{"id":2252121,"date":"2024-05-24T12:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-weaponized-doj-targets-pro-life-activists-with-new-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T12:42:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:42:49","slug":"bidens-weaponized-doj-targets-pro-life-activists-with-new-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-weaponized-doj-targets-pro-life-activists-with-new-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"New Lawsuit by Biden&#8217;s DOJ Targets Pro-Life Activists"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fbidens-weaponized-doj-targets-pro-life-activists-with-new-lawsuit%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=2252121&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>The summary provided describes \u2064the Biden administration&#8217;s Department\u200d of Justice pursuing a\u2062 civil complaint against pro-life advocates for alleged violations of \u2062the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, highlighting incidents at two abortion clinics\u200d in Ohio. The \u2064Department is seeking civil penalties against the defendants, sparking calls for the repeal of the FACE Act by some members of Congress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aaltomari\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aaltomari\/%20\"><span>Anthony Altomari<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 24, 2024 at 7:21am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s Department of Justice is launching another attack on pro-life advocates.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the DOJ filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/d9\/2024-05\/complaint_and_jury_demand_pro-life_society.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">civil complaint<\/a> in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio against two organizations \u2014 Citizens for a Pro-Life Society and Red Rose Rescue \u2014 as well as seven individuals for alleged violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.<\/p>\n<p>The individual defendants named in the complaint were Laura Gies, Lauren Handy, Clara McDonald, Monica Miller, Christopher Moscinski, Jay Smith and Audrey Whipple.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/18\/248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FACE Act<\/a>, passed by Congress and signed into law by then-President Bill Clinton in 1994, penalizes anyone who \u201cby force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person because that person is or has been, or in order to intimidate such person or any other person or any class of persons from, obtaining or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-department-promises-to-protect-texas-abortion-clinics\/\" title=\"Justice Department Promises To Protect Texas Abortion Clinics\">providing <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><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The complaint identified two incidents in early June 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In the first incident, which occurred June 4 at the Northeast Ohio Women\u2019s Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Gies, Moscinski, McDonald and Whipple were arrested on a trespassing charge.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint alleged they entered the clinic\u2019s waiting room and handed out roses, encouraging women who were there not to have their unborn children killed.<\/p>\n<p>It said McDonald \u201cforcefully grabbed\u201d a woman and told her not to go through with her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-louisiana-votes-list-abortion-pills-controlled-substance-jail-time-convicted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the complaint, while in the waiting room, Gies said, \u201cAll of you staff, your paychecks are from blood money of the innocent children you\u2019re ripping to shreds \u2026 God has a plan for your life and this is not it. Please, repent! It\u2019s not too late to stop doing what you\u2019re doing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The police subsequently arrested all four pro-life advocates and carried them out of the waiting room.<\/p>\n<p>NOWC officials said the disruption forced them to reschedule some of the abortions planned for that day, the complaint said.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration at the Cuyahoga Falls abortion clinic was followed up by a similar occurrence a day later at the Bedford Heights Surgery Center in Bedford Heights, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint said Handy, Miller and Smith entered the center\u2019s parking lot, approached patients waiting in their cars and tried to persuade them not to have abortions.<\/p>\n<p>Smith then entered the building and began passing out brochures to the patients. When the advocates refused to leave, the police were called and they were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the individuals took part in both incidents, the complaint said.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the DOJ is seeking civil penalties of more than $20,000 against the defendants for their alleged violations of the FACE Act.