Liberals hate Fox News because they underline the news stories that liberals refuse to report. On Tuesday morning, Fox & Friends gave attention to an issue that is usually ignored by the liberal media -- the targeting of pro-life groups by left-wing activists with vandalism and death threats.
In contrast with the other networks that are quick to pounce on bad behavior by right-wing activists while ignoring leftists, Fox devoted a four-minute segment to speaking with an official of a pregnancy center in Asheville, North Carolina, that became a target after the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
Setting up the segment, co-host Ainsley Earhardt recounted:
Pro-life pregnancy centers across the country faced threats, vandalism and even arson from radical pro-abortion activists. Since May 2nd of last year when the draft opinion regarding the overturning of Roe v. Wade leaked to the public, there have been over 87 attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers...
Showing images of vandalism from different parts of the country, she soon added:
There was graffiti on this clinic -- it says, "If abortions aren't safe, then you aren't either." That was May 8, 2022. Then, look at this one in Washington. This was June 3rd. There was Jane's Revenge says -- and there is red paint all over the front door of this one -- this was June 3rd of that same year.
The Fox host brought aboard her guest, Kristi Brown of Mountain Area Pregnancy Services in Asheville. After recalling that there had been property damage at the clinic where her guest works, Earhardt lamented that the center "has not heard a word of sympathy from local leaders."
Brown soon recalled:
Yes, unfortunately, we have not received a phone call, an email, text, anything -- not even right after the attack. And it wasn't like I was expecting anything from local leaders. I mean, I wanted police involved, and they were. But, you know, just go on record and condemn the violence -- and so a situation whether it's violence against a pregnancy center, a school, or a hospital, a church, any organization. That is never the answer, so at least go on record and condemn what happened.
Asheville is a heavily Democrat city.
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Transcript follows:
Fox & Friends
May 16, 2023
6:18 p.m. Eastern
AINSLEY EARHARDT: Pro-life pregnancy centers across the country faced threats, vandalism and even arson from radical pro-abortion activists. Since May 2nd of last year when the draft opinion regarding the overturning of Roe v. Wade leaked to the public, there have been over 87 attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers, such as this one. I'll show you a picture of Madison, Wisconsin. There was graffiti on this clinic -- it says, "If abortions aren't safe, then you aren't either." That was May 8, 2022. Then, look at this one in Washington. This was June 3rd. There was Jane's Revenge says -- and there is red paint all over the front door of this one -- this was June 3rd of that same year.
And then look at this one. This was in Amherst, New York. This was June 7th. You can you see the windows were busted out of it. It looks like there was arson inside. And I believe this one's been attacked several times, one recently just two months ago, in fact.
Our next guest is the executive director of Mountain Area Pregnancy Services. It's located in Asheville, North Carolina, which was the target of property damage and threatening messages last June, and she praises the local police department for making a presence there following the attack, but has not heard a word of sympathy from local leaders. Her name is Kristi Brown, and she joins us now. Kristi, thank you so much for coming on. ... So what have you seen since that summer of 2022 after Roe v. Wade was overturned?
KRISTI BROWN, MOUNTAIN AREA PREGNANCY SERVICES: Well, initially, our center was incredibly busy right after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. A lot of phone calls with women just literally panicked, like worrying if they could have an abortion or not in whatever state they were calling from. And, fortunately, we have not had any new threats since the attack on June 7 of '22, and we are grateful for that. But we consider -- we continue to focus on our clients and just to serve the more than 300 people that we see annually in our center.
EARHARDT: Okay, and the police have been there. I know you hired them for a while to sit in our parking lot to patrol, and then now they come back and check, so you're praising them. What about local leaders? You're disappointed, aren't you?
BROWN: Yes, unfortunately, we have not received a phone call, an email, text, anything -- not even right after the attack. And it wasn't like I was expecting anything from local leaders. I mean, I wanted police involved, and they were. But, you know, just go on record and condemn the violence -- and so a situation whether it's violence against a pregnancy center, a school, or a hospital, a church, any organization. That is never the answer, so at least go on record and condemn what happened.
EARHARDT: Why do you think they won't go on record? Is it just because it's such a political issue?
BROWN: Well, you know, abortion in general is a political issue in today's world, but, for us, it's not a political issue. For us, it's simply what is right and what is wrong. And any attack -- I mean, we were attacked because of our beliefs. That's the bottom line. But there were direct threats against our team. You know, they spray painted on our sidewalk as well, "If abortions aren't safe, neither are you." We took that as a direct threat. And so, at the end of the day, we need to call out what is wrong in any situation.
EARHARDT: Yeah, what do you tell all these women when they come in? Are most of the women -- I'm just curious -- that come into the clinics -- do they want an abortion? Are they seeking help if they do decide to have the child?
BROWN: So many of our clients are really undecided when they come through the door. It's like everything is an option for them on the table. And so our job is to educate them -- it's to love them compassionately. It's to help them, to support them. We recently had a client come through our doors, and her life situation was just a hot mess scenario, and just a lot of sadness there and a lot of grief. And, as we worked with her, we loved on her well the hours that she was with us. And at the end of that visit, she just looked at us and said, "Now, I know God makes nice people." We just love them through their pain and through their hurt. And, no matter what happens in our town, we're going to continue to focus on the clients that we serve and do our job with excellence.
