{"id":2022568,"date":"2023-09-05T18:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T22:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-for-jailed-dc-anti-abortion-activists-seek-constitutional-challenge-to-face-act\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T18:12:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T22:12:42","slug":"lawyers-for-jailed-dc-anti-abortion-activists-seek-constitutional-challenge-to-face-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-for-jailed-dc-anti-abortion-activists-seek-constitutional-challenge-to-face-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyers of imprisoned DC anti-abortion activists aim to challenge FACE Act&#8217;s constitutionality."},"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%2Flawyers-for-jailed-dc-anti-abortion-activists-seek-constitutional-challenge-to-face-act%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=2022568&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>Attorneys to Challenge Constitutionality of FACE Act in Post-Roe Era<\/h2>\n<p>Attorneys representing an anti-abortion\u2063 advocate convicted\u2062 on federal charges of blocking access to a Washington, D.C.,\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sasse-reintroduces-infant-protection-bill\/\" title=\"Sasse Reintroduces Infant Protection Bill\">abortion clinic<\/a> are gearing up for an \u200bappeal that challenges the constitutionality of the Freedom of Access to Clinic\u2062 Entrances Act (FACE Act) in the post-Roe \u2063era.<\/p>\n<h3>Conviction \u2062and \u200dControversy<\/h3>\n<p>Prominent anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy \u2063and four co-defendants were recently convicted for violating \u200dthe FACE Act during \u2062a \u2064protest\u200d inside the Washington Surgi-Clinic in\u200b 2020.\u200b Facing\u200b up to \u200c11 years in prison, Handy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-key-points-from-trump-campaign-press-conference-on-challenges-to-election-results\/\" title=\"9 Key Points from Trump Campaign Press Conference on Challenges to Election Results\">legal team<\/a> is determined to challenge\u2062 the conviction and the judge&#8217;s decision to keep their client incarcerated.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Since the Dobbs decision that reversed Roe, \u2064there&#8217;s a very serious question about whether the federal government has any further interest in the abortion issue,&#8221; Cannon told the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Handy&#8217;s defense argues that the judge hindered their \u200dability to fully\u2063 convey \u2063their client&#8217;s\u2064 intent\u200c during\u200c the trial, \u2064providing grounds for \u2064a \u2063procedural appeal.<\/p>\n<h3>Constitutional Grounds for Appeal<\/h3>\n<p>Handy&#8217;s attorneys plan to \u200bfile a long-term appeal, contending\u2062 that the recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization decision renders the federal FACE Act unnecessary \u200dand constitutionally inapplicable. They argue that\u200c protecting access to abortion clinics should\u200c fall within\u200b state jurisdiction, eliminating\u200c the need for federal intervention.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The court has kind of created a\u200c legal \u2062fiction that now the FACE Act doesn&#8217;t protect abortion, it protects other reproductive health \u200cservices,&#8221; said Crampton. &#8220;[But] the actions of our clients\u200b here were motivated solely by the abortion end of things, not pap smears and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-suspends-s-c-new-abortion-ban\/\" title=\"Federal judge suspends S.C. new abortion ban\">reproductive health services<\/a>, and the FACE Act without abortion as its \u200croute really doesn&#8217;t have any federal\u2062 validity any\u200d longer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Timeline and Release<\/h3>\n<p>The defense team has already filed a brief of appeal to\u2064 secure the release of Handy and her co-defendants. \u2062They argue that the clinic employee&#8217;s ankle injury does not meet the criteria for a &#8220;crime of violence&#8221; \u200dthat justifies holding the defendants\u200c in custody until sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>The full appeal on constitutional grounds will be filed on\u2064 September 29, with the government having the opportunity to respond. The higher court \u200cis\u200c expected to review the case in October.<\/p>\n<h3>Handy&#8217;s Condition and Response<\/h3>\n<p>Despite her incarceration, Handy remains in good spirits. In a statement, she\u200d responded to \u200dcriticism from within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-willing-to-lay-our-lives-down-inside-the-effort-to-save-babies-at-planned-parenthoods-front-doors\/\" title=\"\u2018We\u2019re Willing To Lay Our Lives Down\u2019: Inside The Effort To Save Babies At Planned Parenthood\u2019s Front Doors\">anti-abortion movement<\/a>, emphasizing the importance of love\u2064 and advocating for the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This isn&#8217;t\u200d a numbers game \u2014 this is about love. Loving the most useless, abandoned, \u200band unwanted without \u2063fear of\u200d punishment,&#8221; said Handy. &#8220;It\u2019s not\u200c just &#8216;sad&#8217; \u200bwhen an unborn person is murdered, it is acutely devastating. Someone needs to feel \u200band mourn deeply. Someone needs to love \u2062to\u2063 the point of supposed uselessness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Handy&#8217;s case \u200bhighlights the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-for-jailed-dc-anti-abortion-activists-seek-constitutional-challenge-to-face-act\/\" title=\"Lawyers of imprisoned DC anti-abortion activists aim to challenge FACE Act's constitutionality.\">ongoing legal battles surrounding abortion \u2063rights<\/a> and the evolving landscape in the aftermath of the\u200b Roe\u2063 v. Wade decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorneys for an anti-abortion advocate convicted of obstructing a D.C. abortion clinic claim solid grounds for appeal. They aim to challenge the constitutionality of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act in the post-Roe era. Lauren Handy, a prominent activist, and four co-defendants could potentially receive 11-year sentences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2022569,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2022568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2022568","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}