Victims of Buffalo Pro-abortion Arson Say DOJ Should Not Charge Attackers for FACE Act Violations
CEO of CompassCare, a national pro-life network whose medical center in Buffalo, NY was brutally firebombed on June 7, 2022, demands the Department of Justice not charge the arsonists with FACE Act violations. Rev. Jim Harden says, “The FACE Act is unconstitutional on its face. In the name of rule of law, it would be unjust to allow our attackers to be charged with violating an unjust law. We need to return to a civilized order and it should start now. Before Attorney General Garland is fired for turning the department of justice into a legal firing squad against pro-life people, the DOJ should drop all FACE Act charges currently being prosecuted and the Supreme Court should vacate the law.”
Q&A:
- Why shouldn’t pro-abortion extremists be charged with violations like the FACE Act?
Answer: It has become obvious that the Clinton-era FACE Act was designed and has been almost exclusively used by the federal government to usurp the policing power of the state, a violation of the 10th Amendment, selectively prosecuting pro-lifers to silence public pro-life speech and activity, a violation of the 1st Amendment. Further, the FACE Act was implemented to ostensibly protect the exercise of the right of abortion. Since Roe was overturned, the Federal government no longer recognizes a right regarding abortion. Therefore, whether a person’s activity is pro-life or pro-abortion, the federal government cannot be prosecuting a violation of a right it does not recognize. It should be prosecuting violations of actual law.
- How is the FACE Act being used today?
Answer: Recently, two pro-abortion activists associated with the domestic terrorist group known as Jane’s Revenge in Florida were indicted by the DOJ with FACE Act violations, the first time it has been used against a pro-abortion person that we are aware of. But not for lack of opportunity. Despite over 230 likely FACE Act violations perpetrated on pro-life entities in 2022, the only FACE Act indictments came against 26 peaceful pro-lifers.
- How should the DOJ prosecute the pro-abortion extremists who firebombed CompassCare and attacked so many others?
Answer: Justice needs to be executed justly, according to the constitution. Current U.S. Code indicates the DOJ does in fact have an interest in charging perpetrators of crimes against pro-life entities with respect to committing an act of domestic terror, many of which are applicable in the case of the attack on CompassCare.
- What next steps would you recommend be taken to promote a fair justice system?
Answer: Before Attorney General Garland is fired for turning the department of justice into a legal firing squad against pro-life people, the DOJ should drop all FACE Act charges currently being prosecuted and the Supreme Court should vacate the law.
- Tell us about the status of the attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers.
Answer: After 79 attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers since the breach of the Supreme Court’s security resulting in the leak of the Dobbs decision on May 2, no arrests or progress of any sort was made until January, six months after the height of the attacks, when CompassCare and the Chicago based public interest law firm, the Thomas More Society, hired private investigators to find the perpetrators.
- What happened after CompassCare hired the private investigators?
Answer: Only after we commenced our own investigation into the organized pro-abortion domestic violent extremism that arrests are being made. It appears the FBI took their thumb off local police to start following up on leads over eight months old, resulting in belated indictments.
- Where can our audience learn more about CompassCare?
Answer: You can go to CompassCareCommunity.com to learn more about how CompassCare is protecting pro-life pregnancy centers from violence and censorship while continuing to serve women with ethical medical care and comprehensive community support, equipping hundreds of other pro-life pregnancy centers to do the same.
Rev. Jim Harden, CompassCare CEO:
Rev. James R. Harden, M.Div. is the CEO of CompassCare Pregnancy Services and lives outside of Rochester, NY with his wife and ten children. Rev. Harden pioneered the first measurable and repeatable medical model in the pregnancy center movement, helping hundreds of centers nationwide become more effective at reaching more women and saving more babies from abortion. He has written extensively on medical ethics, executive leadership, and pro-life strategy. Recently CompassCare’s pro-life medical office in Buffalo, NY was firebombed.
Daniel Tomlinson, CompassCare Director of Community Relations:
Daniel Tomlinson is the Director of Community Relations at CompassCare, a Pregnancy Center based in Buffalo, New York. CompassCare’s pro-life medical office in Buffalo that was firebombed on June 7th and reopened a miraculous 52 days later. Having served at CompassCare for 12 years, Daniel is passionate about resourcing the mission of CompassCare and educating the community on the equal value of every person. He and his wife have four children and live outside of Rochester, NY.
CONTACT: Jerry McGlothlin at: geraldmcg@outlook.com or 919-437-0001.
