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WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Five Republican members of Congress are seeking answers from the Biden Department of Justice regarding the disproportionate and suspiciously-timed prosecution of nine pro-life activists for blocking the entrance to a D.C. abortion center in October 2020.
Last month, federal law enforcement arrested the activists, who blocked the entrance as part of an effort to offer help to families seeking abortion, counsel them to change their minds, pray with them, and inform them about local resource centers. The Biden DOJ alleges that they “engaged in a conspiracy to create a blockade at the reproductive health care clinic to prevent the clinic from providing, and patients from receiving, reproductive health services” when they “forcefully entered the clinic and set about blockading two clinic doors using their bodies, furniture, chains, and ropes.”
The pro-lifers face up to 11 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $350,000.
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