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The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act ( FACE or the Access Act, Pub. L. No. 103-259, 108 Stat. 694) (May 26, 1994, 18 U.S.C. § 248) is a United States law that was signed by President Bill Clinton in May 1994, which prohibits the following three things: (1) the use of physical force, threat of physical force, or physical obstruction to ...
McCullen v. Coakley, 573 U.S. 464 (2014), is a United States Supreme Court case involving a First Amendment challenge to the validity of a Massachusetts law establishing 35-foot (11 m) fixed buffer zones around facilities where abortions were performed. The law – part of the Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act – barred non-exempt ...
At the federal level in the United States, the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE), makes it an offense to use intimidation or physical force – such as forming a blockade – in order to prevent a person from entering a facility which provides reproductive healthcare or a place of worship. The law also creates specific penalties ...
The four sentenced this week were among six people convicted of both violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and more serious felony conspiracy charges for their roles as ...
Core to the case is the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, a 1994 law making it a federal crime to engage in "violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to ...
Steven Lefemine, 68, of West Columbia was sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $1,000 by a federal judge after he was found guilty in March of violating the Freedom of Access to a Clinic ...
The plaintiffs included NOW and two abortion clinics, the Delaware Women's Health Organization, Inc., and the Summit Women's Health Organization, Inc. Meanwhile, in 1994, the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE) went into effect, prohibiting the use of force or intimidation to block access to reproductive health care facilities.
Williams was convicted in February at a two-week trial of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. Williams had tearfully requested leniency, saying she was traumatized by a bad ...