Pro-life activist punched in the face during NYC street interview about abortion

A pro-life activist was punched in the face on Thursday in New York City during a street interview gone horribly wrong.A video clip captured pro-life influencer Savannah Craven Antao getting hit in the face by her interview subject while asking her questions about abortion and unborn children.Footage of the aftermath of the assault revealed Antao cut and bloodied by the altercation that she had while doing the segment for the pro-life advocacy organization Live Action.’The organization shared 15 seconds of the incident, which featured the reporter debating the unnamed woman about pro-life issues.Tensions flared as Antao’s subject appeared to push back against her viewpoints.“You don’t understand the magnitude of having a child,” the interviewee said into the host’s mic.“I’m not the one who admitted they would be OK with killing babies in foster care and killing children that had been abused,” Antao replied.“That’s not the point,” the interview subject said, stopping mid-speech and delivering two blows straight to Antao’s face.The reporter was sent reeling off camera as the attacker walked away from the scene.Antao shared images and footage of her face following the attack in an Instagram post.
She captioned the post, stating, “I was just assaulted in Harlem interviewing people on the street.In cop car.
Heading to hospital.Updates soon.
ABORTION SUPPORTERS ARE VIOLENT!”The images revealed that she had been cut somewhere near her eyebrow, leading to blood covering her face.A video clip showed her riding in the back of a police vehicle attempting to describe her attacker to the officers.“She’s big.
She’s tall,” the journalist told the officers as they drove to the hospital.So far, her attacker has yet to be identified.Her husband, Henry Antao, described the incident to Live Action, stating, “The woman became aggressive and violent upon learning Savannah’s pro-life stance.
I intervened to protect my wife and we immediately ...