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Pardons Aren’t Enough. The FACE Act Must Go

Biden’s DOJ weaponized the FACE Act against pro-lifers, and if Congress doesn’t repeal it entirely, future administrations will do the same.

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The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government held a hearing this week on how the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, the “FACE Act,” became a weapon against peaceful pro-life Americans under the Biden administration. The Thomas More Society, which defended many of those unjustly prosecuted under the law, testified in favor of full repeal. The hearing is long overdue.

Paul Vaughn was up early, preparing for the day with his wife and their 11 children, when shouting and pounding shattered the quiet of a Tennessee morning. Before he understood what was happening, federal agents stormed his home, handcuffed him in front of his family, and took him away. His crime? Attending a peaceful pro-life gathering at an abortion facility, marked by prayer, hymn-singing, and cooperation with local police.  

The Biden Department of Justice charged Vaughn with a misdemeanor violation of the FACE Act and stacked on the felony offense of “conspiracy against rights,” exposing him to ten years in federal prison, for praying. 

He was not alone. In Pennsylvania, Mark Houck, a Catholic father of seven, was charged under the FACE Act after a confrontation with a clinic escort while counseling with his 12-year-old son. Our attorneys at Thomas More Society offered to bring Houck in voluntarily — which the DOJ refused — precisely to avoid what happened next. Sixteen agents in seven vehicles descended on the Houck home at dawn and arrested him in front of his wife and children. He was put through the ordeal of a trial, but the jury........

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