Pro-life activist sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison in ‘shocking’ outcome: ‘Not the America I know’

 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