Pro-Life Activist Assaulted During Interview About Abortion
A pro-life activist was physically assaulted and left bloody after a street interview on abortion turned violent. According to Fox News , the incident happened on a street in New York City, where video captured…
A pro-life activist was physically assaulted and left bloody after a street interview on abortion turned violent.
According to Fox News, the incident happened on a street in New York City, where video captured influencer Savannah Craven Antao getting hit in the face by the woman she is interviewing about abortion and unborn children while doing a segment for pro-life advocacy organization Live Action.
The woman being interviewed told Antao that she doesn’t “understand the magnitude of having a child.”
In response, Antao said, “I’m not the one who admitted they would be OK with killing babies in foster care and killing children that had been abused.”
“That’s not the point,” the interviewee replied before stopping and punching twice straight to Antao’s face, who was sent reeling, while the interviewee walked off.
In a post shared of her injuries on Instagram, Antao said she was assaulted in Harlem and said she was heading to a hospital in a police car.
“I was just assaulted in Harlem interviewing people on the street. In cop car. Heading to hospital. Updates soon. ABORTION SUPPORTERS ARE VIOLENT,” Antao wrote.
Henry Antao, her husband, said the woman became “aggressive” and “violent” and added that he had to intervene and call 911.
“The woman became aggressive and violent upon learning Savannah’s pro-life stance. I intervened to protect my wife, and we immediately called 911. The police arrived, and we provided them with the assailant’s photo and description. We hope justice will be served soon.”
Live Action president and founder Lila Rose put out a statement and said no one should be physically assaulted for expressing their views.
“We are deeply grateful for the work Savannah has done to protect preborn children and help end abortion in our nation,” Rose said. “Her bravery in the face of violence is heroic. We are grateful she is safe and receiving support. No one should ever face physical Assault for expressing their views in public.”
“We will not be intimidated. Live Action will continue our goal to defund Planned Parenthood – which kills over 1,000 children every day while receiving more than $700 million in taxpayer funding,” Rose said. “We remain committed to our mission to completely abolish abortion and ensure every child is protected under the law.”
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A video later posted by Antao shows her with her husband in the back of the police car looking for her assailant who she describes as “big and tall.”