Pro-life activist sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison in ‘shocking’ outcome: ‘Not the America I know’ Fox News
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AcourtdecisionhasTrumpandRepublicansinabind.
Twopro-lifeactivistsweresentencedtoseveralyearsinprisonTuesdayonchargesofconspiracyagainstrightsandviolatingtheFreedomofAccesstoClinicEntrancesAct(FACEAct)stemmingfroma2020“rescueaction”ataWashington,D.C.-basedabortionclinic.
LaurenHandy,30,wassentencedtofouryearsandninemonthsinprisonfororganizingtheprotest,whileco-defendantJohnHinshaw,69,wassentencedtoayearandninemonths.HandyandHinslaw,alongwithsevenothersconvictedonthesamecharges,blockedaccesstotheWashingtonSurgi-CliniconOct.22,2020whilechainingthemselvestofurnitureinsidetheclinic,accordingtotheindictment.
Thehourslongprotestwaslivestreamedononeoftheprotester’sFacebookaccounts.
“Our‘crime’was‘attemptingtostoptheslaughteroflate-termbabiesintheSantangeloabortionmillinWashington,D.C.,'”HinslawsaidinastatementobtainedbyFoxNewsD
