Before the Supreme Court handed down its official ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, a Catholic Republican representing Arizona, warned last week that extremists might target pregnancy centers because of the decision. 

Pro-abortion activists have already been attacking and vandalizing pregnancy centers for the last few months after news of the decision was leaked. Gosar asked people to be aware and report problems.

“Upon hearing the news that the Supreme Court will release additional rulings tomorrow, I would like to ask all patriots to please consider watching your local churches and pregnancy centers,” Gosar said in a Thursday tweet. “If you see vandals and arsonists, call the authorities and record what you can.” 

The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, returning power to the states to determine the legality of abortion, a CNBC report said. 

“The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of Roe and Casey now chiefly rely — the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion. “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.” 

In light of the divisiveness of the issue, the Department of Homeland Security has warned pregnancy centers and Catholic churches to prepare for a "Night of Rage," anticipating that pro-abortion extremists will attack and vandalize them in the wake of the court's decision, Townhall reported on Friday. 

Pro-choice factions have worn their hearts on their sleeves, promising a reaction. 

“"Now the leash is off,” Jane's Revenge, a radical pro-abortion group connected to left-wing Antifa, said in a recent letter that Town Hall cited. “And we will make it as hard as possible for your campaign of oppression to continue. We have demonstrated in the past month how easy and fun it is to attack. We are versatile, we are mercurial, and we answer to no one but ourselves. We promised to take increasingly drastic measures against oppressive infrastructures. Rest assured that we will, and those measures may not come in the form of something so easily cleaned up as fire and graffiti.” 

Since the draft opinion on Roe v. Wade was leaked weeks ago, pro-abortion radicals have attacked and vandalized at least 48 churches, pregnancy centers and other pro-life organizations, Aleteia reported recently. 

Puget Sound Anarchists took credit for vandalizing multiple churches, stating, "We dumped red paint over the entryways and left messages of ‘If abortions aren’t safe, then neither are you,’ ‘Abort the church,’ and ‘God loves abortion,'” Aleteia said. "We are not appealing to state power for an end to patriarchal violence, but threatening: ‘If abortions aren’t safe, then neither are you.’”

The public threats of attacks show that the ruling won’t be taken lightly, a pro-life advocate indicated.

"Pro-abortion extremists hate women so much and love abortion so much, that they will even destroy the pro-bono centers supporting young mothers with free diapers, formula, medical care and parenting classes,” Lila Rose, founder of Live Action, said in a recent tweet. “This is what today's "pro-choice" movement has become. Shameful.” 

Americans are split on the matter of abortion. A Gallup Poll conducted in May 2021 found that the majority of Americans do not support unrestricted access to abortion. Nearly half (48%) of respondents said they think abortion should be legal only under certain circumstances, while 19% said they think abortion should be illegal in all circumstances and 32% think abortion should be legal in all cases.