{"id":1701633,"date":"2022-10-18T18:33:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T22:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1701633"},"modified":"2022-10-18T18:33:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T22:33:21","slug":"nonviolent-pro-life-activist-facing-11-years-over-federal-face-act-charges-slams-biden-admin-defends-unborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nonviolent-pro-life-activist-facing-11-years-over-federal-face-act-charges-slams-biden-admin-defends-unborn\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonviolent Pro-Life Activist Facing 11 Years Over Federal FACE Act Charges Slams Biden Admin, Defends Unborn"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnonviolent-pro-life-activist-facing-11-years-over-federal-face-act-charges-slams-biden-admin-defends-unborn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1701633&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Nonviolent pro-life activist Herb Geraghty on Monday slammed the Biden administration for using the Department of Justice as a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-details-in-the-biden-doj-targeting-of-pro-life-activist-father-of-seven-mark-houck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weapon against political dissidents<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Geraghty is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/more-pro-life-activists-targeted-by-fbi-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numerous pro-life activists<\/a> who have been hit with federal FACE (Freedom of Access to Clinic) Act charges for demonstrating against abortion. The activist, charged over an encounter in Washington, D.C., in 2020, is facing up to 11 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $260,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis past weekend I learned I was indicted on charges related to nonviolent pro-life advocacy,\u201d Geraghty posted to Twitter. \u201cMuch has already been said about the unjust and political nature of the recent arrests and charges brought against myself and other pro-life activists and leaders. It is clear that the Biden administration intends to use the DOJ as a weapon against political dissidents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Much has already been said about the unjust and political nature of the recent arrests and charges brought against myself and other pro-life activists and leaders.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that the Biden administration intends to use the DOJ as a weapon against political dissidents.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Herb (@HerbGeraghty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HerbGeraghty\/status\/1582192300197019648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to those who are speaking up in our defense and calling for justice,\u201d the activist continued. \u201cHowever, as you do that please never lose sight of the fact that no matter what the state does to me or the other defendants \u2014 it will never compare to what they allow abortionists to do to children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unborn babies still being killed every day in this country, despite the [<em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em>]\u00a0decision, are the real victims,\u201d Geraghty wrote. \u201cThese children do not even get a trial before they are put to death. As you pray and demand justice for us, do NOT stop working for justice for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The unborn babies still being killed every day in this country, despite the Dobbs decision, are the real victims. <\/p>\n<p>These children do not even get a trial before they are put to death. <\/p>\n<p>As you pray and demand justice for us, do NOT stop working for justice for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Herb (@HerbGeraghty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HerbGeraghty\/status\/1582192304471044096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf convicted, I am facing up to 11 years in federal prison,\u201d the Twitter thread notified followers. \u201cThat is obviously terrifying. However, 11 years is nothing compared to having your life snuffed out before you are even old enough to take your first steps or speak your first words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSolidarity forever with nonviolent political prisoners and targets of the state. Solidarity forever with the unborn victims of state sanctioned violence,\u201d the activist closed the post.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Solidarity forever with nonviolent political prisoners and targets of the state. <\/p>\n<p>Solidarity forever with the unborn victims of state sanctioned violence. <\/p>\n<p>\u262e\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Herb (@HerbGeraghty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HerbGeraghty\/status\/1582192308434264064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geraghty quickly earned support online from fellow pro-lifers, and a crowdfunding account on platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givesendgo.com\/herb?utm_source=sharelink&#038;utm_medium=copy_link&#038;utm_campaign=herb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GiveSendGo<\/a> has been set up to help with fees related to the legal battle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, at least 22 anti-abortion activists have been charged with the FACE Act this year,\u201d the fundraiser emphasized. \u201cThis is even more shocking because there have been no arrests or charges brought against any of the individuals who firebombed, vandalized, and otherwise attacked pro-life churches and pregnancy centers this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A.J. Hurley, director of Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, criticized the targeting of\u00a0Geraghty, claiming that the activist refused to hand over communication with other pro-life activists to the feds.<\/p>\n<p>A press release from the DOJ on Friday connected Geraghty\u00a0to allegedly \u201cforcefully\u201d entering an abortion clinic and \u201cblockading two clinic doors\u201d on\u00a0October 22, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA federal grand jury in the District of Columbia today returned a two-count superseding indictment charging a 10th defendant, Herb Geraghty, 25, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with conspiracy against rights and FACE Act offenses in connection with an alleged reproductive health care clinic blockade in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 22, 2020,\u201d the press release said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe original indictment returned\u00a0by a federal grand jury on March 24, alleges that the nine defendants \u2013 Lauren Handy, Jonathan Darnel, Jay Smith, Paulette Harlow, Jean Marshall, John Hinshaw, Heather Idoni, William Goodman and Joan Bell \u2013 engaged in a conspiracy to create a blockade at the reproductive health care clinic to prevent the clinic from providing, and patients from receiving, reproductive health services,\u201d the DOJ continued. \u201cSeveral of the defendants traveled from other states to participate in the blockade, including Idoni, of Michigan; Smith and Hinshaw, of New York; and Harlow and Marshall, of Massachusetts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the superseding indictment, as part of the conspiracy, Geraghty communicated with Handy to plan the blockade,\u201d the DOJ said. \u201cThe superseding indictment further alleges that Handy, Smith, Harlow, Marshall, Hinshaw, Idoni, Goodman, Bell and Geraghty forcefully entered the clinic and set about blockading two clinic doors using their bodies, furniture, chains and ropes. Once the blockade was established, Darnel live-streamed footage of his co-defendants\u2019 activities. The indictment also alleges that all 10 defendants violated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nonviolent pro-life activist Herb Geraghty on Monday slammed the Biden administration for using the Department of Justice as a \u201cweapon against political dissidents.\u201d Geraghty is one of numerous pro-life activists who have been hit with federal FACE (Freedom of Access to Clinic) Act charges for demonstrating against abortion. 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