The terminations came as the Trump administration’s weaponization working group released an 800-page report exposing how the Biden Justice Department weaponized the FACE Act to target peaceful pro-life Americans while largely ignoring violence against pregnancy resource centers and churches.

A Justice Department spokesperson confirmed the firings, stating: “The department has terminated the employment of personnel responsible for weaponizing the FACE Act who still remained at the department.”

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President Donald Trump issued full pardons to 23 pro-life Americans convicted under the FACE Act early in his second term and directed the department to dismiss pending cases and halt future investigations against pro-life demonstrators. Many of those pardoned had faced lengthy prosecutions and prison time for nonviolent actions.

The report detailed stark disparities in how the Biden Justice Department pursued FACE Act cases.

Prosecutors sought an average of 26.8 months in prison for pro-life defendants compared with 12.3 months for those attacking pro-life facilities. Actual sentences averaged approximately 14 months for pro-lifers versus three months for pro-abortion defendants.

The report also highlighted instances of alleged misconduct, including withholding exculpatory evidence, attempts to screen jurors based on religious beliefs, and the use of aggressive early-morning FBI raids rather than allowing self-surrender.

A high-profile example cited was the case of Mark Houck, a Catholic father of seven. Roughly 16 armed FBI agents raided his home in front of his children despite Houck’s willingness to self-surrender. A jury acquitted him on all charges, after which he secured a seven-figure settlement against the federal government.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the firings and the report mark the end of selective enforcement.

“This Department will not tolerate a two-tiered system of justice,” Blanche said. “No Department should conduct selective prosecution based on beliefs. The weaponization that happened under the Biden Administration will not happen again, as we restore integrity to our prosecutorial system.”

Assistant Attorney General Daniel Burrows added: “The behavior unearthed in this report is shameful. Lawyers who should have known better withheld evidence, worked to keep committed religious people off juries, and generally allowed the Department of Justice to be used as the enforcement arm of pro-abortion special interests.”

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After being told by the woman he was in a relationship with, who did not know he was married, that she was pregnant, Stephen Doohan inserted an abortion drug into her vagina without her knowledge during consensual sex.

After pleading guilty in May last year to sexual assault and inserting a drug into the woman’s vagina, causing her to abort, Doohan was jailed for 10 years and six months.

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Now, Doohan has been struck off from working in the profession following a decision made by the Health & Care Professions Tribunal Service. Doohan did not attend the proceeding.

Doohan used resources available to him as a paramedic to cause abortion

Last year, the Glasgow High Court heard how the woman’s suspicions were first aroused when Doohan did something she was unable to see. Judge Lord Colbeck said “[The woman] felt something hard being inserted into her vagina and believed this was a sex toy”.

However, after discovering unusual discharge in her underwear and experiencing stomach cramps the following day, the woman returned to Doohan’s flat.

“She took some diazepam and went into a deep sleep, and felt [Doohan] initiating sexual contact”, the judge said. “She felt you inserting something hard from under the mattress. She was suspicious of your actions”.

“When you went to the bathroom, she took the opportunity to look under the mattress”, where the woman found some tablets.

“The [woman] then carried out an internet search for abortion tablets and confronted [Doohan] over [his] actions”.

Lord Colbeck added “You planned out what you did to your victim using resources available to you as a paramedic”.

The woman went to hospital after collapsing in the shower and subsequently learnt she had had a forced abortion.

Doohan criticised for “manipulating the woman”

Doohan said he had procured the pills from a doctor.

During the investigation, it emerged that Doohan looked up medical information on the drug misoprostol on the day the woman told him she was pregnant. The court was told that misoprostol can be “administered for the purpose of managing a miscarriage or inducing a termination of pregnancy”.

After the forced abortion, the woman reported Doohan to the ambulance service, who passed the information to the police, and Doohan was arrested.

Fiona Kirkby, Procurator Fiscal for High Court Sexual Offences, said “Stephen Doohan’s calculated and heinous actions caused the loss of the victim’s pregnancy, robbing her of plans she had for the future”.

Judge Lord Colbeck told Doohan “You put [the woman] through considerable pain over a number of days and left her facing a lifetime of pain and loss”, and described Doohan’s offences as “almost as serious as any this court is ever asked to sentence”.

