House Republicans, Weaponization Victims Make The Case For Repealing The FACE Act |
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House Republicans, Weaponization Victims Make The Case For Repealing The FACE Act
The hearing follows a DOJ report detailing exactly how the Biden administration used the FACE Act to imprison nearly two dozen pro-lifers.
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The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act has got to go, House Republicans determined during their hearing designed to review the Biden administration’s abuse of the three-decade-old law.
The hearing titled “From Tool to Weapon: The FACE Act and the Dangers of Federalizing Criminal Law” followed the Trump Department of Justice’s 882-page report detailing exactly how President Joe Biden and his top law enforcement agency weaponized the FACE Act to imprison nearly two dozen peaceful pro-life protesters.
The DOJ investigators, who initiated the probe after President Donald Trump signed a February 2025 executive order committed to “Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias,” found that the former administration used “biased enforcement” of the FACE Act in a blatant violation of Americans’ rights. This uneven application of the law, communications revealed, was completed in collusion with abortion activists who supplied the DOJ with “real-time” reports of pro-life protest activity.
At least four Biden-era prosecutors were fired for their roles in the lawfare shortly before the report debuted, but House Republicans say it’s not enough.
“This hearing was about shining a harsh, overdue light on left-wing groups that have targeted conservatives — especially pro-life Americans — for years with little to no accountability,” Rep. Chip Roy, chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, told The Federalist in a statement. “The FACE Act has been twisted into a weapon, used to bludgeon citizens whose only ‘offense’ is living out their religious convictions. That abuse cannot stand. Recent actions against organizations like the SPLC show that the tide is starting to turn — but it’s not enough. Accountability must be real, it must be consistent, and it must come now.”
In his opening statement, hearing witness Christopher Ferrara, senior counsel at the Thomas More Society, emphasized that the FACE Act is not required to prosecute acts of violence or threats of force thanks to existing local and state laws. Yet the law was repeatedly used by the DOJ, particularly under Biden, to target pro-life Christians and create........