Seventeen Pro-Life Advocates Arrested for Protesting at Planned Parenthood

On Friday, December 5, 2025, seventeen pro-life leaders and activists were arrested during a peaceful act of civil disobedience in front of a Planned Parenthood facility in Memphis, Tennessee. The protest was part of Rescue Resurrection, a pro-life movement organizing “rescue” actions across the country.Those arrested included well-known figures in the pro-life movement: Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue; Joan Andrews, a longtime pro-life advocate; Teresa Bukovinak, director of POW; Nat