Anti-Abortion Activist Pleads Not Guilty To Assault

Fox News reports:

Catholic pro-life activist Mark Houck pleaded not guilty to federal charges on Tuesday after the FBI arrested him at his home in rural Pennsylvania last week in connection to an alleged altercation with an abortion escort outside an abortion clinic in October 2021.

Houck has been accused of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which makes it a federal crime to use force with the intent to injure, intimidate and interfere with anyone because that person produces reproductive health care. He pleaded not guilty to two counts in Philadelphia federal court on Tuesday.

The U.S. government alleges that Houck assaulted and “forcefully shoved” Bruce Love, a 72-year-old volunteer at a Philadelphia Planned Parenthood. Houck, however, categorized the abortion escort as “extremely aggressive,” saying Love was “harassing” Houck’s 12-year-old son before an “altercation ensued.”

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Houck is being represented by the Catholic anti-LGBTQ and anti-Muslim hate group, the Thomas More Society.

The case has gone wildly viral on right wing media as a supposed example of the Biden administration weaponizing federal law enforcement against Christians.

Expect Houck to get fawning interviews from the likes of Hannity and Carlson.