{"id":332699,"date":"2025-06-11T08:51:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T13:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=332699"},"modified":"2025-06-11T07:01:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:01:20","slug":"house-judiciary-committee-approves-face-act-repeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/house-judiciary-committee-approves-face-act-repeal\/","title":{"rendered":"House Judiciary Committee advances bill to repeal FACE Act"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The House Judiciary Committee voted 13-10 on Tuesday to advance a bill aimed at repealing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act \u2014 a law used disproportionately against peaceful pro-life activists.<\/p>\n

KEY TAKEAWAYS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • The FACE Act Repeal Act of 2025, advanced by the committee, now goes to the House for a full vote.<\/li>\n
  • Though introduced under the Clinton Administration, prosecutions against pro-lifers under FACE ramped up in 2022 under the Biden-Harris DOJ when it appeared the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Multiple pro-lifers were imprisoned for peaceful protests at abortion businesses, though some had occurred years before and were not prosecuted locally.<\/li>\n
  • After President Trump pardoned 23 imprisoned pro-lifers, he said FACE Act prosecutions should only be brought in extreme cases.<\/li>\n
  • The repeal of the FACE Act will guarantee that pro-lifers won’t “face felony convictions for peaceful acts such as sidewalk counseling or singing hymns,” says Rep. Chip Roy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    THE DETAILS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    HR 589, The FACE Act Repeal Act of 2025, was introduced in January in the House by Rep. Chip Roy (Texas) and in the Senate by Sen. Mike Lee (Utah).<\/p>\n

    “There are many people in this country who believe this legislation is critically important so you can end the abuse of the existing federal statute to be used politically to target American citizens for political purposes, as was evidenced repeatedly over and over and over again under the previous administration,” Roy told the committee.<\/p>\n

    “If you look at the data since the enactment of the FACE Act since 1994, you look at the uptick in attacks on churches, for example \u2014 800% increase in violence against churches. Since 2018, an average of 39 attacks every month. There have been 96 violent attacks on pregnancy centers since the Dobbs opinion was leaked in 2022… The fact of the matter is, it was politicized,” he added.<\/p>\n

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    BREAKING \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

    The House Judiciary committee has passed legislation to repeal the FACE Act in a 13-10 vote.@chiproytx<\/a> @Jim_Jordan<\/a> @JudiciaryGOP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/sveK6mkRrx<\/a><\/p>\n

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