US EditionHouse Judiciary Committee advances bill to repeal FACE Act
- On June 10, 2025, thirteen members of the GOP caucus within the House Judiciary Committee voted to advance legislation aimed at repealing the FACE Act, which limits certain actions near reproductive health facilities.
- The bill, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, responds to claims that the Biden administration weaponized the FACE Act to target peaceful pro-life activists and was first introduced in 2023.
- The FACE Act, passed in 1994, prohibits violent or obstructive conduct near clinics, but Republicans argue over 90 percent of recent prosecutions under it targeted anti-abortion protesters, while Democrats defend its role protecting abortion providers.
- Roy cited that 92 percent of FACE prosecutions during Biden's term targeted anti-abortion demonstrators, while opponents warned repeal would end federal protections amid increased violence, including a recent fertility clinic bombing in California.
- The committee’s action moves Congress closer to repealing the FACE Act, which proponents say will end its politicized use, while opponents urge revising rather than repealing to maintain protections for clinics and patients.
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Lawyer Who Fought Biden’s FACE Act Weaponization Urges GOP To ‘Keep Charging Forward’ On Repeal
A lawyer who defended many of the peaceful pro-life protesters targeted by the Biden administration praised the House Judiciary Committee for voting to repeal the decades-old statute used to put them behind bars. Steve Crampton, a lawyer with the Thomas More Society, told The Daily Wire that it was “very encouraging” that the Judiciary Committee passed a bill on Tuesday from Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) to repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrance…
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Anti-abortion protesters gather outside A Preferred Women’s Health Center of Atlanta in Forest Park in July 2023. (Photo by Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder)A Republican effort to repeal a federal law barring violence against reproductive health clinics and houses of worship won the backing of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday and now heads to the full House for consideration. The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act was passed by…
House committee votes to repeal law that protects abortion clinics, churches from violence • Source New Mexico
Anti-abortion protesters gather outside A Preferred Women’s Health Center of Atlanta in Forest Park in July 2023. (Photo by Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder)A Republican effort to repeal a federal law barring violence against reproductive health clinics and houses of worship won the backing of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday and now heads to the full House for consideration. The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act was passed by…
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