{"id":297324,"date":"2023-08-29T13:37:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T18:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=297324"},"modified":"2025-02-06T00:57:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T06:57:57","slug":"pro-life-activists-guilty-face-act-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-activists-guilty-face-act-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Five pro-life activists found guilty of FACE Act violations in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Verdicts were handed down today in the federal trial of five pro-life activists \u2013 Lauren Handy, Will Goodman, John Hinshaw, Heather Idoni, and Herb Geraghty \u2013 who were charged with conspiracy against rights and <\/span>FACE Act<\/span><\/a> violations. The jury found all of the defendants guilty of both charges. Read all the details here<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The defendants were indicted for their participation in an October 2020 <\/span>rescue action<\/span><\/a> at the D.C.-based Washington Surgi-Clinic (WSC), the abortion facility run by Cesare Santangelo. Santangelo was featured in Live Action\u2019s <\/span>InHuman investigation<\/span><\/a> stating that if a child was born alive at his facility during an abortion, \u201cwe would not help it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Two defendants \u2013 Lauren Handy and Herb Geraghty \u2013 <\/span>cited<\/span><\/a> Live Action\u2019s InHuman video as informing their belief that abortion survivors might be being left to die at WSC, which in turn <\/span>motivated their decision to participate in the rescue action at Santangelo\u2019s facility. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, <\/span>calling<\/span><\/a> the video \u201cgossip from propagandists\u201d (despite the fact that the video showed the abortionist in his own words) presiding <\/span>Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly<\/span><\/a> would not allow the video itself to be admitted into evidence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n