This week, Republican lawmakers called on the Free Clinic Admissions Act after six pro-life activists were found guilty of “conspiracy against rights” and violating the FACE Act in connection with peaceful protests outside hospitals. (FACE) renewed calls for the repeal of the law. Abortion Facilities in Tennessee in 2021.
FACE method”Forbidden “Intimidation by force, obstruction, or damage to property with the intent to interfere with reproductive health care services,” while conspiracy to violate rights carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.In the free exercise or enjoyment of the rights and privileges guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States, two or more persons agree to harm, intimidate, or intimidate any person in the United States. Make it illegal. Because you exercised that right.” according to to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
The six activists, including a Christian father of an 11-year-old child and a 73-year-old man, could face up to 11 years in prison.
Pro-life families are having books thrown at them over peaceful protests as Biden weaponizes the Justice Department and uses federal laws that shouldn’t be on the books.
Congressman Roy’s FACE Repeal Act (HR 5577) would end this easily abused law once and for all.https://t.co/4HgpjCZMlT
— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) January 31, 2024
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas)’s press office said, “Biden weaponized the Justice Department and used a federal law that shouldn’t be on the books, prompting pro-life families to book their books over peaceful protests.” “is being thrown at me,” he tweeted. Conviction news. “Congressman Roy’s FACE Repeal Act (HR 5577) would end this easily abused law once and for all. ”
🚨 One of the pro-life leaders targeted by Biden’s Justice Department sent me footage of an early morning FBI raid on his family home. Paul Vaughn was handcuffed by armed FBI agents in front of his children just before leaving school. Watch as his wife demands answers during his arrest. https://t.co/lUP6tJOSzW pic.twitter.com/XeYComC6mZ
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) October 7, 2022
Eleven pro-life activists have been charged by the Biden administration’s Justice Department for protesting outside an abortion clinic in Tennessee.
Meet Memaw and Papaw, Christians charged with being “conspirators” in peaceful “lockdown” protests and facing up to 11 years in federal prison. pic.twitter.com/Drtoa4i2pk
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) October 6, 2022
Biden’s Justice Department is pursuing Eva Edl, an 87-year-old pro-life icon and communist concentration camp survivor who has been arrested more than 40 times for shutting down abortion clinics. pic.twitter.com/KgnoumgejD
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) October 6, 2022
Roy introduced the FACE Repeal Act in September 2023, following eight other pro-life activists. who is still in prison, was convicted of violating the FACE Act and conspiracy against rights for his role in the abortion clinic blockade in Washington, D.C., in October 2020. He also faces up to 11 years in prison.
BREAKING NEWS: Pro-life activists Gene Marshall, 73, and Joan Bell, 74, were found guilty of blocking the entrance to an abortion clinic and are now serving 11 years in prison.
It’s good to see the Biden Justice Department remove these hardened criminals from our cities. pic.twitter.com/W4Pysg2xoy
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 18, 2023
“Free Americans should never live in fear that the government will target them because of their beliefs. They brazenly weaponize the FACE Act against ordinary, everyday Americans across the political spectrum simply because they are,” Roy said. Said In a statement at the time. “Our Constitution separates powers between the federal government and the states for a reason, and we are ignoring that safeguard at our peril. The FACE Act violates the Constitution. The federal government takes over the powers of state police. It must be abolished.”
Roy’s office said at the time that the FACE Act made national news after pro-life activist Mark Houck was arrested at gunpoint by the FBI in front of his wife and children last year. He also mentioned this and cited a report from FACE newspaper. He acts in connection with a shoving incident outside an abortion facility. Houk was acquitted, and the judge in the case asked prosecutors whether the FACE Act “seems a little far-fetched here.”
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) is leading a co-bill in the Senate.
“The Constitution reserves general police powers to the states, which Congress violated when it passed the FACE Act,” Lee said in September. “Joe Biden’s Justice Department weaponized this constitutionally questionable law against pro-life sidewalk counselors while failing to protect pregnancy centers and churches from arson, vandalism, and violence.” FACE It’s time to repeal the law once and for all.”
