Articles tagged DC FACE trials 2023

Pro-life hostage Will Goodman seeks ‘holy indifference’ as sentencing approaches

Receiving inspiration from particular saints, Goodman noted how they were ‘taken into custody, into jail, into prison, not knowing what the future would hold, but knowing Who held the future.’

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Patrick Delaney

• May 8, 2024May 9, 2024

Joan Andrews Bell’s husband shares updates on imprisoned wife: ‘Spirits are very strong’

Joan Andrews Bell was jailed earlier this year after being convicted of violating the FACE Act. In an exclusive interview with LifeSiteNews, Joan’s husband, Chris, said that his wife is using her time behind bars to pray for an end to abortion.

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Ashley Sadler

• Nov 29, 2023Nov 29, 2023

Pro-lifer jailed under FACE ACT: Changing laws is not enough. We must make abortion unthinkable

What occurred last week was a natural result of the pro-life movement's myopic focus on political power and its neglect of cultural transformation. We've tried to change law without simultaneously changing hearts, seeking a harvest without first sowing seeds.

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Jonathan Darnel

• Nov 21, 2023Nov 21, 2023

DC FACE Act prosecutor is using his own ‘conspiracy’ charge proposal to maximize pro-life sentencing

The DC FACE Act trials served as the golden opportunity for lawyer Sanjay Patel to try his new proposal of combining FACE charges with the charge of 'conspiracy against rights' to maximize sentencing against pro-lifers.

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Louis Knuffke

• Oct 28, 2023Oct 31, 2023

‘We came to stop the murder,’ jailed pro-life rescuer Jean Marshall testifies in third DC FACE Act trial

'The goal was to save lives,' jailed pro-lifer Jean Marshall told the court during the trial of her sister, Paulette Harlow.

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Louis Knuffke

• Oct 26, 2023Oct 27, 2023

Bishop lauds imprisoned pro-lifer Joan Bell for ‘inspiring life and dedication’ to protecting the unborn

Bishop Kevin Sweeney said the 74-year-old's ‘voice, example, and witness, are worthy of our consideration’ and called on Catholics to ‘pray for Joan and all of those who make a sacrificial witness for life.’

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Ashley Sadler

• Oct 24, 2023Oct 25, 2023

How to send letters, money to pro-lifers jailed for FACE Act violations

Anti-abortion activists who conducted a rescue at a Washington, DC, late-term abortion facility in 2020 face up to a decade in federal prison each. You can write them letters and deposit money in their commissary accounts as they await sentencing.

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Oct 23, 2023Oct 24, 2023

Catholics urged to ask intercession of Polish martyr priest for pro-life prisoners

'Father Fidelis has a very strong devotion to him,' said New York pro-life advocate Theresa Bonopartis. 'And when all these rescues started happening, I said, 'We’ve got to pray to Blessed Jerzy.''

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Jim Hale

• Oct 19, 2023Oct 19, 2023

Anti-abortion rescuers double down on saving babies despite recent DC FACE Act convictions

'If I were dying, if I were being dragged away to my death, I would want someone there with me until the moment I died. And that's why we rescue,' said PAAU director of community organizing Kristen Turner.

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Ashley Sadler

• Oct 6, 2023Oct 9, 2023

Jailed rescuer Will Goodman: Our Lord has blessed me with a contemplative 40 Days for Life this year

Despite all of their abusive power and malice, the Department of Justice cannot stop us jailed rescuers from participating in 40 Days for Life or Respect Life Month! Our pro-life witness continues from jail.

Opinion

Will Goodman

• Oct 3, 2023

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Articles tagged DC FACE trials 2023

Pro-life hostage Will Goodman seeks ‘holy indifference’ as sentencing approaches

Joan Andrews Bell’s husband shares updates on imprisoned wife: ‘Spirits are very strong’

Pro-lifer jailed under FACE ACT: Changing laws is not enough. We must make abortion unthinkable

DC FACE Act prosecutor is using his own ‘conspiracy’ charge proposal to maximize pro-life sentencing

‘We came to stop the murder,’ jailed pro-life rescuer Jean Marshall testifies in third DC FACE Act trial

Bishop lauds imprisoned pro-lifer Joan Bell for ‘inspiring life and dedication’ to protecting the unborn

How to send letters, money to pro-lifers jailed for FACE Act violations

Catholics urged to ask intercession of Polish martyr priest for pro-life prisoners

Anti-abortion rescuers double down on saving babies despite recent DC FACE Act convictions

Jailed rescuer Will Goodman: Our Lord has blessed me with a contemplative 40 Days for Life this year