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Posted to the Family Research Council’s website:
Pro-lifers are fighting to stay out of jail after being convicted of federal crimes by a Washington, D.C. jury. Five pro-life activists with the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) organization were convicted Tuesday of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and were immediately jailed. Lauren Handy, John Hinshaw, Heather Idoni, William Goodman, and Herb Geraghty were accused of blockading the Washington Surgi-Clinic abortion facility in 2020.
The immediate jailing of the pro-lifers is a result of Clinton-appointed U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly’s determination that the FACE Act violation was a “crime of violence.” Thomas More Society senior counsel Steve Crampton argued, “That is outrageous. These pro-life advocates committed no violence during their protest at the abortion facility as they kneeled and prayed, distributed pro-life literature, and counseled women considering abortions.”
BREAKING:
5 pro-life activists were just found guilty of violating the FACE Act & committing conspiracy
This trial has been a sham with a biased pro-abortion judge who has made a mockery of our justice system
This decision will be appealed & we demand it be overturned
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) August 29, 2023
These activists are heroes, and the Biden DoJ has acted capriciously and illegitimately
Sentencing is not out yet, but the government is requesting incarceration
This sets a horrific precedent for jailing Americans for exercising their 1st Amendment rights…
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) August 29, 2023
The defense attorneys feel they have strong grounds to appeal and feel optimistic that a higher court will later rule in their favor. This may even go all the way to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, our hero rescuers await sentencing.
— PAAU (@PAAUNOW) August 29, 2023
Lauren Handy, an antiabortion activist who kept fetuses in a Capitol Hill home, was convicted Tuesday of illegally blockading a reproductive health clinic in D.C. https://t.co/Ks9RwZhyAj
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 29, 2023
Fetus-Stealing Anti-Abortion Activist Is Found Guilty of Blockading D.C. Clinic https://t.co/NIbxltRdxi pic.twitter.com/Fp36XAzvJk
— Jezebel (@Jezebel) August 29, 2023
Lauren Handy who was convicted in DC used “a fake name to book an appointment at the clinic, then blocked people from entering the waiting room while other defendants chained themselves together inside the clinic” https://t.co/2cGWLlfCzG She was also charged in San Francisco https://t.co/JbuNfyKEnX
— Steve Rhodes (@tigerbeat) August 30, 2023
Staver: Incinerated Fetuses Are Powering DC Homes – https://t.co/2RAi0dQ06w pic.twitter.com/wxpYaplAQm
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) January 16, 2023