“We can hold different beliefs on different things,” Salazar, who said she is a feminist and a Catholic, told CNA. “We don’t have to put people into boxes.”
Salazar, who referred to abortionists as “oppressors” and preborn children subject to abortion as “the oppressed,” said that “the preborn are living human beings” and that “killing any human is wrong and [an] injustice.”
Some of the group’s pro-life activism includes “rescues,” which Salazar characterized as putting “your bodies in between the baby and the butcher.” A rescue, according to PAAU’s website, is a direct action that causes a “disruption of the cycle of violence” in an effort to prevent abortion. It also “defies existing law,” which can have “legal consequences” but is always “nonviolent.”
Lauren Handy, the director of activism and mutual aid for PAAU, was convicted of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act in 2023 and could face up to 11 years in prison. The Department of Justice claims she engaged in a conspiracy to create a blockade at an abortion clinic in Washington, D.C.
Salazar said that rescues recognize that the “killing center should not be in operation.”
Recognizing that the pro-life movement tends to lean conservative, Salazar said PAAU is a “space for ourselves” in the movement and expressed a message for others who may not fit the mold of the common perception of a pro-life activist.
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