Dangers of the ‘pills by post’ at-home abortion scheme

Whilst it is unclear whether he used the ‘pills by post’ at-home abortion scheme to procure the pills, others have done so to devastating effect, highlighting the dangers of the scheme. In December 2024, Stuart Worby was found guilty of sexually assaulting a pregnant woman and slipping her abortion pills, which resulted in the loss of her 15-week unborn baby. He obtained the pills via an associate from one of the largest abortion providers in the UK through the pills-by-post scheme.

Worby was found guilty at Norwich Crown Court, with the court hearing details of how the 40-year-old had crushed one set of abortion pills – mifepristone – into a glass of orange juice, which the unnamed woman unknowingly drank. He then inserted a number of tablets of misoprostol, another abortion drug, inside the woman after using deception to engage in sexual activity with her.

Before the introduction of the at-home abortion scheme, women were required to have an in-person consultation with a medical professional and take mifepristone, the first abortion pill used for a medical abortion, under medical supervision in the clinic.

If at-home abortions had not been introduced, Stuart Worby would not have been able to obtain these pills from this abortion provider, and this tragic case would not have happened. The woman involved would not have been spiked and her baby would not have had his or her life ended at 15 weeks gestation.

Spokesperson for Right To Life UK, Catherine Robinson, said “The despicable actions of Stephen Doohan highlight just one of the dangers of abortion pills, which are sadly now available all too easily through the disastrous ‘pills by post’ at-home abortion scheme”.

“Sadly, in March of this year, a vote in the House of Lords to overturn the ‘pills by post’ scheme and reintroduce in-person medical appointments prior to abortions taking place at home failed. This makes it easier for terrible crimes like those committed by Doohan and Worby to take place. The Government must recognise the problems that their decisions have caused, and seek to rectify this”.

LifeNews Note: Republished with permission from Right to Life UK.

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The nearly 900-page report by the DOJ’s Weaponization Working Group, based on a review of more than 700,000 internal records, details how federal authorities received dossiers compiled by outside groups on individuals attending pro-life conferences.

First Liberty Institute Senior Counsel Jeremy Dys described one such dossier on The Todd Starnes Show.

“Well, it’s hard to know even where to begin since the report really totals about 900 pages worth of material and evidence and analysis,” Dys told Starnes. “But the long and short of it is this, that under the Biden Department of Justice, the Department of Justice weaponized the law specifically against the pro-life community.”

Dys pointed to one particularly disturbing allegation — that outside groups compiled detailed dossiers on pro-life Americans attending events, which were then used by federal authorities.

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“They received a dossier, for instance, that was over 130 pages in length that had personally identifiable information about people going to a pro-life conference, including pictures of their spouse, of their kids, their minor children,” Dys said. “It had their driver’s license details within that dossier.”

“There was a wide disparity between how they utilize something called the FACE Act,” he explained. “Not one time under the Biden administration did they utilize that to defend churches that were being targeted… yet the Biden administration did weaponize it against pro-lifers who were peacefully protesting.”

Dys highlighted one particularly alarming example during his interview.

“And then when the attorneys for that grandmother… asked the Department of Justice for information that could be exculpatory… the Department of Justice said no,” he said. “They received a dossier… that had personally identifiable information… including pictures of their spouse, of their kids… driver’s license details.”

He added: “That’s just kind of crazy things. But it would be crazy if it weren’t so damnable.”

Dys said accountability must be the priority.

“My hope would be that the Attorney General utilizes this information to do more things,” he told Starnes. “The Department of Justice ought to hold these individuals accountable… not just simply for losing their job.”

As LifeNews reported, the Justice Department released a major report, revealing the Biden administration’s systematic weaponization of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to target peaceful pro-life Americans.

The report reveals that, at the same time, Biden officials were largely ignoring violence against pregnancy resource centers and churches.

As a result of the report, at least four prosecutors involved in cases under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act during the Biden administration who were largely responsible for putting pro-life Americans in prison have been fired.

After reviewing more than 700,000 internal records, the report from the Trump administration’s Weaponization Working Group details how Biden’s DOJ collaborated closely with pro-abortion groups including the National Abortion Federation, Planned Parenthood, and the Feminist Majority Foundation. Prosecutors used dossiers compiled by these groups to pursue pro-life activists while downplaying attacks on pro-life facilities.

