{"id":2361434,"date":"2024-10-30T08:16:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T12:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-throws-black-mom-in-prison-for-3-years-for-pro-life-activism\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T08:21:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T12:21:24","slug":"doj-throws-black-mom-in-prison-for-3-years-for-pro-life-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-throws-black-mom-in-prison-for-3-years-for-pro-life-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Throws Black Mom In Prison For 3 Years For Pro-Life Activism"},"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%2Fdoj-throws-black-mom-in-prison-for-3-years-for-pro-life-activism%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=2361434&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>Bevelyn Williams, \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tebow-im-grateful-my-mom-gave-me-a-chance-at-life\/\" title=\"Tebow: I\u2019m grateful my mom gave me a chance at life\">pro-life advocate<\/a> and mother,\u200d was recently sentenced to 41 months in federal \u2063prison for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act\u2063 during \u2062a protest \u200boutside a Planned Parenthood in New York City \u2062in June 2020. Williams,\u2064 a Christian who \u200bhas experienced the emotional fallout from multiple abortions, became an activist to \u200dhelp other women avoid similar pain. Her \u2063imprisonment comes amidst\u200d a broader scrutiny of the FACE Act, which critics argue has been disproportionately used against pro-life \u200dactivists while insufficiently\u2063 defending pro-life centers and churches. \u200dDuring her sentencing, Williams\u2063 expressed \u200cher intent to support and \u200cshare her story \u200cwith women facing the difficult choice of abortion, insisting that she never aimed to \u2062harm anyone during \u200cher \u2064protests. Her \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">case reflects ongoing tensions surrounding abortion rights<\/a> and the\u200b legal repercussions faced \u200bby those advocating against abortion.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Pro-life advocate Bevelyn Williams turned herself into a federal prison in Alabama earlier this month. Williams was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/tennessee-woman-sentenced-41-months-prison-violating-freedom-access-clinic-entrances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentenced<\/a> to 41 months in federal prison for allegedly violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act during a June 2020 protest outside a New York City Planned Parenthood facility. Williams is a Christian wife, a devoted mother, and a woman who has experienced the pain of abortion. She should be pardoned and reunited with her family, and the FACE Act must be repealed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Williams watched in horror as then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Reproductive Health Act. That decision to legalize abortion up to birth was disturbing to her, even as someone who&rsquo;d had multiple abortions. During her sentencing hearing, she made a statement before the judge. In it, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/prolifer-bevelyn-wiliams-impassioned-plea-sentencing-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>After I got my first abortion, it took a toll on me. &hellip; The next thing I know, I am waiting in the room and it&rsquo;s time. I go to sleep, I wake up, it&rsquo;s done. But it wasn&rsquo;t done. You can&rsquo;t just pull something out, you can&rsquo;t cut something out of you without the emotional consequences that people have to face every day. And for me, that led me down a very, very dark road of depression.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That emotional turmoil continued as Williams had two more abortions. Yet amid a chaotic life, Williams gave her heart to Christ. Her empathy for those considering abortion led her into pro-life activism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Williams never imagined she&rsquo;d stand in front of an abortion facility in protest. Once her life was surrendered to Christ, she began to feel deeply for other black women considering abortion. Knowing the pain that comes with abortion, she wanted to reach these women to share her story and to help them choose life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, Bevelyn Williams is facing the second longest sentencing in a series of recent FACE Act-related convictions. Lauren Handy was unjustly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-activists-guilty-face-act-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">convicted<\/a> in a FACE Act trial in Washington, D.C., in August of 2023 and was sentenced to 57 months, the only defendant to have received a longer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/sentencing-pro-life-activists-judge-abortion-need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentence<\/a> than Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Williams, a married mother of a young daughter, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/sentencing-crime-new-york-pro-lifer-face-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blindsided<\/a> by the length of the sentence. When her legal team requested she remain at home with her family during the appeal process, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/judge-denies-legal-request-convicted-pro-life-activist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the judge refused<\/a>, saying, in Williams&rsquo; words, that she was a danger to the &ldquo;streets&rdquo; and &ldquo;society.