The FACE Act
Immediately after Scott Roeder was pulled over by police, local TV footage from KMBC captured a glimpse of a small note that was on the dashboard of Roeder’s car. The note read “Cheryl Op Rescue,” and it had a phone number on it.
Cheryl at Op Rescue, is Cheryl Sullenger, who is employed by the extremist anti-abortion group as their senior policy advisor. She has admitted to having multiple phone conversations with Mr. Roeder before Dr. Tiller was killed, and that those conversations were about Dr. Tiller. Before, Cheryl Sullenger became Operation Rescue’s senior policy advisor, she served almost two years in prison for conspiring to bomb a California abortion clinic.
Operation Rescue maintained something that they call “Tiller Watch” on their web site. Allies of Dr. Tiller in Kansas say that until recently, Operation Rescue posted online the doctor’s home address and the address of his church, which is where Dr. Tiller was allegedly murdered by Scott Roeder.
Congress gave our executive branch of government extraordinary powers by passing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act). According to investigative work by reporter Daphne Eviatar at “The Washington Independent,” under Clinton, federal authorities enthusiastically enforced the FACE Act. Eviatar reported that the Clinton administration prosecuted 17 defendants for violations of the FACE Act in 1997 alone, and on average of about 10 per year since the law was enacted.
However, prosecution of FACE Act violations nearly disappeared under the Bush administration. Reportedly, “The Bush administration brought about two criminal prosecutions per year in the entire country under the FACE Act and never more than four in any single year.”
All of those responsible for enforcing our laws have pledge: “I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”
Cheryl at Op Rescue, is Cheryl Sullenger, who is employed by the extremist anti-abortion group as their senior policy advisor. She has admitted to having multiple phone conversations with Mr. Roeder before Dr. Tiller was killed, and that those conversations were about Dr. Tiller. Before, Cheryl Sullenger became Operation Rescue’s senior policy advisor, she served almost two years in prison for conspiring to bomb a California abortion clinic.
Operation Rescue maintained something that they call “Tiller Watch” on their web site. Allies of Dr. Tiller in Kansas say that until recently, Operation Rescue posted online the doctor’s home address and the address of his church, which is where Dr. Tiller was allegedly murdered by Scott Roeder.
Congress gave our executive branch of government extraordinary powers by passing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act). According to investigative work by reporter Daphne Eviatar at “The Washington Independent,” under Clinton, federal authorities enthusiastically enforced the FACE Act. Eviatar reported that the Clinton administration prosecuted 17 defendants for violations of the FACE Act in 1997 alone, and on average of about 10 per year since the law was enacted.
However, prosecution of FACE Act violations nearly disappeared under the Bush administration. Reportedly, “The Bush administration brought about two criminal prosecutions per year in the entire country under the FACE Act and never more than four in any single year.”
All of those responsible for enforcing our laws have pledge: “I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”
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