Pro-abortion activists disrupted Pastor Joel Osteen’s Texas mega-church Sunday, stripping down to their underwear in the middle of the service while shouting, “My body! My choice!”
The Catholic News Agency reports Osteen was beginning his sermon at Lakewood Church, a non-denominational Protestant church in Houston, when three female abortion activists stood up, took off their clothes and shouted pro-abortion slogans and profanity while waving green bandannas.
“It’s my body, my f—— choice!” one woman screamed.
“Overturn Roe? Hell, no!” another shouted as she removed her dress.
Osteen paused briefly as security guards escorted the women out of the sanctuary.
“And we’ll wait just one moment here but God is good and he’s on the throne and he’s in control,” the pastor told the congregation, according to CNA.
Later, the Twitter account Tx4abortion posted a video of the disruption online.
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The incident is the latest in dozens of attacks on pro-life advocates and churches since news broke in May about a leaked draft ruling that shows the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. If that happens, states will be allowed to protect unborn babies from abortion again, and the Guttmacher Institute predicts as many as 26 will do so.
Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights leader Julianne D’Eredita, 21, of Austin, told CNA that they chose to protest at Osteen’s church because he has a huge congregation and TV viewership. She said 13 participated in their demonstration Sunday, but most stayed outside.
Here’s more from the report:
The demonstrators were detained by the police and told they would be charged with a crime if they returned, D’Eredita said.
D’Eredita told CNA she attended Osteen’s church as a child and knows Osteen personally. While Osteen has expressed pro-life views in the past, the abortion issue does not play a prominent role in his ministry. D’Eredita said the activist group chose Osteen’s evangelical non-denominational church — whose church building can seat 16,800 — because its broadcasts attract millions of viewers around the world.
Some pro-abortion groups have been calling for churches to be the target of abortion activists’ outrage as it appears likely that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe this summer. Several churches have been vandalized and threatened, and abortion activists have disrupted services at several others in recent weeks. Dozens of pro-life organizations and individuals have been targets of violence and harassment, too.
Even some prominent pro-abortion groups are using words that hint at possible insurrection and violence. Rachel O’Leary Carmona, executive director of Women’s March, recently warned that abortion activists will be “ungovernable” until the government legalizes abortion on demand.
The Supreme Court has not issued a final ruling on the abortion case yet, but the Department of Homeland Security released a report in mid-May warning that radical abortion activists plan to burn down or storm the Supreme Court building and murder justices and their law clerks if the court overturns Roe v. Wade. The report indicates these pro-abortion extremists also plan to target churches and other places of worship with violence and vandalism.
LifeNews has been keeping track of reports of pro-abortion vandalism, violence, threats and other incidents since the leak. They include:
Florida – Pro-Abortion Violence Continues as Abortion Activists Vandalize Catholic Pro-Life Office
Washington, D.C. – Abortion Activists Trash Pregnancy Center: Dump Paint on Door, Egg Windows, Write “Revenge” on Wall
Pennsylvania – Pro-Life Billboard Vandalized in Pittsburgh (ProLife Across America)
Oregon – Mother and Child center vandalized; Address was publicized by group that favors abortion rights (Catholic Sentinel)
Oregon – Eugene Pregnancy Center Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (Andy Ngo)
New Jersey – Catholic Pro-Life Student Attacked at Public School, 7 Pro-Abortion Students Suspended (CNA) (video)
Washington state – Radical Abortion Activists Vandalize Pro-Life Center, Smash 5 Windows and Leave Threats
Michigan – Grand Rapids Meeting Adjourned after Unruly Protesters Shout Down Anti-Abortion Activist (MLive)
Mississippi – Rural Black Church Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti
Oregon – Pro-Life Billboard Vandalized in Portland: “Abort the Supreme Court” (Andy Ngo)
Washington state – Four Churches Vandalized by Pro-Abortion Radicals in Olympia (more from the Washington Free Beacon)
Alabama – Vicar, Parishioners Respond to Vandalism at Pro-Life Women’s Clinic in Auburn (Opelika-Auburn News)
Kansas – Supports of Pro-Life “Value The Both” Amendment Report Yard Signs Stolen (KAKE)
Arizona – Planned Parenthood Chair Brags How Her Husband Assaulted Man in “Blacks for Trump” Shirt
USA – Abortion Activists Threaten to Burn Down Supreme Court, Kill Justices When Roe is Overturned (more at CBS News)
Arizona – Watch: Pro-Abortion Demonstrators Attack, Spit on ‘Students for Kari’ Volunteers (College Fix)
Missouri – Pro-life Student Group at University of Missouri Calls for Dialogue after its Memorial Was Vandalized (Campus Reform)
Indiana – Pro-Life Student Advocates Shoved, Grabbed from Behind at Pro-Abortion Rally (Students for Life)
Idaho – Two Arrested at Pro-Abortion Rally, Protester Allegedly Kicked Police Officer (KTVB 7)
Maryland – Birthright of Frederick Vandalized: “F— Fake Clinics”
Maryland – Alpha Pregnancy Center in Reisterstown Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (Andy Ngo) (more at WBAL-TV 11)
USA – Video: Pro-Life Student Activists Kicked, Shoved by Pro-Abortion Protesters (Students for Life)
Michigan – Michigan Catholic Church Vandalized with Satanic Symbols after Roe Leak (more at The Tennessee Star)
New York City – Abortion Activists Threaten to Bomb, Burn Down St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Maine – Republican Senator Receives Threats after Voting No on Radical Pro-Abortion Bill (Boston Globe)
Texas – Another Pro-Life Pregnancy Center Vandalized in Denton (NRL News)
Virginia – Pro-Life Organization Office Vandalized; Man Exposes Himself, Urinates on Front Door (Concerned Women for America)
Washington, D.C. – Justice Alito and His Family Taken to Secure Location to Protect Them From Pro-Abortion Violence
Colorado – Parish church in Fort Collins tagged with pro-abortion graffiti; police investigating (Catholic News Agency)
Oregon – Oregon Right to Life Firebombed With Molotov Cocktail
Texas – Catholic Churches Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti
Virginia – Pregnancy Center Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti in Northern Virginia (National Review) (more from Human Coalition)
USA – Pro-Abortion Feminist Calls for Violence against Pro-Life Americans, Celebrates Arson
Wisconsin – Abortion Activists Light Fire in Pro-Life Group’s Office, Throw Molotov Cocktails
Texas – Pro-Life Pregnancy Center Vandalized in Denton, Texas (more from Students for Life)
Oregon, Maryland – Radical Abortion Activists Vandalize Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers That Help Pregnant Women
Washington, D.C. – Two Pro-Life Leaders Say Abortion Activists Punched Them at D.C. Protest (Stand True)
Texas – Pro-Abortion Group Brags about Vandalizing Trotter House Pregnancy Center in Austin (Stop the Sweeps ATX) (more at Pregnancy Help News)
Texas – Pro-Life University of North Texas Student Says Antifa Vandalized Door, Issued Threats (Fox News)
Washington state – Antifa Assault News Crew during Pro-Abortion Rally in Seattle (Andy Ngo)
Colorado – Catholic Church in Boulder Defiled Following Roe v. Wade Draft Opinion Leak (Denver Gazette)
Oregon – Pro-Abortion Protesters Damage Property In Portland Following SCOTUS Leak On Abortion (KXL 101 FM News) (more at KOIN 6)
California – Two Police Officers Injured at Pro-Abortion Protest in Los Angeles (more at CBS News)
