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On May 8, <\/span>America First Legal<\/span><\/a> released internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) <\/span>documents<\/span><\/a> obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request regarding so-called domestic terrorism. According to America First Legal, \u201cAn internal memo dated January 29, 2021, just eight days after Joe Biden was sworn in as President, reveals a ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ game-like memo for individuals to make ‘real-life decisions’ based on ‘radicalization’ scenarios with various fictitious characters.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the \u201cradicalization suspect\u201d characters is \u201cAnn,\u201d a \u201cmiddle-aged pro-life advocate.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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Ann is described as having \u201calways been religious\u201d but as having recently \u201cbecome increasingly devout.\u201d She is \u201cactive in several church groups,\u201d and \u201c[w]hile she has always been protective of her four kids, she has become increasingly more concerned about the welfare of other children[,] including the unborn.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The implication is that \u201cdevout\u201d religious belief and \u201cconcern\u201d about preborn children is somehow a marker of potentially violent behavior.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But this is not an idea with roots in reality. In the wake of the leak of the draft opinion in <\/span>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/span><\/i>, the Supreme Court decision which overturned <\/span>Roe v. Wade<\/span><\/i>, a massive wave of pro-abortion <\/span>violence<\/span><\/a> engulfed the nation. Even the current director of the FBI, Cristopher Wray, <\/span>admitted<\/span><\/a> that 70% of abortion-related violence since the <\/span>Dobbs<\/span><\/i> leak has been perpetrated by pro-abortion actors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And yet, in spite of this, the Biden administration\u2019s Department of Justice (DOJ) has stepped up <\/span>prosecutions<\/span><\/a> of pro-lifers for alleged violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which was designed to protect access to abortion facilities but also protects houses of worship and pregnancy resource centers. Twenty-six pro-life activists were <\/span>indicted<\/span><\/a> for alleged FACE violations in 2022 alone, while only six alleged <\/span>perpetrators<\/span><\/a> of pro-abortion <\/span>violence<\/span><\/a> have been arrested<\/a> since the <\/span>Dobbs<\/span><\/i> leak.<\/span><\/p>\n

On May 16, the House Judiciary Committee <\/span>met<\/span><\/a> to revisit the implications of the FACE Act and discuss whether the Biden administration\u2019s DOJ has <\/span>weaponized<\/span><\/a> the FACE Act against pro-life activists.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did you know that as little as $10 a month is enough to reach more than 3,000 people with the truth about abortion that no one else is telling them? Click here to start saving lives 365 days a year.<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On May 8, America First Legal released internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) documents obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request regarding so-called domestic terrorism. 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