When Congress enacted the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act in 1994, the advocates’ sales pitch was that it would address an alleged organized nationwide campaign of blockades, bombings, and violence against abortion clinics.
The last three decades, however, have unveiled the truth. The FACE Act has become exactly what it was designed to be: a cudgel to suppress otherwise lawful pro-life activity and expression and protect a now-nonexistent abortion right. Thankfully, there’s a solution.
The late 1980s and early 1990s were periods of sometimes volatile pro-life activism, with groups such as Operation Rescue and the Pro-Life Action Network organizing large-scale protests in several cities. Abortion advocates such as the National Organization for Women tried suing these pro-life activists under various federal laws, but time after time, federal…
