Angry Leftist Smashes Pro-Life Club’s Table With Bike Helmet, Targets Other Pro-Life Groups

State   |   Micaiah Bilger   |   Sep 1, 2022   |   5:36PM   |   Des Moines, Iowa

The school year has just begun but already pro-life college students are being targets of hostility on campus.

On Wednesday, pro-life students at the University of Iowa said an angry student flipped over the College Republicans’ table and attempted to flip over the tables of two other conservative pro-life groups before smashing some of their materials with a bicycle helmet, according to Campus Reform.

Vandalism and violence against pro-life advocates has skyrocketed in recent months in response to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. LifeNews has documented more than 165 acts of pro-abortion violence since May.

The latest occurred during the University of Iowa Student Engagement Fair. According to Campus Reform, an angry student flipped over the College Republicans’ table and then made an obscene gesture at a Republican student, calling him a “fascist.”

Then, the student tried to overturn the Turning Point USA chapter table and used his bicycle helmet to destroy materials at the Students for Life table while calling them “fascists” and making obscene gestures, the report states.

Sophia Claus, president of the University of Iowa Students for Life, told Campus Reform that the student repeatedly hit their table with his helmet and hit her hands at one point when she tried to stop him.

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“Once I saw the boy coming over, I just thought, ‘I am not letting him flip this table,’” Claus said. “Once he was unsuccessful at flipping the table, he started smashing it with his helmet. I put my arms out trying to stop the helmet from hitting the table, but he just kept swinging it into my table and part of my hands. He then tried flipping the table again, but I put my body on it once again trying to push it down.”

Representatives from the three student groups said they reported the incident to police and college administrators.

College campuses are notoriously hostile toward pro-life students, and the atmosphere has become such that many conservative students feel they have to censor their opinions or risk lower grades or hostility from classmates, according to a new University of North Carolina study.

“… there is a clear ideological divide: self-identified conservatives express free-expression-related concerns at a far higher rate than self-identified liberals,” the August study found.

Their concerns are not unfounded. According to the research, 21 percent of liberal students believe it is appropriate to create an obstruction to prevent a speaker that they disagree with from speaking on campus; only 5 percent of conservative students said the same.

And while 82 percent of conservative students said they would be willing to have a liberal as a friend, only 47 percent of liberal students were willing to befriend students who disagree with them politically, the study found.

Political hostility from the left has been increasing. Countless pro-life advocates, conservative politicians and judges have been assaulted, threatened and harassed in recent months. Several conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices and their families have been targets of threats, including an attempted assassination on Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

At least eight pro-life organizations and churches were victims of arson and more than 100 others were vandalized. Even more violence has occurred at pro-abortion protests across the country, including one in which a Los Angeles police officer was burned by a flamethrower.

The crime wave has many pro-life organizations increasing security and Republican lawmakers demanding action from the Biden administration to crack down on the growing domestic terrorism. The FBI announced an investigation into the pro-abortion violence in June, but many believe the Biden administration and Democrat leaders are not doing enough to stop the violence.

In July, U.S. House Democrats blocked a resolution condemning the violence against pro-life organizations and churches.

LifeNews has been keeping track of the violence. Reports since May include:

California – LACMA Pro-Abortion Protest Stops Traffic; Police Arrest 2 Women (Hey SOCAL)

New York – Alpha Pregnancy Care Center in Schenectady Vandalized with “Fake Clinic” and “Jane’s Revenge” (Catholic News Agency)

USA – Pro-Life Businesses Face Backlash, Harassment Since Dobbs Ruling (World Magazine)

South Carolina – Swastikas Painted on Spartanburg Church, Pastor Attributes to Pro-Life Stance (WBTW News 13)

Massachusetts – Pro-Abortion Extremists Vandalize Another Pro-Life Pregnancy Center, Bethlehem House Inc. Pregnancy Care Center in Easthampton, That Helps Women

Arkansas – Conservative Pro-Life Group Ammo-Can Coffee in Soldotna Is Vandalized, Locks Glued Shut (Peninsula Clarion)

Idaho – Compassion & Hope Pregnancy Center in Pocatello Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti, “Beware” (Idaho State Journal)

Pennsylvania – Another Pro-Life Billboard Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti in Pittsburgh (Prolife Across America)

