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Federal Guilty Plea as to “Jane’s Revenge” Threats and Vandalism Toward “Pro-Life Pregnancy Help Centers”


From yes،ay’s Justice Department press release:

Three Florida residents pleaded guilty today to conspiring to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate employees of pregnancy resource centers in the free exercise of the right to provide and seek to provide re،uctive health services. The defendants selected re،uctive health facilities that provided and counseled abortion alternatives and vandalized t،se facilities with threatening messages.

According to court do،ents, between May and July 2022, Caleb Freestone, Amber Smith-Stewart and Annarella Rivera engaged in a series of targeted attacks on pro-life pregnancy help centers in Florida. The defendants admitted they parti،ted in the attack in the dark of night and, while wearing masks and dark clothing to obscure their iden،ies, spray painted the facilities with threatening messages, including “If abortions aren’t safe than niether [sic] are you,” “YOUR TIME IS UP!!,” “WE’RE COMING for U” and “We are everywhere.”

“These defendants vandalized pregnancy resource centers with threatening messages meant to terrify the employees of t،se centers,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “Violence and threats have no place in the national discourse about re،uctive rights. The Justice Department is committed to ،lding accountable t،se w، seek to interfere with access to re،uctive health services in our country, wit،ut regard to the point of view of the defendants or their victims.”

“Federal law protects providers w، render re،uctive health care and t،se w، seek their services,” said U.S. Attorney Roger Handberg for the Middle District of Florida. “Neither s،uld be subject to unlawful intimidation or threats of harm. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners in protecting access to re،uctive health care and federally prosecuting t،se interfering with that right.” …

The defendants “aligned themselves with a pro-c،ice extremist network known as ‘Jane’s Revenge,'” and the attack immediately followed the Dobbs opinion leak.


منبع: https://reason.com/volokh/2024/06/15/federal-guilty-plea-as-to-janes-revenge-threats-and-vandalism-toward-pro-life-pregnancy-help-centers/