{"id":291398,"date":"2023-05-18T16:42:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T21:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=291398"},"modified":"2023-05-18T15:46:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T20:46:38","slug":"fbi-agents-childhood-home-pro-life-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/fbi-agents-childhood-home-pro-life-activist\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: FBI agents show up at childhood home of pro-life activist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(The Daily Signal<\/a>) Two agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI<\/a>) visited the childhood home of a pro-life activist and told the woman\u2019s mother that they wanted to speak with her, according to footage obtained by The Daily Signal.<\/p>\n

Elise Ketch is a member of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU), a group of mostly-left leaning activists who believe that abortion is the murder of a human child. PAAU particularly gained prominence after the group exposed the bodies of five premie sized aborted babies<\/a>, known as \u201cThe Five,\u201d\u00a0from the clinic of Washington, D.C. abortionist<\/a> Cesare Santangelo.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old officially joined PAAU in December 2022 after volunteering with the group for a few months.<\/p>\n

Her entrance into the pro-life group came as PAAU activists Lauren Handy, Jonathan Darnel, and Herb Geraghty faced charges from the Justice Department of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances<\/a> (FACE) Act, which \u201cprohibits threats of force, obstruction and property damage intended to interfere with reproductive health care services\u201d (the DOJ has commonly used \u201cobstruction\u201d in charging pro-life activists with blocking the entrance to an abortion clinic).<\/p>\n

The incidents<\/a> that these activists were involved in all took place before they were members of PAAU, the group\u2019s founder, Terrisa Bukovinac, told The Daily Signal. Ketch does not believe that she has ever been involved in any kind of activity that would allow authorities to bring FACE Act charges against her.<\/p>\n

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Ketch has participated in PAAU\u2019s \u201cPink Rose Rescues\u201d wherein activists attempt to enter an abortion facility and \u201cquietly hand out pink roses to people in the waiting room\u201d \u2014\u00a0then leave upon being told that they are trespassing. The roses have information about pregnancy resources, such as the phone number for Let Them Live, Ketch explained.<\/p>\n

She also participated in a non-violent demonstration on March 23, 2022, where she and other PAAU members were arrested<\/a> for blocking the street<\/a> outside Rayburn House Office Building as they sought to draw attention to \u201cThe Five.\u201d It had been a year since their discovery of the baby bodies, and D.C. authorities have thus far stonewalled<\/a> investigations into the babies\u2019 deaths.<\/p>\n

On April 18, around 2:45 p.m., FBI agents went to the home of Tracy Ketch, Elise Ketch\u2019s mother. Ring camera footage provided to The Daily Signal<\/a> shows two women standing on the front porch of Ketch\u2019s childhood home in Woodbridge, Virginia. The women identified themselves as Ashley Roberts and Kathleen Brown.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are both with the FBI,\u201d Roberts told Ketch\u2019s mother. \u201cWe just need to speak with her regarding some information that was sent to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Tracy Ketch informed the agents that Ketch no longer lives at that residence, Roberts asked for Ketch\u2019s residence or phone number.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s not in any trouble,\u201d Roberts assured Tracy Ketch with a smile, the footage shows. \u201cWe just have some information we need to ask her about.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would tell you all the information, because like I said she\u2019s not in any trouble, but just out of respect for her, we\u2019d like to speak with her first,\u201d Roberts says, adding with a shrug, \u201cand then, if she feels like talking to you, which I\u2019m sure she will because it\u2019s nothing\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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NEW: FBI agents Ashley Roberts and Kathleen Brown showed up at the childhood home of pro-life activist Elise Ketch. The agents asked to speak with Ketch, who is a member of @PAAUNOW<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Here's the Ring security camera footage, first obtained by @Dailysignal<\/a>: pic.twitter.com\/QoY2HL9ytA<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) May 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n