IC Birthright office vandalized after pro-choice protest

Lang
9/25/21

The Iowa City offices of Birthright were vandalized Friday night after a pro-choice rally and march on the University of Iowa campus.

About 40 people gathered on the Pentacrest for an event Facebook organizers called the “Without Us March”, which the group called a response to recent anti-abortion laws recently enacted in Texas.

After the rally, demonstrators marched thought the streets of downtown Iowa City. At one point, the group passed by the offices of the anti-abortion organization Birthright on the 300 block of East College Street. Photos posted to Twitter later showed a shattered window at the Birthright offices, with pro-choice signs and coat hangers left on and around the windows and doors. Similar signs and coat hangers were left at the nearby Johnson County Right to Life offices.

No charges had been filed as of Saturday morning.