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House Republicans presses for domestic terrorism investigations into attacks on pro-life centers

House Republicans are calling on the Department of Justice to investigate recent nationwide attacks on pro-life organizations as acts of domestic terrorism.

In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, 122 lawmakers cited 14 attacks against pregnancy centers, pro-life advocacy organizations and churches across 9 states and the District of Columbia since early May following the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

“U.S. Supreme Court justices and pro-life advocates have experienced heightened threats and violence,” wrote the GOP lawmakers, who were led by Reps. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, Scott C.