Operation Save America (formerly Operation Rescue National) is a fundamentalist[1][2] Christian conservative organization based in Concord, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte, that opposes human induced abortion and its legality, Islam, and homosexuality. In 1994, Flip Benham became the director of the organization, then called Operation Rescue National. Benham replaced Keith Tucci, who had replaced Randall Terry.[3] Terry, Tucci and Benham have all been convicted of crimes related to their protest activities.[4] Rusty Thomas became the national director after Flip Benham stepped down.
Jason Storms is the national director as of 2024.[5][6]
- ^ Risen, James (August 10, 1994). "Abortion Clinic Slayings May Kill Operation Rescue". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Beeman, William (2001). "Fighting the Good Fight: Fundamentalism and Religious Revival". Anthropology for the Real World.
- ^ Operation Rescue, Montana Human Rights Network.
- ^ For one of Keith Tucci's convictions: "Anti-Abortion Leader Will Surrender," Sarasota Herald Tribune, Thursday, July 15, 1993, 3B; For one of Flip Benham's convictions: "Leader Convicted for Religious Demonstration at School," Reading Eagle/Reading Times, Wednesday, February 18, 1998, C14; For one of Randall Terry's convictions: "Court Upholds Terry's Sentence," The Gadsden Times, Sunday, February 27, 1994, A2
- ^ "Meet the Director - Operation Save America". May 12, 2011.
- ^ "The rise of 'abortion abolitionists' targeting women, doctors and Donald Trump". NBC News. May 26, 2024.