US Charges 11 Pro-Life Activists for Blocking Access to Abortion Clinic

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks in Washington, on April 1, 2022. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. prosecutors charged 11 pro-life activists with violating federal law by blocking access to an abortion clinic in Tennessee in 2021.

Prosecutors say Chester Gallagher and others conspired to blockade a clinic in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, utilizing Facebook to coordinate travel and logistics for co-defendants.