Three additional pro-life activists have been sentenced for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act through their involvement in a 2021 blockade of a Tennessee abortion clinic. James Zastrow, Eva Zastrow, and Paul Place were sentenced to 90 days in-home detention and three years of probation for a “rescue” attempt in which they blockaded the Carafem Health Center Clinic in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, according to reporting by ABC News. The sentences were carried out by U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee Aleta Trauger.
The sentencing for Eva Edl, an elderly pro-life activist who was also found guilty of being involved in the same rescue attempt, was delayed until August. Edl is 89 years old and a survivor of a communist concentration camp.
This verdict comes after an FBI investigation led to the four pro-life activists and seven others being found guilty of criminal charges against the FACE Act in April. According to the Daily Caller, 97% of all 211 FACE Act cases have been against pro-life activists.
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