Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) is calling on Republicans to repeal a federal law that the pro-abortion Biden administration has used to put pro-life activists behind bars.
Thomas More Society Executive Vice President and general counsel Andrew Bath explained to Breitbart News earlier this year that he thinks the FACE Act is “no longer constitutional since the Supreme Court overturned the federal ‘right’ to abortion with its Dobbs decision.” Thomas More Society has notably represented several pro-life activists who have been charged with violating the FACE Act, including Lauren Handy and Catholic father of seven Mark Houck, who was found not guilty.
At least 55 FACE Act cases have been prosecuted during the Biden administration, only five of which involved pro-abortion attacks on pregnancy centers, the Daily Caller found, alleging the data “confirms conservative fears” of a “Biden weaponized justice system.” “In less than four years, Biden’s DOJ has accounted for over a quarter of all FACE prosecutions and approximately 24 percent of cases targeting pro-life activists, the data demonstrates,” the report states.
Mike Lee introduced a bill in September of 2023 to repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, contending at the time that “Biden’s Department of Justice has brazenly weaponized the FACE Act against normal everyday Americans across the political spectrum, simply because they are pro-life.” Roy further said he thinks the law is “an unconstitutional federal takeover of state police powers.” “Obviously, we need to move the bill forward, and it would be critical because of what we’re seeing with respect to the persecution of Americans being put in jail,” Roy told The Daily Signal in an article published on Wednesday.
Between 1994 to 2024, there have been approximately 211 FACE Act cases — 205 of those cases have been brought against pro-life activists, while only six have been brought against pro-abortion activists, the Daily Caller reported in August, citing data provided by Roy’s office.
But look, Republicans are going to have to get the nerve to actually stand up for both free speech and life.” The FACE Act, which former President Bill Clinton signed into law in 1994, prohibits “violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain or provide reproductive health services.” The law is supposed to apply to pro-life pregnancy centers and churches, as well as abortion clinics.
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