The FACE Act (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act), codified at 18 U.S.C. § 248, is a federal law enacted in 1994 that prohibits violence, threats, intimidation, and property damage targeting individuals seeking or providing reproductive health services, as well as individuals at places of religious worship—the law is enforced by the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation and carries criminal penalties including up to 11 years imprisonment for violent conduct and fines up to $250,000.
The Department of Justice has filed more than 15 FACE actions in more than a dozen states since the law’s enactment, demonstrating federal commitment to protecting constitutional rights and public safety at covered facilities.
They passed that law to squelch Pro-Life rescuers. The Communists and radicals would love to start storming the churches and one wonders what they’re thinking now.
The question to ask is, "Would a reasonable person, especially an unarmed or elderly person, or a family with children, have been threatened?" That gets you to disturbing the peace, and menacing, which is clearly what was actually going on and was the clear intent. It certainly wasn't political persuasion.