Three pro-life activists were found guilty this week for their role in the 2021 abortion clinic blockade.
authorities was indicted A group of pro-life activists filed charges in October 2022 for blocking the entrance to the Karafem Health Center Clinic in 2021, preventing employees and patients from accessing the facility. A court on Thursday sentenced Chester Gallagher to 16 months in prison and suspended Eva Eddle for three years for orchestrating the blockade of Mount Juliet, Tennessee. According to To the Associated Press.
Heather Idoni, who is already serving a two-year prison sentence for similar charges in Washington, D.C., was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger to an additional eight months in prison, according to the Associated Press. The court ruled that the sentence could be tantamount to imprisonment. The court found both Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Idoni guilty of conspiracy to obstruct access to a medical clinic and contravene federal law, and the prison terms will be followed by three years of supervised release. Ta.
BREAKING: Six pro-life activists were just indicted and sentenced in federal court under the FACE Act by Biden's Justice Department for protesting outside a Nashville abortion clinic.
Here are some of the protests that took place on March 5, 2021.
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Prosecutors argued that Gallagher's leadership role stemmed from his past law enforcement background, which he exploited to extend the lockdown period, the Associated Press reported. Gallagher, along with his fellow defendants, reportedly engaged in negotiations with law enforcement, complicating efforts to lift the lockdown that affected not only the Karafem clinic, but also other medical facilities in the same building. turned into (Related: Family planning clinic to offer free abortions and vasectomies during DNC)
A Nashville jury in January convicted six pro-life activists involved in the blockade: Gallagher, Idoni, Coleman Boyd, Cal Zastrow, Paul Vaughn, and Dennis Green. Four additional pro-life activists, Eddle, Eva Zastrow, James Zastrow, and Paul Place, were sentenced in April.
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