In the latest effort to chill pro-life speech and activism, a federal court jury fraught with bias has delivered the Biden Department of Justice the conviction of several life advocates. The group of peaceful pro-life citizens were charged with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act along with a conspiracy against ‘rights’ that the United States Supreme Court has not found in the Constitution. The defendants were arrested in March 2022, a year and a half after their alleged actions outside of a Washington, DC abortion facility.
Now that the verdict is in, pro-life advocate Lauren Handy has been found guilty in federal court in United States of America v. Lauren Handy, et al. Ms. Handy and her Thomas More Society defense team will appeal this decision, handed down today in United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
STATEMENT FROM MARTIN CANNON, THOMAS MORE SOCIETY SENIOR COUNSEL:
“We are, of course, disappointed with the outcome. Ms. Handy has been condemned for her efforts to protect the lives of innocent preborn human beings. We are preparing an appeal and will continue to defend those who fight for life against a Biden Department of Justice that seems intent on prosecuting those who decry abortion and present it as it is—the intentional killing of children in utero.”
STATEMENT FROM STEVE CRAMPTON, THOMAS MORE SOCIETY SENIOR COUNSEL:
“In an unexpected twist, the Court found that because the violation of FACE—in this case—was a crime of ‘violence,’ all five defendants must be immediately incarcerated. So, the defendants were led out of the courtroom by an army of U.S. Marshals. This is an outrage, and the one thing the defendants had really agreed upon was to remain non-violent. The real violence is what happens during the abortion procedure.”
Read more
about the Thomas More Society's defense of Lauren Handy and background on the
case here: UNITED STATES v. HANDY: Defending Lauren Handy Against the
Biden Department of Justice.
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