VCU Pro-Life event shut down by protesters

JACLYN DIAZMarch 31, 2023

A group of protesters chanting “fk pro-life” crashed and shut down an anti-abortion event at a Virginia college on Wednesday night after police responded to the heated scene.

The campus event was organized by Virginia Commonwealth University’s division of Students for Life and was set to feature a talk between Kristan Hawkins, the group’s president, and Isabel Brown, a staffer at Turning Point USA.

But the loud and disruptive protesters stormed the event before it could even begin. At the end of the wild scene, two people were arrested, according to Fox News.

The Pro-Choice activists marched into the VCU classroom with signs reading ‘bans on our bodies’, ‘~~For life~~ “Pro-poverty, pro-control, anti-freedom” and “pro-forced birth is against life,” read a video recorded by Hawkins and posted to Instagram.

They loudly chanted “fk pro-life” and “fascists go home” – preventing Hawkins and Brown from speaking to the attendees.

The loud and disruptive protesters stormed the event before it could even begin.

The interview took place between Kristan Hawkins, the group's president, and Isabel Brown, a staff member at Turning Point USA. — The interview took place between Kristan Hawkins, the group’s president, and Isabel Brown, a staff member at Turning Point USA.

At some point, a small group got into a fight, which the security staff violently broke up, as the video shows.

Then someone called out, “Hey, listen! Everybody leave here.”

The protesters fired back in another refrain, “You go first,” footage shows.

The speakers and organizers at the event were reportedly evicted by security, Brown and Hawkins said.

Police officers arrested two people at the event for simple assault and disorderly conduct.

On one occasion, a small group got into a scuffle, which security personnel violently broke up.

“They are temporarily removing us from the room instead of kicking out the protesters,” Brown said to the camera.

“VCU campus police are shutting down our peaceful gathering because of these fascists right here,” Hawkins said, pointing to the protesters. “So they’re going to let these big crybabies, fascists, prevail.”

At least a dozen of the pro-lifers were detained for more than two hours, according to Students for Life.

“When will law enforcement start taking threats against pro-lifers seriously?” the group asked. “VCU, your campus police are investigating [the protestors’] An intrusion into our event “not an appropriate security threat”. This is unacceptable…”