The violence sent shock waves throughout the community and became a grim tipping point in the already overheated national debate over abortion. In the days that followed, leaders on both sides of the abortion debate wrestled with how to move forward. Some in the group were religious — the three “pro-life” women were Catholic, including the head of the pro-life office at the Archdiocese of Boston. Erika noted that Charlie Kirk often invoked the scripture from Isaiah 6:8: “Here I am, Lord. Erika said she forgave the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk.