Citing President Trump's executive order Ending The Weaponization Of The Federal Government, Donald Trump's Department of Justice ordered all federal prosecution under the Free Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act be dropped immediately. "[F]uture abortion-related FACE Act prosecutions and civil actions will be permitted only in extraordinary circumstances, or in cases presenting significant aggravating factors, such as death, serious bodily harm, or serious property damage." In addition to invoking a new set of rules, the memo titled "FACE ACT CHARGING POLICY" orders a moratorium on any future FACE Act prosecutions without the permission of the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.
🚨🚨BREAKING: Trump's AG office has directed the DOJ to END the weaponization of the FACE Act!
— Clare Anne Ath (@clareanneath) January 24, 2025
The DOJ is to only prosecute extraordinary circumstances that include "death, serious bodily harm, or serious property damage."
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Yet another win for the pro-life… pic.twitter.com/D07HNgPZ4m
This is an incredible volte-face by a Justice Department that only a month ago was happily slamming pro-life activists with felony convictions and prison time for minor infractions of the FACE Act. According to reports, the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged approximately 60 individuals with FACE Act violations, a sharp rise compared to fewer than 100 cases in the law's first 26 years. Only five of these prosecutions were directed against pro-abortion terrorists and groups. As the memo states: "This is not the even-handed administration of justice." In fact, you can trace a path of increasingly bizarre and frenetic prosecutions from the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe vs. Wade.
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The FACE Act is a horrible law that was designed to criminalize peaceful protest by the unwary. Under Biden and a spiteful Merrick Garland, the weaponization of this law hit its peak. It became a tool for intimidating pro-lifers by sending FBI SWAT Teams to their homes at 6 a.m. For the time being, Trump has taken this tool out of the "resistance" toolbox. Hopefully, this session of Congress will see this law repealed or heavily amended.
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