A Democratic member of Congress appeared to downplay attacks on churches after the Dobbs Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.
During Tuesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on the FACE Act, Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., got into an exchange with Arielle Del Turco, director of the Family Research Council’s Center for Religious Liberty, interrupting the witness and attempting to discredit her inclusion on the panel.
“There have been over 420 acts of hostility against pro-life pregnancy centers, is that correct?” Johnson asked, with Del Turco noting it was “against churches.”
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“Against churches? Not against pro-life pregnancy centers? Is that right?” Johnson asked, going on to interrupt Del Turco as she answered that her report was “focused on churches.”
“Are we here conflating acts of hostility against churches to acts of violence against these pregnancy centers that you all talk about? Is that what we’re conflating today?” Johnson continued.
“No, these are both covered in the FACE Act,” Del Turco responded before being interrupted by Johnson again.
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Johnson asked what “relevance … acts of hostility against churches have when it comes to the assertions on this committee that there have been acts of violence against these so-called pro-life pregnancy centers.”
“Churches and houses of worship are also covered in the FACE Act, as well as abortion clinics and …,” Del Turco responded before being interrupted by Johnson again.
Johnson said the hearing was about “pro-life pregnancy centers, not churches” and attempted to discredit Del Turco as a witness by accusing Republicans of including her on the panel to “confuse the public” by talking about churches.
The Georgia Democrat asked Del Turco if she noted “any acts of murder” in her report, to which she answered…
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