As tensions over abortion reach a fever pitch in the post-Roe era, concerns are mounting over allegations the Biden administration is weaponizing the Department of Justice against pro-life activists.
Since the Supreme Court returned the abortion debate to the states in 2022, Americans are increasingly hearing more about a federal law that protects clinics.
“The FACE Act stands for Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act,” Eireann Van Natta, a reporter with The Daily Caller, recently told CBN News. “It was instituted in 1994 under the Clinton administration. And, if you go to the DOJ’s website, its stated purpose is to protect access to reproductive health, which is a euphemism for abortion.”
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The law protects churches and clinics — including pro-life pregnancy centers — although critics clearly see its enforcement as one-sided.
“What pro-lifers and conservatives have long claimed is that, actually, this act is really just a cudgel that’s being used to target pro-life activists,” Van Natta said. “And, for the longest time, we didn’t have the data to really substantiate that — and now we do.”
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