Colorado – Catholic Church Shot Up as Wave of Pro-Abortion Violence Continues Nationwide

New York – Police Arrest 5 Pro-Abortion Demonstrators who Harangued Pro-Life Catholics at Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral (Daily Mail)

Maine – Abortion Activist Arrested Outside Home of Federalist Society Leader, Allegedly Threatened 11-Year-Old Girl

Kansas – Calvary Temple Assembly of God Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti, “My Body, My Choice” (The Lawrence Times)

Kansas – Emporia Police Report Stolen, Damaged “Vote Yes” Signs Ahead of Pro-Life Vote (KVOE)

Kansas – Pro-Lifer with Students for Life Assaulted while Campaigning for Pro-Life Amendment in Kansas (more at Kansas City Star)

Kansas – Lawrence’s Victory Bible Church Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti after Supporting Pro-Life Amendment (Lawrence Journal-World)

Minnesota – Police: Abria Pregnancy Resources in St. Paul Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Threat (KSTP Eyewitness News)

California – Abortion Activists Vandalize Riverside Historic Courthouse, Five Arrested (The Press-Enterprise)

California – Los Angeles Police Arrest 3 after Urban Light Display Vandalized during Pro-Abortion Protest (KTLA 5)

Wisconsin – Pro-Life Sign Vandalized in Kewaunee County, Sheriff Looking for Info (WFRV)

Massachusetts – Your Options Medical Pregnancy Center in Revere Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Threat (Catholic News Agency)

Louisiana – Pro-Life Man Assaulted, Camera Smashed outside Abortion Facility in Baton Rouge (WAFB News 9)

Georgia – Vandals Attack St. Boniface Catholic Church’s Pro-Life Sign (Effingham Herald)

Illinois – Abortion Activists Terrorize Pro-Life Attorney, Throw Smoke Bombs and Firecrackers at His House (The Gateway Pundit) (more at The Daily Northwestern)

Wisconsin – Police Investigate Pro-Abortion Vandalism at Abundant Life Christian School, Bernard Catholic Church in Madison (WKOW 27)

California – Sacramento Pregnancy Center Had to Hire Security Guard When Abortion Activist Showed Up With Machete

Louisiana – Woman’s New Life Clinic in Baton Rouge Vandalized, “Abortion is a Right” (National Right to Life News) (more from 4WWL News)

Utah – Arches New Hope Pregnancy Center in Moab Vandalized, Black Paint Splattered Across Building (Moab Sun News)

Pennsylvania – Pro-Life Union of Greater Philadelphia Had Windows Smashed, Office Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (Philly Anti-Capitalist blog) (more from the Pro-Life Union)

Kansas – Derby Neighborhood Fence, Mural Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (KAKE)

Kansas – Overland Park Catholic Church Vandalized with “My Body My Choice” after Speaking Out for Life (Kansas City Star)

Ohio – Right to Life of Northeast Ohio in Akron Vandalized a Second Time, “If Abortions Aren’t Safe Neither RU” (RTL of Northeast Ohio)

Washington state – Care Net of Puget Sound in Kenmore Vandalized with Spraypaint, Windows Smashed (My Northwest)

Massachusetts – Two Worcester Pregnancy Centers Problem Pregnancy, Clearway Clinic Vandalized, Windows Smashed (MassLive) (more from Clearway Clinic website)

Washington state – Two Churches Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti in Sumner (My Northwest)

Washington state – Police Investigate Attempted Arson at Two Hearts Pregnancy Center in Everett (Live Action News)

Iowa – Vandals Deface Pro-Life Billboard at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Vinton (Vinton Today)

Kansas – Salina Police Cite Woman for Damaging Pro-Life “Vote Yes” Signs at 8 Locations (Salina Journal)

Wisconsin – Four Catholic Churches in Chippewa Falls, Tilden Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (Spectrum News 1) (more from CNA)

Texas – Man Arrested for Allegedly Threatening to Shoot Supreme Court Justices with AK47 (Fox News)

Minnesota – Birthright Pregnancy Center Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (Catholic News Agency) (more from The Globe)

Oregon – Radicals Smash Building, Attack Journalist at Pro-Abortion Riot in Portland (Andy Ngo)

