Anti-Abortion Ideology And White Supremacy Have Always Been Entangled

Article originally appeared on Blavity on February 8th, 2021

As I watched the footage of white supremacists scaling the Capitol walls on January 6, a sense of familiarity set in. I started receiving texts and photos of prominent anti-abortion leaders, and a convicted clinic bomber, at the scene. I recognized one. Leaders from white supremacist organizations — including the Proud Boys and the Daily Stormer — had doxxed and harassed me before, and there they were roaming the Capitol halls as if on a high school tour.

I felt my heart pulsating outside of my chest. Of course, they were there, I thought. They’re not hiding in plain sight any longer.