Last month, an arson was reported at a building set to become Wyoming’s only abortion clinic. Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion providers and patients across the country are at risk and are asking for protection. Via reveal:
, enacted in 1994, empowers the Justice Department to bring criminal charges or civil lawsuits against people who commit acts of “force” or “threat of force” or “physical obstruction” against patients and providers entering clinics. But the FACE Act was carefully tailored to avoid criminalizing free speech; anti-abortion protesters also have adapted their tactics to stay within the law.
The FACE Act “isn’t viable as an option in many instances,” U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., said in an interview. Yet by passing tough anti-abortion legislation that emboldens protesters, “states have made a policy choice to increase the vulnerability of health care providers,” she said. Underwood, a nurse by training, is a co-sponsor ofthat would establish a federal grant program to help providers strengthen the physical security and cybersecurity of their facilities.
“Just as we protect the Supreme Court, we should protect health care providers, their patients and the people who go in and out of those facilities,” said Democratic U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas, the bill’s main author.
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