&rdquo; In her statement before the judge Williams said, &ldquo;I am loud. I am passionate. But am I violent? No.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During Williams&rsquo; sentencing hearing, prosecuting attorneys referred to Handy&rsquo;s case, saying that both involved alleged injuries to abortion facility employees. In Willams&rsquo; case, at the New York City Planned Parenthood protest, a staffer&rsquo;s hand was allegedly caught in a door &mdash; which  government prosecutors presented as Williams doing intentionally. Williams&rsquo; attorney disagreed; in his opinion, it was relatively minor.<\/p>\n<p>Bevelyn told the judge, &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t go there with intentions to hurt that woman or anybody else. &hellip; I wanted to preach the gospel, and I wanted to use the message that God gave me because I lived it. I&rsquo;m not judging those girls who go in there ready to get an abortion. I know exactly what it&rsquo;s like.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Willams was charged with violating the FACE Act in June 2020 in connection with her interference with individuals seeking to obtain an abortion. The official designation of the offense given to her was &ldquo;unlawful assembly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A three-plus-year sentence for unlawful assembly is egregious. The Biden-Harris administration continues to inflict unjust prosecution against pro-lifers by invoking the FACE Act. The FACE Act was supposedly created to protect pregnancy centers and churches, along with abortion facilities. Yet the FACE Act has been weaponized and used to make an example out of pro-life activists. As Republican lawmakers Mike Lee and Chip Roy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/congress-must-stop-bidens-weaponization-government-against-pro-lifers-opinion-1895588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> earlier this year, &ldquo;Since its passage, the FACE Act has been used approximately&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2024\/02\/07\/exclusive-conservative-leaders-call-jordan-johnson-repeal-face-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">130 times<\/a>&nbsp;against pro-lifers &mdash; but has only been leveled in defense of churches and pregnancy centers five times, even though churches and pro-life centers are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/data-show-there-have-been-22-times-more-attacks-on-pro-lifers-pro-choice-groups-since-supreme-court-leak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">22 times more likely to be attacked than abortion clinics<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris, specifically, has leveraged the legal system to jail Americans who engage in efforts to protect preborn children for the majority of her political career. As California&rsquo;s attorney general, she went after pregnancy resource centers and pro-life journalists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/harris-pro-lifers-immoral-minnesota-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">describing<\/a> peaceful attempts such as Williams&rsquo; protest as &ldquo;outrageous and immoral.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In her own words, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=1457488794917798&amp;id=100034666657140&amp;mibextid=CTbP7E&amp;rdid=A1JviMlGi6E8rDVA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bevelyn shared her thoughts on Facebook<\/a> saying, &ldquo;My family and I remain hopeful and are trusting God through this challenging time. The Bible is clear that persecution will happen, but ministry continues, even in prison. Our job as Christians is to be a light, especially in dark places.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pray for our ally in this mission for life, as she sacrificially suffers imprisonment for this cause. We must push back on this persecution and repeal the FACE Act, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/congress-must-stop-bidens-weaponization-government-against-pro-lifers-opinion-1895588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lee and Roy are leading the effort to do in Congress.<\/a> Not only do our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-takei-tells-people-to-take-to-the-streets-in-reaction-to-leaked-supreme-court-draft-overruling-roe-vs-wade\/\" title=\"George Takei Tells People to \u201cTake to the Streets\u201d in Reaction to Leaked Supreme Court Draft Overruling Roe vs. Wade\">human rights depend<\/a> on it, but the rights of the innocent babies in the womb as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Christina Bennett is a pro-life missionary and activist whose powerful personal story &mdash; she was moments away from being aborted &mdash; ignited her passion for advocating for life. Currently serving as a Live Action news correspondent, Christina is also a sought-after pro-life speaker, all while living in Connecticut with her husband and son.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-life advocate Bevelyn Williams began her 41-month prison sentence in Alabama for violating the FACE Act during a 2020 protest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3497,"featured_media":2361435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-1.20.03%E2%80%AFPM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[43998,7076,32433],"class_list":["post-2361434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-black-mom","tag-doj","tag-prison-sentence"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-1.20.03%E2%80%AFPM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361434","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\/3497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2361435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}