Texas – Abortion Activists Block Traffic in Austin During Pro-Abortion Protest (Insider)

Michigan – Abortion Activists Block 4th of July Parade in Lansing (Newsweek)

Florida – Pregnancy Help Medical Clinic in Hialeah Vandalized: “If Abortions Aren’t Safe, Neither Are You” (Martha Avila/Heartbeat of Miami) (more from Local 10 News)

Wisconsin – St. Bernard Catholic Church in Madison Vandalized with “Anti-‘Pro-Life’” Graffiti (National Review)

Ohio – Right to Life of Northeast Ohio Office Vandalized Hours after Roe Overturned (Right to Life of Northeast Ohio)

Washington, D.C. – Police Arrest Abortion Activists for Blocking Roadway near U.S. Supreme Court (Bloomberg)

New Hampshire – Pathways Pregnancy Care Center in Littleton Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Message, “Fund Abortion, Abort God” (WMUR News 9)

Kansas – Cowley County GOP Office in Winfield Vandalized, Pro-Life Materials Lit on Fire (Fox News)

Utah – Pregnancy Resource Center of Salt Lake City Vandalized Hours after Supreme Court Overturns Roe (Catholic News Agency)

California – Abortion Activists Vandalize Mobile Clinic of Pro-Life Pregnancy Center Options Health in Concord (Catholic News Agency)

Pennsylvania – St. Patrick Catholic Church in Philadelphia Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (Catholic News Agency)

Tennessee – Pro-Life Hope Clinic for Women in Nashville Vandalized, Molotov Cocktail Found (Tennessee Lookout)

California – A Woman’s Friend Pregnancy Center in Yuba City Vandalized, Window Smashed (CBS 13 Sacramento)

Washington state – St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Renton Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti, Windows Smashed (KIRO 7)

Indiana – Monroe County Courthouse Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (Fox 59 News)

Colorado – Heart to Heart Pregnancy Center in Cortez Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (Catholic News Agency)

Indiana – Memorial for Aborted Babies Vandalized at St. Therese Little Flower Catholic Church (Catholic News Agency)

Florida – LifeChoice Pregnancy Center in Winter Haven Defaced with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (Catholic News Agency)

Oregon – First Image Pregnancy Center Vandalized Again in Portland, Photojournalist Assaulted for Reporting the Crime (Andy Ngo)

Washington state – Video: Man Smashes Bellevue Church Doors, Throws Rock at Employee (Fox 13 Seattle)

Texas – 3 Statues Vandalized at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Harlingen (Valley Central 4)

New York – Ascension Roman Catholic Church in Upper West Side Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Threat (Newsweek)

Florida – Methodist Church in Tallahassee Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (Newsweek)

USA – Hackers Attack Pro-Life States and Organizations, Steal Data (The Byte)

Louisiana – Tombstones for Unborn Babies Vandalized at Holy Name of Mary Church in Algiers (Live Action News)

Iowa – Informed Choices Pro-Life Center Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (Live Action News)

Oregon– All Saints Catholic Church in Northeast Portland Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (Catholic Sentinel)

North Carolina – NC GOP Responds to Abortion Graffiti at Raleigh Headquarters (News Observer)

Rhode Island – Police Arrest Two at Pro-Abortion Protest in Providence (The Providence Journal)

Virginia – St. John Catholic Church Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti after Supreme Court Ruling (NBC Washington 4) Vandals Allegedly Tried to Set Garden on Fire (MRC-TV)

South Carolina – Police Arrest 6 Abortion Activists at Pro-Abortion Protest in Greenville (The Daily Wire)

Virginia – Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center Vandalized after Supreme Court Abortion Ruling (CNN) (more from 10 News WSLS)

Vermont – Windows Smashed, Pro-Abortion Graffiti Found on Vermont Statehouse after Roe Overturned (VT Digger)

California – Paso Robles Tree of Life Pregnancy Center Vandalized after Roe Overturned (KSBY News 6) (more from The Tribune)

Colorado – Abortion Activists Burn, Vandalize Pro-Life Pregnancy Center after Supreme Court Overturns Roe

California – Abortion Activist Charged with Attempting to Murder Police During Pro-Abortion Protest (more)