The report highlights stark disparities in sentencing.

Biden DOJ prosecutors sought an average of 26.8 months in prison for pro-life defendants compared to just 12.3 months for pro-abortion defendants. Actual sentences averaged approximately 14 months for pro-lifer people who were merely peacefully protesting versus only 3 months for those attacking pro-life centers with firebombs or arson.

Prosecutors engaged in serious misconduct, including withholding exculpatory evidence, attempting to screen potential jurors based on their religious beliefs — with internal documents referring to Christian pro-life views as “culty” — and authorizing aggressive early-morning FBI raids rather than allowing self-surrender.

A prominent example is the case of Mark Houck, a Catholic father of seven.

Despite his willingness to self-surrender, the Biden DOJ sent roughly 16 armed FBI agents to raid his home in front of his young children. Houck was later acquitted by a jury and recently secured a seven-figure settlement against the federal government for the unconstitutional targeting.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated: “This Department will not tolerate a two-tiered system of justice. No Department should conduct selective prosecution based on beliefs. The weaponization that happened under the Biden Administration will not happen again, as we restore integrity to our prosecutorial system.”

Assistant Attorney General Daniel Burrows added: “The behavior unearthed in this report is shameful. Lawyers who should have known better withheld evidence, worked to keep committed religious people off juries, and generally allowed the Department of Justice to be used as the enforcement arm of pro-abortion special interests.”

As part of correcting these injustices, President Trump issued full pardons to 23 pro-life Americans on January 23, 2025 — many of them elderly or non-violent individuals targeted for peacefully defending the unborn.

The Trump DOJ has also dismissed several civil lawsuits against pro-life activists and issued new guidance sharply limiting future FACE Act prosecutions to only the most extraordinary cases.

Shawn Carney, CEO of 40 Days for Life, said regarding the Houck settlement: “This is the biggest example of Biden’s DOJ being held accountable for targeting and persecuting pro-life Americans. We were honored to represent Mark… to secure justice and restore confidence that pro-life Americans can go out and pray without fear of their government.”

This report confirms what many pro-life advocates long suspected: the Biden administration viewed peaceful prayer and advocacy for the unborn as a greater threat than actual violence against pro-life ministries. The Trump administration’s actions bring much-needed accountability and protection for Americans exercising their First Amendment rights in defense of life.

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HB 1613 amends the state’s drug trafficking statutes to make it illegal “to create, sell, barter, transfer, manufacture, distribute, dispense or prescribe an ‘abortion-inducing drug.’”

HB 1613 passed both the House in February and the Senate in March by overwhelming margins

“Penalties for those convicted of a crime include up to ten years in prison,” according to Bridget Sielicki. “Additionally, the legislation allows the Attorney General to bring a civil lawsuit against anyone accused of violating the law” but imposes “no penalties on the mother taking the abortion drug — only those involved in trafficking and distributing.”

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“NRLC commends Governor Reeves and the Mississippi legislature for taking this bold and necessary step to protect both unborn children and women from the dangers of unregulated abortion drugs,” said Ingrid Duran, director of the Department of State Legislation for National Right to Life. “HB 1613 rightly holds traffickers and distributors accountable while making clear that women themselves are not the target of prosecution.”

Mississippi State Rep. Celeste Hurst, who introduced the amendment, told the Mississippi Free Press

that the intention of her amendment is to ensure patient safety by clarifying that it is illegal under state law for doctors to prescribe those medications without an in-person visit from a patient.

“Right now, it’s being mailed out without any doctor oversight and without any age verification whatsoever—they’re not even verifying if the person they’re communicating with via form is a woman,” she told the Mississippi Free Press on Feb. 16.

Hurst made clear that under HB 1613, “If a doctor gave that medication for an abortion, they would be doing a criminal act,” but that “if they prescribed it for something that is not abortion-inducing, then there’s nothing in that law, or in current law, that would prohibit them from doing that.”

State Sen. Daniel Sparks added that “Anyone, male or female, could fill out a form and have that drug shipped to them. A human trafficker could put it in a woman’s hot cocoa.”

