Biden administration “weaponizes” federal law against pro-lifers, according to more than 800 pages report Issued by the US Department of Justice.
The April 14 report detailed how the Justice Department under Biden weaponized the Freedom of Access to Clinic Access (FACE) Act, including collaborating with pro-abortion groups to target pro-life advocates.
The report stated that the Justice Department “affirmatively asked pro-abortion groups about the visitation and constitutionally protected advocacy of pro-life individuals.” Press release Indicated on the report.
“The Biden DOJ and career lawyers monitored pro-life activists for years before charging them,” the press release said.
The Justice Department also said: “Prosecutors knowingly concealed evidence that defense counsel requested an affirmative defense be prepared, tried to screen jurors on the basis of religion, and authorized aggressive arrest tactics rather than allowing pro-life defendants to surrender.”
According to the department, the Biden administration “helped the pro-abortion group secure funding” and “carried out significantly harsher sentences for pro-life defendants than violent pro-abortion defendants.”
“No department should pursue selective prosecution based on convictions,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch said in a statement. statement.
Arkansas lawsuit challenges laws protecting unborn babies
Six women and an obstetrician-gynecologist, Dr. Chad Taylor, filed a lawsuit against Arkansas laws protecting unborn children, saying the laws are unconstitutional.
In the April 9 resolution, two women joined in The original four in the lawsuit are asking the court to block Arkansas’s laws protecting unborn children through a preliminary injunction.
75 page proposal Alleges that pro-life laws are unconstitutional according to the state constitution and that these laws “bear no rational relationship to the protection of life, health, or any other legitimate state interest.”
filed by expand legalThe proposal is the latest development in the ongoing lawsuit, arm of abortion litigation in the US Started on 2nd February.
The trial highlighted testimony from women who were denied abortions by their state, including a woman who sought an abortion for her ectopic pregnancy out of state after she could not get help from local hospitals, as well as women who sought abortions for infants with life-threatening issues or who became pregnant as a result of rape.
Ectopic pregnancy is fatal for both mother and child. Arkansas law allows abortion life-threatening situations “To save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency.”
Every state in America allows abortion if the woman’s life is in danger.
Pro-life groups call on Justice Department to side with abortion drug industry
More than 70 pro-life groups urged the US Justice Department to “stop favoring the abortion drug industry against pro-life states.” Letter This week.
The letter, addressed to Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanch, highlights the harms of federal policy allowing mail-order abortion drugs on both women and the integrity of state laws.
Louisiana, Florida and Texas, and Missouri, Idaho and Kansas sued the FDA in three separate cases, seeking to protect their citizens from the harms of abortion drugs and to stop policies that weaken their state laws. The Justice Department dismissed all three cases.
“Unfortunately, to date, this Justice Department has downplayed the harms of mail-order abortion and called for each case to be halted or even dismissed altogether,” letter of 13 april Reading.
The letter continued, “When abortion medications are available through the mail, there is no accountability, state laws are rendered impotent and women and girls are hurt. This is a harmful and politically dangerous path to take.”
“The DOJ and FDA have the authority and duty to act immediately,” Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA Pro-Life America, said in a statement. statement. “Voters across the board strongly support it and the GOP base demands it.”
Judge holds Oregon law requiring insurance to cover abortion unconstitutional
A federal judge in Oregon ruled that a state law requiring insurance plans to cover abortion and contraception violates constitutional rights oregon right to lifeA group that advocates against abortion.
U.S. District Court Judge Mustafa Kashubhai’s temporary ruling this week is a victory for the pro-life group, but the full decision will not be available. at least another week.
The decision found that the state’s 2017 Reproductive Health Parity Act cannot apply to Oregon Right to Life. The law obliges all health insurance companies not to “impose a deductible, coinsurance, co-payment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on the enrollee” for contraceptives and abortion. The law makes allowances for religious beliefs but not for rights of conscience.
Oregon Right to Life filed suit in 2023, saying that although it did not qualify for a religious exemption, the law violated the group’s First Amendment rights. In 2024, a different federal judge disqualified Oregon Right to Life from exemption because it was not a religious organization. The US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit overturned this decision in 2025.
Lois Anderson, Director of Oregon Right to Life The recent decision is called “A victory for all pro-life Oregonians.”
