Rep. Banks slams Department of Defense for calling pro-life groups terrorist organizations

Congressman Jim Banks, R-Ind. slammed the Department of Defense over a military training session that labelled pro-life organizations as terrorists. 

According to Banks and Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., an anti-terrorism brief was held on Fort Liberty where certain pro-life groups were labeled as "terrorist groups."

The organizations in question included National Right to Life and Operation Rescue, according to a press release.

“The DOD taught nearly ten thousand soldiers stationed at Fort Liberty that pro-life organizations, like the National Right to Life, are dangerous terrorist groups," Banks said in a statement. 

"It’s downright ridiculous to claim the slide deck doesn’t ‘further a personal viewpoint,’ but there have been no consequences for the employee who ran anti-life training sessions at Fort Liberty that clearly violated Army policy," he continued. 

According to the release, this training was used between 2017 and early 2024.