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In reply to the discussion: Owner of home where 5 fetuses were found clerked for Clarence Thomas [View all]malaise
(298,919 posts)75. Not according to NPR
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/01/1090206447/dc-police-find-5-fetuses-lauren-handy
A local television station, WUSA9, captured video of police searching the home and reported that the home belonged to Lauren Handy. The 28-year-old was one of nine people charged in an indictment that was made public on Wednesday that accused the group of traveling to Washington, blocking access to the reproductive health center and streaming it on Facebook.
The station, which first reported the discovery, said Handy told a reporter that "people will freak out when they hear" what detectives found inside her house. Handy did not respond to a message sent to her Facebook profile seeking comment.
In the indictment, prosecutors said Handy had called the clinic pretending to be a prospective patient and scheduling an appointment. Once there, on Oct. 22, 2020, eight of the suspects pushed their way inside and began blocking the doors, according to the indictment. Five of them chained themselves together on chairs to block the treatment area as others blocked the employee entrance to stop other patients from coming inside, the indictment alleges. Another suspect blocked people from coming into the waiting room, prosecutors charge.
Handy and the eight others were charged with conspiracy against rights and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. The federal law, more commonly known as the FACE Act, prohibits physically obstructing or using the threat of force to intimidate or interfere with a person seeking reproductive health services.
A local television station, WUSA9, captured video of police searching the home and reported that the home belonged to Lauren Handy. The 28-year-old was one of nine people charged in an indictment that was made public on Wednesday that accused the group of traveling to Washington, blocking access to the reproductive health center and streaming it on Facebook.
The station, which first reported the discovery, said Handy told a reporter that "people will freak out when they hear" what detectives found inside her house. Handy did not respond to a message sent to her Facebook profile seeking comment.
In the indictment, prosecutors said Handy had called the clinic pretending to be a prospective patient and scheduling an appointment. Once there, on Oct. 22, 2020, eight of the suspects pushed their way inside and began blocking the doors, according to the indictment. Five of them chained themselves together on chairs to block the treatment area as others blocked the employee entrance to stop other patients from coming inside, the indictment alleges. Another suspect blocked people from coming into the waiting room, prosecutors charge.
Handy and the eight others were charged with conspiracy against rights and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. The federal law, more commonly known as the FACE Act, prohibits physically obstructing or using the threat of force to intimidate or interfere with a person seeking reproductive health services.
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Owner of home where 5 fetuses were found clerked for Clarence Thomas [View all]
FelineOverlord
Apr 2022
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As religious zealots bought what they thought were the bones and shroud of Jesus Christ.
TheBlackAdder
Apr 2022
#43
Federalist Society member and partner at Jones Day, associate WH counsel under Trump.
L. Coyote
Apr 2022
#8
Since we have so many Federalist Society members engaged in really sketchy behavior, could
Evolve Dammit
Apr 2022
#33
And if we go by RW anti-abortion rhetoric, these aren't "fetuses," they're five dead babies.
sop
Apr 2022
#25
How fucked up are the Republicans/ Libertarians/ MAGAT's? This is another good example
Evolve Dammit
Apr 2022
#31
They obtain them as medical waste from clinics and then put their photos in propaganda
LeftInTX
Apr 2022
#54
This girl just got started. She's only 28. I think they steal as much as they can
LeftInTX
Apr 2022
#68