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Editor’s Note<\/strong>: On August 29, 2023, five pro-life activists, including Lauren Handy, were found guilty<\/a> of violating a conspiracy law and the FACE [Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances] Act for their participation in a peaceful 2020 rescue action at the D.C.-based Washington Surgi-Clinic (WSC), the abortion facility run by Cesare Santangelo, who has said that if a child was born alive at his facility during an abortion, “we would not help it.” Handy and the other activists are awaiting sentencing and they each face up to 11 years in prison. A judge had previously denied<\/a> an emergency motion for Handy’s release.<\/em><\/p>\n

(Thomas More Society<\/a>) On September 22, 2023, a Washington, D.C. federal appellate court denied an emergency motion filed by Thomas More Society attorneys on behalf of pro-life advocate Lauren Handy. The 29-year-old woman sought immediate release from jail, where she is being held pending sentencing after being convicted for attempting to stop the killing of preborn children at an abortion facility in the nation\u2019s capital. The peaceful pro-life protest for which Handy was arrested took place in October 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are disappointed but not deterred,\u201d stated Steve Crampton, Thomas More Society Senior Counsel. \u201cWe will fight on, and we believe we will ultimately prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crampton explained the next step: \u201cWe were denied an emergency motion. We have filed an expedited appeal, together with two of Lauren\u2019s other defendants.\u201d The brief for the expedited appeal is due by October 2, 2023.<\/p>\n

READ: \u2018Justice for the Five\u2019: Key facts about the discovery of the aborted babies in DC<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Handy and four co-defendants were immediately detained on August 29, 2023, after a Washington, D.C. jury found them guilty of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, as well as a conspiracy against \u201crights\u201d in\u00a0United States of America v. Lauren Handy, et al.<\/i>\u00a0Crampton noted that those so-called \u201crights\u201d are not found in the Constitution, according to the United States Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Read the Order issued on September 22, 2023, by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by Circuit Judges Robert Wilkins, Gregory Katsas, and Justin Walker, denying the emergency appeal filed by Thomas More Society attorneys on behalf of pro-life advocate Lauren Handy, seeking her release from jail pending sentencing in\u00a0United States of America v. Lauren Handy, et al.\u00a0<\/i>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Editor’s Note: On August 29, 2023, five pro-life activists, including Lauren Handy, were found guilty of violating a conspiracy law and the FACE [Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances] Act for their participation in a peaceful 2020 rescue action at the D.C.-based Washington Surgi-Clinic (WSC), the abortion facility run by Cesare Santangelo, who has said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":756,"featured_media":297318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[2793,7077,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAppeals court denies emergency motion to release pro-life activist from jail<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A D.C. federal appellate court denied an emergency motion filed by Thomas More Society attorneys on behalf of pro-life advocate Lauren Handy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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