Republicans Move To Repeal Act Biden Used To Jail Pro-Lifers

GOP Sen. Mike Lee, who has long stood with Roy in calling for the end of the act, is expected to mirror the move in the upper chamber.

Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, with the support of 25 Republican cosponsors, reintroduced legislation on Tuesday that seeks to prevent the political prosecution of peaceful pro-lifers by repealing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.

Congress first passed the FACE Act in 1994. It was at the direction of President Joe Biden after the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson decision nearly two decades later, however, that the FBI and Department of Justice started to arrest and hand down uncharacteristically harsh sentences to dozens of people, many Christians, who peacefully protested ending life in the womb.

“Americans just spent the last four years being targeted by a weaponized justice system. The FACE Act was one of the primary weapons of abuse — being used to politically target, arrest, and jail pro-life Americans for speaking out and standing up for life,” Roy said in a statement.

Former FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in July 2024 that his agency did not single out those who made their opposition to abortion known. As Roy noted, however, “97% of FACE Act prosecutions from 1994-2024 were against pro-life Americans.”

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