Watchdog group demands answers to US Army training labeling pro-life groups ‘terrorists’

From Christian Post:

A watchdog group is demanding answers following a U.S. Army training that labeled pro-life organizations as “terrorist groups,” citing people who counsel women outside abortion facilities or display Choose Life license plates on their cars as potential threats.

Judicial Watch, a conservative foundation that seeks accountability in government, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense in the District Court for the District of Columbia last week. The foundation says it filed the lawsuit after failing to receive a response to an Aug. 13 request.

The suit is in response to a briefing titled “Terrorist Groups” at Fort Liberty in North Carolina that went viral earlier this year. One of the slides in the presentation cited the pro-life groups National Right to Life and Operation Rescue as examples of terrorist groups. In addition to sidewalk counseling or supporting pregnancy resource centers through Choose Life license plates, the slides also cited opposition to Roe v. Wade as a potential terrorist trait.

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