DETROIT—Eva Edl, an 89-year-old survivor of a communist concentration camp, could face over a decade in prison if convicted this week on federal conspiracy charges over her participation in several pro-life protests at two Michigan abortion facilities.
Edl, a devout Christian who was imprisoned in Yugoslavia in the 1940s, was accused by the Biden administration in February 2023 of conspiring to deny patrons of an abortion clinic their constitutional rights. Edl was one of several participants in peaceful protests at two Michigan abortion facilities in 2020 and 2021. Jury selection for the trial for Edl and six co-defendants began Tuesday at the Theodore Levin courthouse in Detroit.
Her co-defendants also charged in the conspiracy are Cal Zastrow, Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, Joel Curry, Justin Phillips, and Eva Zastrow.
Edl and her co-defendants are also charged with violating…
