Pro-life billboard in Colorado Springs vandalized twice

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - A pro-life billboard west of Colorado Springs has been taken down after being targeted by vandals twice, prompting the group behind it to move the sign.

On April 13, the group ProLife Across America was notified that someone had written: "Trump is a pedophile war criminal." The group replaced the sign on April 23, then three days later, a second act of vandalism occurred, written in red paint, "Dead men don't rape," across the bullboard's tagline, “Life begins at conception.”

"This is the first time ever in our 36 years of doing this that we have had a billboard vandalized twice in the same location," says Angie Johnson from ProLife Across America.

After the second vandalism, the group says they feel targeted.

"It feels like they're trying to silence our message, and, we won't let it happen. We're going to still continue to put our message up," says Johnson.

KRDO13 spoke to a driver who was one of many who saw the second vandalism during his commute and the one who called the non-profit to let them know what had been done.

"My immediate reaction was anger. Because I'd seen that sign every day on my way to work. I was just, frankly, furious by what I saw and when I saw it," said driver Jacob Butler.

The group says a new billboard will be put up by next week, but they are choosing to keep the location undisclosed at this time.

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