In the wake of Friday's Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and recent attacks on churches and crisis pregnancy centers across the nation, law enforcement in some of the communities where those attacks have occurred say they are taking steps to protect organizations that could be targeted in the coming days by pro-abortion terror groups.

Sergeant Brett Stumf, the public information officer of the Manassas Police Department in Northern Virginia, told National Review that a crime analyst with his department has identified "several entities" in the city that could be targeted because of Friday's Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The department will be deploying extra patrols and providing additional attention to those facilities.

"Every day each lieutenant and sergeant has a roll-call with their officers, and they assign extra patrols to them based on the needs of the community," said Stumf. He said he could not put a timeline on how long the department will assign extra patrols to those facilities.

In early May, First Care Women's Health, a pro-life pregnancy-resource center in Manassas, was targeted by vandals who painted messages, including "Abortion is a right" and "Fake clinic," on the building. Stumf said the police department hasn't received requests for added protection from First Care leaders or from leaders of any of the other identified organizations. "When we do receive requests, we typically try to honor those requests within reason," he said.

First Care Women's Health is one of dozens of pro-life pregnancy centers and churches that were targeted after a draft of the Dobbs ruling was leaked in May. The nonprofit Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America recently released a report detailing more than 40 "incidents of violence, vandalism and intimidation" since the ruling was leaked. Most of the attacks consisted of vandalism and graffiti, often with threatening messages, including, "If Abortions aren't SAFE then neither are you." But they also included firebombs and attempted break-ins.

In May, an extremist pro-abortion group called Jane's Revenge took credit for an attack on the office of Wisconsin Family Action, a Madison-based pro-life group. The building was marked with graffiti and someone threw a Molotov cocktail in the window, though it didn't ignite. A Madison police spokeswoman did not respond to multiple phone messages and emails from National Review regarding the department’s plans to protect pro-life groups in the overwhelmingly liberal city.

In anticipation of Friday's ruling, Jane's Revenge has vowed a "night of rage" in Washington D.C., and the organization has vowed to attack any pro-life group that "doesn't close their doors." Pro-life organizations that do shutter will be spared, the group said, "but until you do, it's open season, and we know where your operations are."

"Through attacking, we find joy, courage, and strip the veneer of impenetrability held by these violent institutions," the group said, according to a statement on its website. "Everyone with the urge to paint, to burn, to cut, to jam: now is the time. Go forth and manifest the things you wish to see."

The FBI announced last week that it is investigating attacks on pregnancy resource centers across the country as acts of domestic violent extremism.

Allen Etzler, a spokesman for the city of Frederick, Maryland, said in an email that the city's police department "recognizes the uncertainty and frustration from many in our community in light of the Supreme Court ruling regarding Roe v. Wade." In response to the ruling, he said, the Frederick Police Department will be "conducting additional patrol checks throughout the city."

In early May, Frederick was the site of at least two cases of vandalism at pro-life pregnancy centers. Both the Care Net Pregnancy Center and the BirthRight center were tagged with graffiti, according to reports.

In mid-June, pro-abortion terrorists firebombed the Pregnancy Resource Center in Gresham, Oregon, charring one of the facility's rooms. They also spray-painted threatening messages and an anarchy symbol, according to social media posts.

Officer Adam Baker, a spokesman for the Gresham Police Department, told National Review in a text message that "There are not specific extra measures being taken to protect any one specific private business, but we are well aware of what happened to the Gresham PRC and officers are attuned to that incident, today's ruling, and overall what's going on. That specific location is still closed for business from damage as a result of the previous incident there."

In late May, security footage at the Next Step Pregnancy Services clinic in Lynnwood, Wash., showed a woman dressed in black smashing the center's windows, and using red paint to write threatening messages on the building. Patrol Commander Patrick Fagan, a spokesman for the Lynnwood Police Department, said in an email that officers "are in close communication with that center and remain committed to ensuring the safety of all people and property in our community."

Detectives with the Keizer Police Department in Oregon are still investigating an early-May case of arson and an attempted break-in at an Oregon Right to Life office, and they are awaiting lab results on evidence from the scene, Lt. Trevor Wenning said in an email. Both the police department and Oregon Right to Life are aware of Friday's ruling, he said.

"The (Right to Life) group has hired armed security which has been in place for some time now," he said. "We as a police department, are continuing to monitor the situation/location but are giving it no more or less attention than any other business in the city."

President Joe Biden on Friday denounced the Supreme Court ruling, but called for any protests over it to be "peaceful, peaceful, peaceful. No intimidation."

"Violence is never acceptable," Biden said. "Threats and intimidation are not speech. We must stand against violence in any form, regardless of your rationale."