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Congress Questions the Legitimacy of FACE Act

A House Judiciary subcommittee is scrutinizing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to determine if the Biden‑Harris administration has used the federal law to target pro‑life advocates.

“As we just saw with the Department of Justice’s recent indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, important work is being done to hold left‑wing activist networks accountable—especially those increasingly operating as de facto partners of the federal government to undermine the rule of law,” Rep. Chip Roy, R‑Texas, told The Daily Signal.

“Nowhere have we seen this more than with the Biden‑Harris administration’s weaponization of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, where enforcement was driven by extremist abortion networks to go after pro‑life Americans.”

During Tuesday’s meeting of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government—titled “From Tool to Weapon: The FACE Act and the Dangers of Federalizing Criminal Law”—pro‑life activists who were prosecuted under the law,........

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