Post Dobbs, Mississippi has passed some of the most protective abortion laws in the nation. It is generally considered to be one of the five most pro-life states.

By contrast the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute lists Mississippi in its “most restrictive” category.

LifeNews.com Note: Dave Andrusko is the editor of National Right to Life News and an author and editor of several books on abortion topics. He frequently writes Today’s News and Views — an online opinion column on pro-life issues.

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Under the leadership of Attorney General Merrick Garland, the Biden-era Justice Department aggressively applied the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act, against pro-life activists, the report says.

The FACE Act protects access to abortion clinics, pregnancy centers, and houses of worship. The 882-page report, released on Tuesday, documents more than 700 internal records of enforcement of the law to protect abortion clinics.

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BREAKING: AG Todd Blanche on the Biden admin working with Planned Parenthood to put pro-life Americans in prison:

“We saw internal emails, internal correspondence, which is now part of the report, where Department of Justice prosecutors were working hand in hand with NGOs and… pic.twitter.com/CTBCuBevtN

— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) April 14, 2026

According to the report, the Justice Department under President Donald Trump will now take corrective actions to right the wrongs of the prior administration.

“This Department will not tolerate a two-tiered system of justice,” acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.

“No department should conduct selective prosecution based on beliefs,” Blanche continued. “The weaponization that happened under the Biden administration will not happen again, as we restore integrity to our prosecutorial system.”

President Joe Biden was in office when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, returning abortion law to the states.

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Despite an appeal from the pope, Pritzker signed a bill passed in December 2025 allowing for “medical assistance in dying,” even though the pontiff privately informed the Illinois governor of his objections to the measure. Pritzker, who has been mentioned as a possible Democratic candidate for President, hailed the Pope in a post on X, saying he “lifts his voice” for “human life.”

“The Pope lifts his voice as part of a higher calling – one centered on peace and the preservation of human life,” the Illinois governor wrote, using a photo from the very meeting in which the Pope made the appeal on life that Pritzker ignored to give the appearance of solidarity.

The Pope lifts his voice as part of a higher calling – one centered on peace and the preservation of human life. pic.twitter.com/9i90wk1kTI

— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) April 13, 2026

After Pritzker signed the bill, the Pope expressed disappointment that the concerns he’d raised with the democrat about “the sacredness of life” were disregarded, CBS News reported.

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“I spoke very explicitly with Governor Pritzker about that. At that time, the bill was already on his desk — I’m sure, also, with Cardinal Cupich — but we were very clear about the necessity to respect the sacredness of life from the very beginning to the very end and unfortunately, for different reasons, he decided to sign that bill,” Pope Leo said in December, according to CBS Chicago, “I’m very disappointed about that.”

Pritzker’s praise was shared on X Monday shortly after Trump doubled down on comments calling Pope Leo “weak” and accusing him of acting more like a politician than a great religious leader. Trump’s comments came after the Pope objected to the president’s comments on the war with with Iran.

Pritzker’s newfound admiration for the Pope’s values is at odds with his previous actions as governor, which have included support for abortion, which multiple popes have opposed. In October 2023, the Illinois governor founded a non-profit group to promote legislation protecting abortion in states enacting restrictions on the measure, including Ohio and Arizona.

The democrat governor also signed expansive legislation in January 2023 that not only allowed abortion, but also shielded doctors who assisted residents in states that enacted pro-life legislation in obtaining abortions. In August 2025, Pritzker signed a bill that mandated that public universities provide abortion pills to students.

“I’m proud to be taking these steps, but I will not rest on this,” Pritzker said in a statement issued about the enactment of the abortion pill mandate. “Because we know that anti-choice extremists won’t.”

The White House noted that Pritzker’s opposition to immigration enforcement and crime policies led to the deaths of “innocent citizens.”

“JB Pritzker is a slob whose soft-on-crime and pro illegal alien polices are getting the innocent citizens of the great state of Illinois killed,” White House spokesman Davis Ingle told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Instead of pushing Trump Derangement conspiracy theories, Pritzker should apologize to the family of Sheridan Gorman and many other Illinois residents who have been injured or killed because of his state’s ridiculous sanctuary policies. Pritzker cares more about illegal alien criminals than protecting his own citizens. He is a disgrace.”

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