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On Tuesday, September 19, Representative Chip Roy of Texas introduced a <\/span>bill<\/span><\/a> to repeal the FACE Act, which was recently used to <\/span>prosecute<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>jail<\/span><\/a> eight peaceful pro-life protesters who engaged in a <\/span>rescue action<\/span><\/a> in Washington, D.C., in October of 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The bill is co-sponsored by 24 members of Congress, including Chris Smith of New Jersey, Bob Good of Virginia, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Jim Banks of Indiana, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, and Doug Lamborn of Colorado.<\/span><\/p>\n

Enacted<\/span><\/a> in 1994 during the Clinton administration, the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or <\/span>FACE Act<\/span><\/a>, was designed to protect facilities that provide reproductive health services \u2013 including both abortion facilities and pro-life pregnancy centers \u2013 as well as houses of worship from interference or obstruction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the act has primarily been used to prosecute pro-lifers. <\/span><\/p>\n

In 2022 alone, at least 26 individuals were charged by the Department of Justice with FACE Act violations, <\/span>according<\/span><\/a> to the Daily Signal. By comparison, only four<\/em> people have been charged with violations against pro-life organizations since the leak of the draft opinion in <\/span>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/span><\/i>, which ultimately overturned <\/span>Roe v. Wade<\/span><\/i>, even though at least 88 pregnancy centers and pro-life organizations have been <\/span>targeted<\/span><\/a> with violence by pro-abortion activists since that time.<\/span><\/p>\n

READ: Leaked DOJ email indicates department downplayed pro-abortion violence<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Rep. Roy <\/span>told<\/span><\/a> the Daily Signal that \u201cBiden\u2019s Department of Justice has brazenly weaponized the FACE Act against normal, everyday Americans across the political spectrum, simply because they are pro-life,\u201d adding, \u201cOur Constitution separates power between the federal government and the states for a reason, and we ignore that safeguard at our own peril. The FACE Act is an unconstitutional federal takeover of state police powers; it must be repealed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew Bath, general counsel for the Thomas More Society, which represented one of the activists recently convicted in Washington, D.C., <\/span>said<\/span><\/a>: \u201cThe FACE Act has been weaponized by this administration. Even if enforced honestly, the FACE Act is unconstitutional. If our constitutional system of separation of powers and the ideal of citizen self-government are to be preserved, the FACE Act must be repealed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, Tom McClusky, director of government affairs at CatholicVote, <\/span>said<\/span><\/a>: \u201cThe Biden administration has taken weaponization of government to a new level \u2014 his weapon of choice against pro-lifers has been the FACE Act \u2026 Rep. Roy and Sen. Lee are right to take this weapon away from Joe Biden and restore the First Amendment right to peacefully protest.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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