{"id":2017671,"date":"2023-08-31T02:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T06:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-life-protester-jailed-in-dc-to-appeal-seeks-to-be-released-pending-sentencing\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T02:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T06:59:35","slug":"pro-life-protester-jailed-in-dc-to-appeal-seeks-to-be-released-pending-sentencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-life-protester-jailed-in-dc-to-appeal-seeks-to-be-released-pending-sentencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-life protester in DC jailed, seeks release pending sentencing, plans to appeal."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fpro-life-protester-jailed-in-dc-to-appeal-seeks-to-be-released-pending-sentencing%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=2017671&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--><h2>Pro-Life Activist Convicted of Obstructing Abortion Clinic Appeals Conviction<\/h2>\n<p>Pro-life \u200bactivist Lauren\u200b Handy, who was \u2064convicted this \u2064week of \u2062conspiring\u2062 to obstruct access to an\u2064 abortion clinic in Washington,\u200d is determined to fight \u2062back. \u200dHandy&#8217;s lawyers have announced that they will \u2062appeal \u200dher conviction and are requesting her release from pre-sentencing \u2062detention.<\/p>\n<p>The government has until 10 a.m. on Aug. 31 to respond to this request, adding to the\u2062 anticipation surrounding \u200cthe \u2064case.<\/p>\n<p>Handy, along \u2062with four co-defendants, was \u2063found guilty by a jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Aug. 29. The group, consisting of \u200cHerb Geraghty, \u2064Heather Idoni, William Goodman, and John Hinshaw, was immediately taken\u200c into custody \u200cto await sentencing, which could be months away.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/5-pro-life-activists-found-guilty-over-protest-in-washington-abortion-clinic-5482821\">5 Pro-Life Activists\u2062 Found Guilty Over Protest \u2063in \u2063Washington Abortion Clinic<\/a> &#8211; 8\/29\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/fate-of-dc-pro-life-rescuers-now-before-federal-jury-5480954\">Fate of 5 DC\u200d Pro-Life Activists Now\u2063 Before Federal Jury<\/a> &#8211; 8\/27\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If \u2064sentenced, each defendant could face up to \u206411 years in prison, \u200bthree years of supervised \u200crelease, and a \u2063fine of up to $350,000.<\/p>\n<p>The charges\u200c stem \u200dfrom an \u2062incident in October \u20632020 when the defendants conspired to\u200c obstruct \u200caccess to the\u2063 Washington Surgi-Clinic, \u2063an abortion provider. The indictment alleges that \u2062their goal\u2063 was to create a blockade and prevent\u2063 the clinic from \u2063offering reproductive\u200b health services.<\/p>\n<p>Some supporters of the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fate-of-dc-pro-life-rescuers-now-before-federal-jury\/\" title=\"DC Pro-Life 'Rescuers' Await Verdict from Federal Jury\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-has-killed-her-hundreds-of-thousands-but-abortion-has-killed-her-tens-of-millions\/\" title=\"COVID Has Killed Her Hundreds of Thousands, But Abortion Has Killed Her Tens of Millions\">pro-life movement<\/a> refer<\/a> to this\u2064 type of action as a &#8220;rescue,&#8221; as they believe it can save the lives\u200d of \u2062unborn children.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants were specifically convicted of \u200d&#8221;conspiracy against rights&#8221; and conspiracy under Section \u2062248 of Title 18 of \u2063the U.S. Code,\u2063 which falls \u2064under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth \u200cnoting that the FACE Act has faced criticism from federal lawmakers\u200c who argue that the Biden administration selectively \u2064enforces the law.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of the &#8220;conspiracy \u200bagainst rights&#8221; charge \u2062argue that there is no constitutional right to abortion, as determined by the Supreme Court in June 2022. The\u200b court&#8217;s decision \u2062in \u2063Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s \u200bHealth Organization overturned \u2062the Roe v. Wade precedent, returning the\u200b regulation \u200dof \u200cabortion to the \u200cstates.<\/p>\n<p>Handy&#8217;s attorneys, \u2062Martin Cannon and Steve Crampton from the Thomas More Society, expressed their disappointment with the verdict and vowed to appeal. \u2063They believe that Handy&#8217;s actions were motivated by\u2062 a \u200bdesire to protect the lives of unborn children.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Cannon \u200csaid, &#8220;We are preparing an appeal and \u200dwill continue to defend those who fight for life \u2063against a Biden Department of Justice that\u200c seems intent on \u2064prosecuting those who decry abortion and \u2064present it \u2063as it is\u2014the\u2063 intentional\u2062 killing \u2062of children in utero.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Crampton criticized the court&#8217;s decision to\u200d immediately incarcerate the defendants, emphasizing that their intention was to remain non-violent. He\u200c argued that\u200c the real violence occurs during the\u2064 abortion procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Handy&#8217;s lawyers have\u200b filed an \u2064emergency motion asking \u2062the court\u200d to reconsider its order to detain her until sentencing. They argue that the\u200d FACE Act should not be\u200d considered a &#8220;crime\u2064 of violence&#8221; \u2064and that she should be subject to \u2063more lenient\u2062 provisions.<\/p>\n<p>Handy&#8217;s case has garnered attention from both\u200d sides of the abortion debate, with \u200bsupporters arguing that she\u2063 was \u200cdefending the rights \u2062of\u2063 unborn children and opponents claiming \u2064that \u200cshe violated \u200bthe law.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2064 the legal battle\u200c continues, the outcome of Handy&#8217;s appeal will have significant implications for \u200cthe \u2064pro-life movement and \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-life-protester-jailed-in-dc-to-appeal-seeks-to-be-released-pending-sentencing\/\" title=\"Pro-life protester in DC jailed, seeks release pending sentencing, plans to appeal.\">ongoing debate surrounding abortion rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-life activist Lauren Handy, convicted of conspiring to obstruct an abortion clinic, plans to appeal and seeks release from pre-sentencing detention. Her lawyers state that the government must respond to the request by Aug. 31, 10 a.m. Handy was one of five individuals involved in the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":2017672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2017671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}