Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and a pregnancy crisis center are suing members of direct-action group Jane’s Revenge in federal court for violent attacks against pro-life counseling agencies.
The two lawsuits, which were filed March 29 in federal court in Tampa, Florida, came a week after a federal grand jury in Tampa issued a superseding indictment (pdf) against Caleb Hunter Freestone, Amber Marie Smith-Stewart, Annarella Rivera, and Gabriella Victoria Oropesa. The four individuals are charged with conspiring to violate the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act of 1994 which forbids the use of or threat of physical force to interfere with abortion clinics, pro-life pregnancy counseling services, and places of worship.