1. The FACE Act criminalizes a strange class of crimes, including blocking or destroying access to (1) abortion clinics, (2) places of worship, and (3) pregnancy centers.
How many charges did Team Biden file in the second category?
zero. Not one. https://t.co/SbbYpGvh7P
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) January 30, 2024
Lee also renewed his call Tuesday to repeal the FACE Act, accusing the Justice Department of appearing to use the law “to punish pro-life protesters, not abortion supporters.” did.
“The FACE Act criminalizes a strange class of crimes, including blocking or destroying access to (1) abortion clinics, (2) places of worship, and (3) pregnancy centers,” Lee wrote in a Twitter thread. wrote. “How many charges did Team Biden file in the second category? zero. Not one. ”
“The Biden Justice Department has implemented the FACE Act several times in the second category (pregnancy centers). However, cases involving pregnancy centers that provide free counseling to pregnant women about options other than abortion are less likely than criminal acts against pregnant women.” “It remains rare,” he continued. “… The Justice Department appears fixated on access to abortion in enforcing the FACE Act, while ignoring the law’s protections even as crimes against such facilities have skyrocketed. It seems like it is. ”
He added that as a member of the Judiciary Committee, he has not yet received a response from Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding statistics related to the Department of Justice’s enforcement of the FACE Act.
“The FACE Act appears to be being used by the Department of Justice to punish pro-life protesters, but not pro-abortion protesters,” he continued.
“Furthermore, in enacting the FACE Act, Congress relied on interpretations of both the Commerce Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment that are now difficult to defend. Most Republicans who voted for the FACE Act in 1994 “I don’t think I would have voted differently if I had expected it to be enforced unilaterally by the Department of Justice,” he added.
The thread continued as follows:
All this raises questions. Is the FACE Act sufficiently well written, fairly administered, and clearly appropriate as an exercise of federal legislative power? I believe the answer to that question is no on all three counts.
That’s why I teamed up with @chiproytx To introduce the First Amendment and Right to Civil Disobedience Restoration Act – S. 3017/HR 5577.Senate co-sponsors include Sens. @cindyhydesmith, @RogerWicker, @JDVance1, @Senator Brownand @HawleyMO. Let’s add more!
Bottom line: The Biden administration is jailing people for praying at abortion clinics while ignoring violence at churches and pregnancy centers. So many camels. So much attention was paid to something harmless that it was mistaken for a gnat.
Since the Supreme Court dobbs Under FBI Director Christopher Wray’s decision, the Justice Department is prosecuting pro-life activists more often than pro-abortion activists under the FBI Act. Admitted As of November 2022, approximately 70% of abortion-related violence threats in the United States dobbs This decision was against pro-life organizations.
In December 2022, Deputy Attorney General Vanita Gupta will also Admitted In his remarks at a ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, Roe vs. Wade It increased the “urgency” of the Department of Justice’s efforts, including “enforcement of the FACE Act to ensure continued legal access to reproductive services.”
Buffalo, New York: The local office of Compass Care, a pregnancy resource center, was destroyed with an incendiary bomb in a June 7 attack. It says, “Jane was here.” #antifa Terrorist organization “Jane’s Revenge”. The group’s manifesto promises further attacks. https://t.co/yRgIy9NwPZ pic.twitter.com/4iilspFBdA
— Andy Ngo 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) June 7, 2022
out of dozens of Number of subsequent attacks on pregnancy centers dobbs According to the leak, only a handful of pro-abortion activists have been arrested in states such as Florida, New York and Ohio.
Merrick Garland says the Justice Department has prosecuted more pro-lifers for peacefully protesting at abortion clinics than domestic terrorists bombing pregnancy resource centers with incendiary devices. This is because pro-life groups are active during the day and the centers are bombed at night. pic.twitter.com/8abeyZiHLX
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 1, 2023
When asked by Republicans in March 2023 about apparent enforcement inconsistencies, Merrick Garland said that pro-abortion activists tend to strike at night, while pro-life activists commit crimes “during the day.” He claimed that more pro-life activists are being prosecuted for committing crimes.
Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her at @thekat_Hamilton.
