As Antiabortion Violence Surges, Republicans Vote to Strip Federal Protections for Providers

Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) pointed out that Trump’s DOJ is openly planning on politicizing FACE to support their own antiabortion goals. In January of this year, Trump pardoned 23 known antiabortion extremists, who were in prison for invading and blockading clinics and violently injuring providers and clinic staff. At the same time, the DOJ ordered prosecutors to stop enforcing the FACE Act in abortion cases except under “extraordinary circumstances,” essentially opening the door for extremists to continue harassing abortion clinics with impunity.