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Federal judge tosses New York AG’s FACE Act claim against pro-life activist

Bernadette Patel defeated a FACE Act charge brought by New York's left-wing Attorney General Letitia James. The FACE Act has come under scrutiny for targeting pro-life activists.

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Mar 11, 2025Mar 12, 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

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

Biden DOJ files $50,000 FACE Act lawsuit against another group of pro-lifers

The Biden DOJ announced a new lawsuit against Red Rose Rescue and Citizens for a Pro Life Society for alleged violations of the FACE Act just days after the sentencing of several peaceful pro-lifers in Washington, DC, including two elderly women.

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Calvin Freiburger

• May 21, 2024May 23, 2024

Judge in DC Face Act trial denies motion for pre-sentencing release of pro-lifer Lauren Handy

'Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has DENIED our Emergency Motion to release Lauren Handy from pre-sentencing detention. We have immediately filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. More to come,' the Thomas More Society posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday.

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Aug 31, 2023Sep 1, 2023

Pro-life leader accuses Biden DOJ of weaponizing FACE Act to cover up infanticide

Five of the original nine defendants are currently on trial, with each facing up to 11 years in prison if convicted on federal charges for an October 2020 rescue effort to save unborn babies in a downtown Washington, D.C., facility run by notorious late-term abortionist Cesare Santangelo.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Aug 16, 2023Aug 17, 2023

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Articles tagged Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act

Federal judge tosses New York AG’s FACE Act claim against pro-life activist

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

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

Biden DOJ files $50,000 FACE Act lawsuit against another group of pro-lifers

Judge in DC Face Act trial denies motion for pre-sentencing release of pro-lifer Lauren Handy

Pro-life leader accuses Biden DOJ of weaponizing FACE Act to cover up infanticide