{"id":33874,"date":"2025-04-10T00:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T00:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/?p=33874"},"modified":"2025-04-10T00:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T00:19:06","slug":"catholic-pro-life-activist-assaulted-in-new-york-city-during-video-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/catholic-pro-life-activist-assaulted-in-new-york-city-during-video-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic pro-Life activist assaulted in New York City during video interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><em>By:  Daniel Payne, originally published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/263175\/catholic-pro-life-activist-assaulted-in-new-york-city-during-video-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April 4, 2025, Catholic News Agency<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A Catholic pro-life activist was assaulted in New York City on Thursday while conducting a video interview with a pro-abortion advocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Savannah Craven Antao was taking part in an interview with a \u201cpro-abortion individual\u201d who \u201cbecame enraged\u201d during the discussion and punched her in the face, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/pro-life-journalist-assaulted-by-pro-abortion-attacker-while-conducting-interviews-in-new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a press release from the pro-life group Live Action.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Antao was working as a \u201cLive Action activist\u201d when the assault occurred, according to the group. Footage shared by Live Action President Lila Rose showed Antao being struck in the face by the assailant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO OF THE ASSAULT OF PRO LIFE JOURNALIST BY PRO-ABORTION ADVOCATE IN NEW YORK<br><br>Savannah Craven was working with Live Action conducting man on the street interviews, asking \u201cDo you know what Planned Parenthood does?\u201d when she was attacked<br><br>She is at hospital now <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oTOKATXsjp\">pic.twitter.com\/oTOKATXsjp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilaGraceRose\/status\/1907950199387074628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">An image shared by Rose further showed Antao with blood streaming down her face after the assault.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Savannah Craven, a pro-life advocate working with Live Action, was just assaulted by a pro-abortion supporter in NYC while interviewing passerbys, asking them \u201cDo you know what Planned Parenthood does?\u201d <br><br>An abortion supporter began talking with Savannah but became\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LbKQc1Bl1g\">pic.twitter.com\/LbKQc1Bl1g<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilaGraceRose\/status\/1907939593087057923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SavannahCraven5\/status\/1907973680203723106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a post on X on Thursday night<\/a>, Antao said she was recovering in the hospital after getting stitches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/SavannahCraven5\/status\/1907973680203723106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1907973680203723106%7Ctwgr%5Ee7ec266ea873b3317257d9e115ca114209c4a573%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicnewsagency.com%2Fnews%2F263175%2Fcatholic-pro-life-activist-assaulted-in-new-york-city-during-video-interview\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Absolutely no time to see that it was coming\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Antao told CNA in a Friday morning interview that she has worked for years as a pro-life advocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI regularly do street interviews for my YouTube channel and various other organizations,\u201d she said. \u201cThis isn\u2019t something I\u2019m not used to doing. It was just like any other day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The woman who assaulted her was \u201cvery passionate\u201d about her pro-abortion stance, Antao said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cShe knew about Planned Parenthood. She totally agreed with me that abortion kills a baby. She knew how the procedure worked,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Antao said at one point the woman suggested children in foster care could be killed. When Antao brought up that claim again, she said, the woman assaulted her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI had absolutely no time to see that it was coming,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Antao\u2019s husband, Henry, shielded her from further attacks from the woman, after which the assailant walked away. The couple called the police, but the woman could not be located. Antao was subsequently taken to the hospital and required two stitches. She said she is raising money for a security fund via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HerPatriotVoice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her YouTube channel.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The activist said on Friday that she was unaware if her assailant had been arrested yet. She expressed sympathy, however, for her attacker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI know that that woman was hurting inside, and that\u2019s why I still want to pray for her, and that she finds peace with herself,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Rose on Thursday said Live Action was \u201cdeeply grateful\u201d for Antao\u2019s work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cHer bravery in the face of violence is heroic. We are grateful she is safe and receiving support,\u201d Rose said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cNo one should ever face physical assault for expressing their views in public,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Antao, meanwhile, told CNA that her Catholic faith has always informed her pro-life beliefs, though she said the huge numbers of Black and brown babies aborted in New York City motivated her to become even more involved in activism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Asked if the assault would cause her to scale back her pro-life efforts, Antao responded: \u201cAbsolutely not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><em>Daniel Payne is a senior editor at Catholic News Agency. He previously worked at the College Fix and Just the News. 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