Molotov Device Found At Nashville Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Center

By Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout

June 30, 2022

Federal and local authorities are investigating an overnight attack Thursday on an anti-abortion pregnancy in Nashville where a window was left smashed and an un-ignited Molotov cocktail device found inside, according to Metro Nashville police who called it the “first act of vandalism seen as related to the U.S. Supreme Court abortion decision.”

The Hope Clinic for Women on Hayes Street in Nashville has been in operations since 1983. The Christian pregnancy center works to steer women and girls away from abortions. It is among the organizations highlighted in a recent news release from Gov. Bill Lee applauding the overturning of Roe v. Wade on Friday.

Police responded to a burglary alarm at the facility at 1:38 a.m. Thursday, finding the smashed window and the unexploded device inside, the department said.

The words “Janes Revenge” was sprayed outside the brick building, the news release said.
Reports of similar anti-abortion pregnancy centers being vandalized since the Supreme Court ruling have emerged in Colorado, Virginia and Florida.

The FBI, MNPD Specialized Investigations Division detectives and Hazardous Devices Unit officers are investigating, and the unignited device has been sent to a crime lab for analysis, according to Nashville police.

“The police department is working with the facility on ways to bolster security,” a news release said.

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