Posted on 06/28/2024 11:26:42 AM PDT by Morgana
Good news! We recently reached a favorable settlement for our clients at Heartbeat of Miami, a faith-based ministry that provides life-affirming services and support to women and couples facing unplanned pregnancies in Hialeah, Florida.
While we cannot publicly discuss the specifics of the settlement quite yet, the vandals associated with Jane’s Revenge who sought to injure, intimidate and interfere with access to Heartbeat of Miami, and several Florida pregnancy resource centers, will be held to account.
Last year, First Liberty and volunteer attorneys from Lawson Huck Gonzalez filed a federal lawsuit seeking to hold accountable the individuals who defaced and spray-painted threatening messages on Heartbeat’s property. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody also filed suit, which included assessing $170,000 in penalties against each defendant, under the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act on behalf of several life-affirming reproductive health facilities in the Sunshine State. It’s the first instance of a state attorney general using the FACE Act to hold violent protestors accountable. The U.S. Department of Justice also filed criminal charges against them under the FACT Act.
“This case is a reminder that no one should suffer violence for simply providing faith-based counseling and baby supplies to women and their babies,” said First Liberty Senior Counsel Jeremy Dys.
We are grateful to Attorney General Moody’s leadership in protecting Florida’s religious and pro-life community. Together with our lawsuit, this sends a clear message: those who resort to violence will face the legal penalties for their crimes.
How about 2 years in federal prison?
They should be jailed immediately like those that protest against abortion. No difference
Seems to me someone pointed out that the "FACE" law had a provision for "faith based" and "reproductive health" facilities. What could fit that description better?
How DARE they save babies?!!!!
What no prison time like that 73-year-old grandma who was thrown in prison for five years for praying outside the abortion clinic? We’re still living in this freaking two tier system and it’s getting really tiresome.
How about 10 years and an early morning raid on their houses.
Should be on the table.
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