First Four Antiabortion Extremists Sentenced by Biden DOJ in Nashville for Blockading Tennessee Abortion Clinic, in Violation of the FACE Act
for felony conspiracy and violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. These charges stemmed from their involvement in a 2021 blockade of the, enacted in 1994, “prohibits violent, threatening, damaging and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain or provide reproductive health services.”the entrance to the Carafem Nashville Health Center. Patients were unable to enter the clinic, and staff members were unable to leave.
The remaining sentences were much lighter. Green and Vaughn each received three years of supervised release. The remaining defendants, Eva Edl, Eva Zastrow, James Zastro, Paul Place, Heather Idoni and Chester “Chet” Gallagher, are all awaiting sentencing. U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger postponed the sentencing of Idoni and Gallagher to September. The pair is preparing for a separate but similar trial in Michigan, which is scheduled for August. Idoni is also currently serving a two-year sentence for a 2020 clinic blockade in Washington, D.C...
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