on another wall, a large “A” with a circle around it and the number “1312.” During the investigation, law enforcement collected DNA from the scene of the attack.

In March 2023, law enforcement identified Roychowdhury as a possible suspect.

The FBI notes an indictment is purely an allegation, and Roychowdhury is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

In a statement last week, Wisconsin Family Council wrote,

Today marks the 1 year anniversary of the firebombing of the Madison offices of Wisconsin Family Council and Wisconsin Family Action. 2 Molotov cocktails were thrown, and then because the explosives didn’t do as much damage as desired, the perpetrators started a fire in the office of Julaine Appling, president of the organizations. In addition to the attack, the leftist-anarchists left a threatening message: “If abortions aren’t safe, then you aren’t either.”

It’s been quite a year. We were the first to be attacked after a leaked draft surfaced of the US Supreme Court’s opinion in the case that eventually overturned Roe v. Wade. Since then, hundreds of pro-life organizations have been attacked. It took ten months but finally there has been an arrest in our case; we pray justice will happen for all pro-life organizations that have been vandalized.

Above: Graffiti left on the side of Wisconsin Family Action’s office building in the 2022 attack.

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