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(Pregnancy Help News<\/a>)\u00a0As the abortion lobby continues to beat its war drum against pro-life pregnancy help centers, one center in Canada has been vandalized, not once but twice, in incidents the Vancouver Police Department is investigating as hate crimes.<\/p>\n

On the morning of July 30, pregnancy center staff first found<\/a> thick, red paint splashed across the storefront of the Crisis Pregnancy Centre<\/a> (CPC) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Painted profanities accompanied the splatter.<\/p>\n

Then, on October 1, a similar incident<\/a> occurred. This time, \u201cAbortion is normal + ok\u201d was written in red paint on a window.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe red paint looked like blood,\u201d community education coordinator Kelsey Short told The B.C. Catholic, a publication of the Archdiocese of Vancouver.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Shocking video shows frequent violence against Canadian pro-lifers<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

From the B.C. Catholic:<\/p>\n

The potential hate crimes are the most \u201cphysically violent\u201d attacks the centre has faced, said Short, but they are not the first. In recent years, the group has faced false allegations online, intimidating phone calls, and hostility from passersby. Earlier this year, some individuals entered the centre and asked staff to get up and leave.<\/em><\/p>\n

The online harassment is reminiscent of that provoked by former comedienne Lizz Winstead last summer when she and her group, “Lady Parts Justice League,” urged fellow abortion advocates to protest pregnancy centers and leave negative Google business reviews against them.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy:\u00a0Christian Advocacy Society of Greater Vancouver<\/p><\/div>\n

Earlier this year, Google removed hundreds of reviews<\/a> from Winstead\u2019s campaign, after pro-life groups including Heartbeat International flagged the reviews<\/a> as false and abusive.<\/p>\n

Winstead\u2019s efforts, as well as the recent acts of vandalism, are just a small picture of the abuses abortion advocates have lobbed at pregnancy centers over the years.<\/p>\n

For decades, the abortion lobby has fanned a flame of animosity against pregnancy help centers, wrongly branding them as \u201cfake clinics\u201d<\/a> and harassing them with nonsensical and unjust legislation from the U.S. to France<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Canada, pregnancy centers have had to combat similar attacks, including a 65-page report of pernicious lies, entitled Exposing Crisis Pregnancy Centres in British Columbia<\/em>, authored by Joyce Arthur, the executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC).<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Abortion supporters threaten violence against a Senator and a columnist<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Brian Norton, executive director of the Christian Advocacy Society of Greater Vancouver<\/a>\u2014the organization which runs CPC\u2014published a 56-page response<\/a> setting the record straight. The report was reviewed by two dozen medical ethicists, family physicians, and professional counselors across Canada.<\/b><\/p>\n

Despite the antagonism, CPC\u2019s neighbors have been immensely supportive following this year\u2019s attacks. A local graffiti removal company even offered to clean up the paint for free\u2014a job that would have cost the center thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n

Operating for 29 years, CPC is one of two pregnancy centers run by the Christian Advocacy Society of Greater Vancouver. Together, the centers have helped 19,000 women experiencing unplanned pregnancies, post-abortion grief, domestic violence, and sexual assault.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published at Pregnancy Help News<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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