An emboldened anti-abortion faction wants women who have abortions to face criminal charges

Source: Associated Press

An emboldened anti-abortion faction wants women who have abortions to face criminal charges

CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Sat, April 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM EDT 7 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Kristan Hawkins, president of the national anti-abortion group Students for Life, tours college campuses, she has grown accustomed to counterprotests from abortion rights activists.

But more recently, fellow abortion opponents, who call themselves abortion abolitionists, are showing up to her booths with signs, often screaming “baby killer” at her while she speaks with students. Hawkins has had to send alerts to donors asking them to help pay for increased security.

“I’m pretty sure they protest me more than they protest Planned Parenthood,” Hawkins said. “Believe it or not, I now know the price of a bomb dog."

Hawkins' encounters, which she related during an interview with The Associated Press, are just one example of what many people involved in the abortion debate have described as the widening influence of a movement that seeks to outlaw all abortions and enforce the ban with criminal prosecution of any women who have abortions. It began gaining momentum after the Supreme Court's 2022 ruling overturning Roe v Wade and has accelerated since Republicans won full political control in Washington in last year's elections.

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