NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee jury has convicted six anti-abortion protesters of violating federal laws after they blocked the entrance of a reproductive clinic outside Nashville nearly three years ago.
The jury’s decision, handed down late Tuesday after a weeklong trial, marks the latest development in a case that has been closely watched by conservative groups, who have accused the federal government of unfairly targeting abortion opponents by using 1994 federal law designed to protect abortion clinics from obstruction and threats. Reproductive rights supporters counter the law, known as Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or the FACE Act, is more critical than ever in shielding abortion providers from violence now that the constitutional right to abortion has been revoked.
“Activists”. pfff.
Also “abortion clinic” as if all it did was that.
If they would only put those assholes behind bars. Because fines will be happily paid for by their supporters, thus having no detrimental or deterring effect on the perpetrators.
They face up 10 1/2 years of prison time and fines of up to $260,000. Sentencing hearings will take place July 2.
We will find out in a few months.
I’ll take one year and a felony record. That should be enough. (Overly harsh sentences people get for weed doesn’t matter here.)
I saw the 80+k donated to the defense fund of that asshole who vandalized the Satanic Temple’s monument and joked with a friend that we should go full-time on a biz grifting rightwingers. It’d be a great business. It’s happening all around us.
They’re a felon now yes ? Does that mean no more right to voting ?I mean I disagree with that principal… but still. Not USA citizen btw.
conservative groups, who have accused the federal government of unfairly [enforcing a law exactly as it was designed].
Say what you want about conservatives but they never learned to take an L and it shows.
President Bill Clinton signed the FACE Act into law in 1994 following a string of high-profile attacks against abortion clinics, which included Dr. David Gunn being shot and killed outside an abortion clinic in Pensacola, Florida in 1993 — marking the first abortion provider killed in the U.S.
I remember this (or maybe a later murderer) lunatic’s mugshot on the cover of a magazine. Looked happy. Scared me. Still does.
Fuck the right. They are terrorists, monsters, evil in the name of “christ”.
At some point you’ve got to assume Christ is cool with it
Evangelical Christians not getting smote by pillars of fire are a good argument against a good and loving God, or even a greedy and jealous God.
Trump is the golden calf
Tbf he might just be standing back waiting until he can hit the redo button.
Then he’s not really all-powerful. That’s for a different thread though.
I never thought that dictatorial assholes were powerful, contrary to what right wingnuts seem the think.
Counterpoint: I’m basically the god on my computer, but even I screw up so badly sometimes that it’s just easier to hit reset than track down exactly where shit went sideways and unfuck it.
Hell yeah
