Josh Hawley wants to protect forced birthing centers and churches from hate crimes
Josh Hawley is deeply concerned about forced birthing centers and churches that are being attacked by “radical leftists” in the aftermath of the the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, so he just introduced a new hate crimes bill to protect them.The anti-LGBTQ senator from Missouri has authored the Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act, which aims to “protect these centers and houses of worship from radical pro-abortion activists’ campaign of violence, destruction, and intimidation.”Related: Josh Hawley wants to force women to have babies and make adoption easier… just not for gay peopleHawley, who famously saluted armed insurrectionists outside the U.S.
Capitol on January 6, hopes to achieve this by:Increasing criminal penalties from a misdemeanor to a felony for first-time offenses, and increasing the criminal fine from $10,000 to $25,000Guaranteeing that pregnancy resource centers and religious facilities that successfully sue will receive no less than $20,000 (a $10,000 increase)Imposing a 7-year mandatory minimum when attacks involve arson (up from a 5-year mandatory minimum)“The Biden Administration has turned a blind eye while radical leftists attack pregnancy care centers and houses of worship,” he said in a press release. “And now left-wing politicians are trying to shut them down.
It’s time to put an end to the attacks and get tough on thugs who engage in violence, arson, and other means of destruction.”(For the record: These so-called “pregnancy care centers” Hawley is referring to aren’t actual healthcare facilities.
They are run by religious groups, don’t follow HIPAA rules, and often don’t even have licensed healthcare workers on site. They merely exist to talk vulnerable people out of having abortions without.