Washington, D.C. – MAGA hat swatted off pro-life protester’s head in front of SCOTUS (Richie McGinnis/Daily Caller)

Washington state – Pro-Abortion Radicals Destroy Street Preacher’s Bible during Seattle Protest (Jonathan Choe/Discovery Institute)

Washington state – Security Guard Hit with Metal Pipe during Pro-Abortion Protest in Seattle (Jonathan Choe/Discovery Institute)

Washington state – Antifa attack and pepper spray pro-life woman in Seattle (The Post Millennial)

Iowa – Pro-Abortion Protesters Hit, Try to Block Vehicle at Protest in Cedar Rapids (Andy Ngo)

California – Pro-Abortion Protesters in Sacramento Surround Car, Block Driver from Leaving (Fox 40)

Oregon – Pro-Abortion Protesters Smash Mall Windows, Start Fire Near Federal Courthouse in Portland (Andy Ngo)

Oregon – Eugene Police Arrest 10 during Pro-Abortion ‘Night of Rage’ (The Hill)

California – Los Angeles Pro-Abortion Protesters Shut Down Street, Hit Drivers with Sticks (El American/Andy Ngo)

New York – Fox News Studios Vandalized in New York City at Pro-Abortion Protest (more)

Arizona – Police Disburse Pro-Abortion Protesters for Kicking Doors, Trying to Break Senate Building Windows, Interrupting Session (Arizona Family)

New York – Two Pro-Life Billboards Vandalized in Esopus (Daily Freeman)

Iowa – Republican Office in Cedar Rapids Vandalized (The Gazette)

Kansas – Pro-Life Yard Signs Ripped Apart, Stolen at Multiple Homes Ahead of Pro-Life Amendment Vote (Value Them Both) (more at KSNT)

Michigan – Two More Sites Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti, Including Pro-Life Group and Congressman’s Office (Right to Life of Michigan)

Michigan – Pro-Abortion Domestic Terrorists Destroy Pro-Life Pregnancy Center in Redford, Smashing Doors and Windows

Ohio – Pro-Life Billboard in Columbus Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (Right to Life of Northeast Ohio)

Michigan – Windows Smashed, Threat Spray-Painted on Dearborn Heights Pregnancy Center

Wisconsin – Leftists Target Pro-Life Congressional Candidate With Vandalism: “F— Charity Barry”

Minnesota – Minnesota Pro-Life Organization Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti, Windows Smashed; Second Vandalism in Weeks

Pennsylvania – Abortion Activists Attack Pro-Life Pregnancy Center in Philadelphia, Smash Windows

Washington state – Pro-life Republican Lawmaker’s Office Hit with Arson Attempt, Vandalism

Michigan – Naked Protester Disrupts Catholic Mass to Promote Killing Babies in Abortions

Iowa – Abortion Activists Brag About Vandalizing Another Pregnancy Center

Alaska – Pregnancy Center Vandalized with Nails, Pro-Abortion Graffiti (EWTN Ireland)

Oregon – Abortion Activists Firebomb Another Pro-Life Pregnancy Center, Fourth Bombing in Weeks

New York – Topless Abortion Rights Protesters Storm Court At New York Liberty WNBA Game (Huffington Post)

New York – Statues of Lúcia dos Santos and Jacinta Marto smashed and decapitated at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church (ABC 7 New York)

New York – Tabernacle stolen, Holy Eucharist thrown on floor, statues of angels on the altar decapitated and destroyed at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Brooklyn (Catholic News Agency)

Michigan – Police Arrest Abortion Activist for Allegedly Disrupting Michigan House Session (Bridge Michigan)

California – Abortion Activist Arrested Trying to Approach Joe Biden to Urge Him to Promote Abortion

Maryland – Police Arrest Man with Weapon outside Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh’s Home, Allegedly Threatened to Murder Him (Washington Post)

North Carolina – Asheville Pregnancy Center Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti (Lauren Muzyka/Sidewalk Advocates for Life) (more at FOX Carolina)

New York – Abortion Activists Firebomb Pro-Life Pregnancy Center, Third Bombing in Weeks

New York – Pro-Abortion Protesters Mob Catholic Pro-Life Procession (National Review)

Texas – Radical Abortion Activists Invade Church Service to Promote Killing Babies

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)

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 Church 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)