Pro-Life Protester Jailed in DC to Appeal, Seeks to Be Released Pending Sentencing

Lauren Handy, leader of a group of people convicted of conspiring to obstruct access to an abortion clinic in Washington, vows to appeal the federal conviction. She is also seeking release from pre-sentencing detention.

Left-wing pro-life protester Lauren Handy, the director of activism with Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, protests outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 15, 2022.Jackson Elliott/The Epoch Times

Pro-life activist Lauren Handy, who was convicted this week of conspiring to obstruct access to an abortion clinic in Washington, will appeal her conviction and is asking the court to release her from pre-sentencing detention, her lawyers say.

The government has until 10 a.m. on Aug. 31 to file its response to the request.