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-sues-two-organizations-and-seven-individuals-physically-obstructing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> on Monday, Assistant Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-biden-doj-official-hot-water-failing-disclose-past-arrest-senate-confirmation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristen Clarke<\/a> of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division said her office \u201cis committed to enforcing federal law to protect the rights of those who seek and those who provide access to reproductive health services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObstructing people from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-allowing-12-year-olds-to-get-vaxxed-without-parental-consent-clears-first-hurdle\/\" title=\"Bill Allowing 12-Year-Olds To Get Vaxxed Without Parental Consent Clears First Hurdle\">accessing reproductive health care<\/a> and physically obstructing providers from offering it are unlawful,\u201d she said. \u201cCongress passed the FACE Act 30 years ago this month in response to acts of violence, threats of violence and physical obstruction at reproductive health clinics in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clarke has been no friend to the pro-life movement. In 2022, she used the FACE Act to prosecute 26 pro-life advocates, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2022\/10\/26\/dojs-kristen-clarke-pro-abortion-activist-enforcing-law-pro-lifers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Signal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, she called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-unloads-on-bidens-radical-and-underqualified-hhs-nominee-xavier-becerra\/\" title=\"McConnell Unloads On Biden\u2019s \u2018Radical And Underqualified\u2019 HHS Nominee Xavier Becerra\">crisis pregnancy centers<\/a> \u201cfake clinics\u201d and said they were \u201cpredatory\u201d against black women, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/pro-life-facilities-are-under-attack-a-top-doj-official-called-them-fake-clinics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Make no mistake, today\u2019s decision at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SCOTUS?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SCOTUS<\/a> striking down a CA disclosure requirement for crisis pregnancy centers is part of a coordinated strategy to tear down <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoevWade?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RoevWade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-choice movement will stop at nothing.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EndTheLies?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EndTheLies<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ExposeFakeClincs?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ExposeFakeClincs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IoSTDZavQ6\">https:\/\/t.co\/IoSTDZavQ6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristenClarkeJD\/status\/1011658850498273280?\">June 26, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, some members of Congress are calling for the FACE Act to be repealed.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas both told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/doj-lawsuit-pro-life-activists-face-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blaze News<\/a> that the FACE Act needs to be repealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPro-life activists are being given vastly disproportionate sentences for minor offenses, while arsonists and left-wing rioters go free,\u201d Lee said in the wake of the Ohio indictments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to repeal the FACE Act,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should Republicans fight to repeal the FACE Act?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Roy said the administration of President Joe Biden has spent more time incriminating the pro-life movement than taking care of actual crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous that Biden\u2019s Justice Department is going after pro-life Americans but letting criminals and dangerous illegal aliens roam free on the streets,\u201d he told Blaze News.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman sent a letter to Clarke in February demanding that the DOJ release data on how it has prosecuted Americans under the FACE Act, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2024\/02\/16\/exclusive-doj-hiding-data-face-prosecutions-congressman-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Signal<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The letter requested information on how many FACE Act cases the department has brought since the law was enacted, how many FACE Act cases have been filed due to incidents or attacks at abortion providers, how many FACE Act cases have been filed due to incidents or attacks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-unorthodox-pro-life-bills-advancing-in-state-legislatures\/\" title=\"Five Unorthodox Pro-Life Bills Advancing In State Legislatures\">pregnancy resource centers<\/a> and places of religious worship.<\/p>\n<p>Blaze News indicated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doj-says-boeing-now-subject-criminal-prosecution-failing-fulfill-obligations-wake-fatal-crashes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOJ<\/a> has yet to turn over the requested data.<\/p>\n<p>As Lee and Roy argue, the solution should be to get rid of the FACE Act altogether.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not to say that pro-life advocates should be free to attack women at abortion clinics. Far from it.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, they should be able to freely protest outside of abortion clinics and talk to women about abortion without fear of prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHouse Republicans must repeal the FACE Act immediately and stop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-cnn-host-calls-joe-biden-map-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden\u2019s<\/a> pro-abortion crusade,\u201d Roy said.<\/p>\n<p>Congress should do whatever it can to protect innocent lives.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. Will you help us fight? 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He focuses his writing on culture and politics.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Anthony Altomari is a commentary writer for the Western Journal. He focuses his writing on culture and politics. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his May 24, 2024, 7:21 am commentary, Anthony Altomari highlights the Biden administration&#8217;s fresh legal action against pro-life advocates. 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