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Justice Department to cut back prosecution of abortion clinic protest cases

The Justice Department under President Donald Trump is reducing prosecutions for blocking access to abortion clinics, labeling them as examples of the 'weaponization' of law enforcement.
New guidelines allow prosecutions under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act only in 'extraordinary circumstances' as stated by Attorney General Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle.
Three cases related to 2021 blockades in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio were ordered dismissed by Mizelle, signaling a shift from the previous administration's approach.
The legal group Thomas More Society praised the decision as a 'huge moment' in the fight against the FACE Act, while abortion-rights advocates criticized the pardons of anti-abortion activists.

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Omaha World-Herald

Reproductive health sites lose protections

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's new Justice Department leadership issued an order Friday to curtail prosecutions against people accused of blocking reproductive rights facilities, calling the cases an example of the "weaponization" of law enforcement.

2 months ago·Omaha, United States

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WTVB

Trump’s Justice Department limits cases over blocked access to abortion clinics

By Andrew Goudsward and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department’s new leadership under President Donald Trump ordered cutbacks on Friday on federal prosecutions of people accused of blocking access to reproductive health centers and abortion clinics, calling such cases a “weaponization” of law enforcement. Future abortion-related prosecutions and civil cases pursued under a law called the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entra…

2 months ago

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Washington Examiner

DOJ lawyers directed to toss out charges against several anti-abortion activists

A top Justice Department official ordered prosecutors on Friday to terminate three pending cases brought by the Biden administration that involved protesters allegedly blocking entrances to abortion clinics. Attorney general chief of staff Chad Mizelle wrote to the Civil Rights Division head in a memo, obtained by the Washington Examiner, that the move was in line with President Donald Trump’s order... The post DOJ lawyers directed to toss out c…

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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NY1

Justice Dept. curtails prosecutions for blocking abortion clinics

Prosecutions and civil actions will be permitted only in "extraordinary circumstances" or in cases presenting "significant aggravating factors."

2 months ago·New York, United States

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CBS News

Trump Justice Dept. limits enforcement of FACE Act violations, pauses abortion-related actions

The FACE Act makes it illegal to harm, threaten or interfere with an individual "obtaining or providing reproductive health services" or damage a facility "because such facility provides reproductive health."

2 months ago

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New York Post

DOJ will no longer prosecute for blocking reproductive health facilities — unless there’s ‘extraordinary circumstances’

President Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership issued an order Friday to curtail prosecutions against people accused of blocking reproductive rights facilities.

2 months ago·New York, United States

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