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Pro-life activist arrested outside San Francisco Planned Parenthood over Instagram video

San Francisco police arrested a pro-lifer for filming an abortion escort, based on a warrant that her lawyer says was ‘either non-existent or designed to keep her from conducting outreach.’

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Calvin Freiburger

• Dec 22, 2025

Trump DOJ, Florida use FACE Act to punish pro-abortion vandals who targeted pregnancy center

Florida Republican AG James Uthmeier and the Trump DOJ used the FACE Act to secure three guilty pleas and a guilty verdict for a group of abortion activists who attacked a pro-life center.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Mar 14, 2025Mar 17, 2025

Trump administration halts cases against pro-lifers, strongly limits future FACE Act use

The Department of Justice stopped three pending Biden-era prosecutions of pro-life activists under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act on Friday, with strict new requirements for future invocations of the law to prevent it from being weaponized in the next four years.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Jan 25, 2025Jan 27, 2025

Mike Lee introduces Senate version of House bill to repeal FACE Act

Following Chip Roy in the House, Mike Lee put forth the Senate version of a Republican bill to repeal the FACE Act, the law Joe Biden used as a pretext to throw peaceful pro-life activists in jail.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Jan 24, 2025Jan 27, 2025

Judge pauses FACE Act sentencing of 7 pro-lifers until after Trump takes office

Judge Matthew Leitman halted the sentencing of a group of pro-lifers convicted in connection with a rescue in Michigan until after Trump returns to the White House, opening the possibility that a presidential pardon might spare them entirely.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Nov 27, 2024Nov 28, 2024

Rep. Chip Roy calls on new Congress to repeal FACE Act, end persecution of pro-lifers

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), who has been leading the charge on repealing the law used to persecute peaceful abortion-clinic protestors, expressed hope that his bill to do just that receives a vote by the end of the year.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Nov 21, 2024Nov 21, 2024

3 more peaceful pro-lifers sentenced over ‘sit-in’ protest at Tennessee abortion facility

Former police officer Chester Gallagher has been sentenced to 16 months in jail, Eva Edl to three years probation, and Heather Idoni (who is already serving a 2-year sentence for a similar case in DC) to 8 months for their role in a pro-life ‘sit-in’ at a Tennessee abortion facility.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Oct 1, 2024Oct 2, 2024

Biden admin responsible for almost 25% of all FACE Act prosecutions since 1994: report

Data from Rep. Chip Roy's office shows that since 1994 there have been 205 FACE Act prosecutions against pro-lifers and just six against abortion defenders, with at least 55 of the pro-abortion prosecutions occurring under President Joe Biden.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Aug 6, 2024Aug 6, 2024

Pro-life father of 11 Paul Vaughn avoids prison time sought by Biden DOJ after FACE Act conviction

The father of 11 was sentenced to three years of supervised release after facing up to 10 1/2 years in prison and fines of up to $260,000 for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and engaging in a 'Conspiracy Against Rights.'

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Doug Mainwaring

• Jul 2, 2024Jul 3, 2024

Pro-life father Mark Houck files $4.3 million lawsuit against Biden DOJ after FBI raid

Mark Houck is suing the Biden DOJ for ‘malicious’ and ‘retaliatory’ prosecution, as well as for ‘abuse of process, false arrest, assault, and intentional infliction of emotional distress,’ after the FBI traumatized the pro-lifer’s family with an armed raid in 2022.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Jun 12, 2024Jun 13, 2024

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Articles tagged Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act

Pro-life activist arrested outside San Francisco Planned Parenthood over Instagram video

Trump DOJ, Florida use FACE Act to punish pro-abortion vandals who targeted pregnancy center

Trump administration halts cases against pro-lifers, strongly limits future FACE Act use

Mike Lee introduces Senate version of House bill to repeal FACE Act

Judge pauses FACE Act sentencing of 7 pro-lifers until after Trump takes office

Rep. Chip Roy calls on new Congress to repeal FACE Act, end persecution of pro-lifers

3 more peaceful pro-lifers sentenced over ‘sit-in’ protest at Tennessee abortion facility

Biden admin responsible for almost 25% of all FACE Act prosecutions since 1994: report

Pro-life father of 11 Paul Vaughn avoids prison time sought by Biden DOJ after FACE Act conviction

Pro-life father Mark Houck files $4.3 million lawsuit against Biden DOJ after FBI raid