A pro-life leader who stored fetuses inside her D.C. home was given a nearly five-year prison sentence Tuesday for blocking an abortion clinic, as fellow activists accused the Biden administration of using federal law enforcement to go after political opponents.
U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly handed down a 57-month sentence to Lauren Handy — who authorities discovered had five fetuses in her home when she was charged two years ago — for organizing a 2020 blockade of a D.C. abortion clinic that saw 10 pro-life advocates infiltrate the facility and chain up the entrance.and William Goodman were also sentenced Tuesday to 21 and 27 months behind bars, respectively, for their roles in the blockade at Washington Surgi-Clinic in Northwest.
Supporters said authorities are trying to make an example of Handy by giving her one of the harshest sentences. Once Handy was allowed inside, prosecutors said the codefendants shoved their way in and blocked off the entrance. “Put them in jail briefly, the punishment for a sit-in as it’s always been, but not these draconian sentences like the FACE law that are specifically targeting pro-life civil disobedience,” Mr. Hinshaw told The Times.
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