{"id":264763,"date":"2022-03-20T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=264763"},"modified":"2022-03-22T16:52:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T21:52:11","slug":"pro-life-activists-ucsf-abortion-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-activists-ucsf-abortion-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-life activists arrested, shine light on UCSF’s deadly abortion business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The issue of fetal experimentation was at the center of a March 14 <\/span>protest<\/span><\/a> conducted at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Activists representing <\/span>Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU)<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Pro-Life San Francisco<\/span><\/a> were arrested after gaining access to the institution\u2019s late-term abortion facility, the Women\u2019s Options Center 6G. After being held for a brief period, Terrisa Bukovinac, AJ Hurley, and Kristin Turner were later released on the same day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to the arrest, the leaders of the three respective groups facilitated a pink rose rescue, offering life-affirming resources to abortion-minded women before engaging in a <\/span>nonviolent disruption<\/span><\/a>. The pro-life demonstrators confronted the staff about <\/span>UCSF\u2019s<\/span><\/a> practice of aborting viable children for taxpayer-funded fetal experiments, as well as the concerning lack of oversight regarding the institution\u2019s handling of born-alive infant cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pro-life protesters at UCSF arrested (Photo by Samantha Kamman)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cUCSF has had ample time to address the very plausible claims activists have made against them,\u201d Turner, executive director of Pro-Life San Francisco, told Live Action News. \u201cThey are committing procedures with high rates of live birth, they have no protocol for live births on the books, and we know they have had the ability to address our concerns in the media since they reported to Politifact that they have never had a live birth during an abortion in any of their centers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThe time for talk is coming to an end; it\u2019s time for action,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe chose 6G specifically because it is the focus of our research at Pro-Life San Francisco,\u201d Turner said. \u201cWe KNOW how egregious their practices are and the strategic power of nonviolent direct action there. We had very limited time to make this decision, but I know it was the right one. These types of actions put those in power into situations where they are forced to respond to our concerns.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hurley, Director of Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, outlined the various ways he and other pro-life activists have drawn attention to UCSF\u2019s fetal research practices. From handing out leaflets to speaking at Board of Regents meetings, Hurley said that he and other pro-lifers have worked for years and explored every avenue of legal means to draw attention to the institution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s at the point where extraordinary violence and extraordinary injustice requires extraordinary sacrifice,\u201d Hurley told Live Action News.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The pro-life activist acknowledged that some may disagree with this manner of protest, but Hurley believes critics should think about whether it was their child or sibling who was moments away from being \u201cdelivered to death.\u201d To Hurley, providing preborn children with what may perhaps be the only \u201ctangible act of love\u201d they will ever experience makes the risk worthwhile.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo if we did nothing else, I obeyed God, and I love these babies. And that’s above everything else. I think that’s the message that needs to get out. It was nothing but love that put us in there, and it’s nothing but love that keeps us going,\u201d the pro-life activist said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Unpacking UCSF\u2019s Treatment of Aborted Children<\/b><\/p>\n

Speaking with Live Action News, Bukovinac, co-founder and Director of PAAU, highlighted the nature of UCSF\u2019s experiments and why the institution\u2019s methods for gathering material for research purposes should concern the public.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it’s critical that people understand that the unborn children being exploited at this facility are past the age of viability much of the time, and there is no feticide used,\u201d Bukovinac told Live Action News. \u201cSo these unborn children are fully pain-capable and able to live outside of the womb on their own. And yet, they are being dismembered alive or medically induced and being born and then taken over to a lab at building three for medical experimentation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is real. This is NIH-funded research. It’s not something that is a conspiracy theory,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is in black and white, and it’s funded by taxpayer dollars.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The PAAU director went on to address the need for the public to take \u201cseriously\u201d UCSF\u2019s treatment of aborted children and to let it \u201csink in.\u201d Regardless of religious or ideological differences, Bukovinac called on the San Francisco community and communities across the country to stand up to this \u201cbarbarism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is going to be no accountability for these killers until every day Americans stand up and say \u2018no more,\u2019\u201d Bukovinac said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Need for Oversight\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

On March 16, <\/span>Pro-Life San Francisco<\/span><\/a> and a group of volunteers spoke at the UC Board of Regents meeting to call for ethical research practices and accountability for UCSF\u2019s potentially criminal behavior. When it was her turn to speak, Turner warned the committee that failure to take action would make them responsible for the next<\/span> Kermit Gosnell<\/span><\/a>, relating the activities at UCSF to the notorious case surrounding the Pennsylvania abortionist.<\/span><\/p>\n