This week, the U.S. Department of Justice released findings that accuse the Biden administration of using federal law to go after pro-life Americans in a way that wasn’t exactly even-handed.
Biden DOJ ‘weaponized’ federal law to prosecute pro-lifers — and give them longer prison sentenceshttps://t.co/XIbrX9SEB5
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) April 14, 2026
The law at the center of it all is the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act.
It’s supposed to protect both abortion clinics and pregnancy resource centers from threats or interference.
In other words, it’s supposed to be neutral.
But according to the report, it hasn’t been used that way. It says pro-life activists were treated very differently.
After digging through more than 700,000 internal records, investigators found that the Biden DOJ worked closely with pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood to track and build cases against pro-life individuals.
That’s not how it’s supposed to work. And it gets worse.
The report says prosecutors held back evidence, tried to keep certain jurors off cases because of their religious beliefs, and used heavy-handed arrest tactics when less aggressive options were available.
And then there’s the sentencing gap. Pro-life defendants were hit with an average of nearly 27 months in prison.
Meanwhile, pro-abortion offenders averaged about 12 months. That’s more than double.
If you saw that kind of imbalance in anything else, whether it’s school discipline or workplace rules, you’d call it out right away.
Critics say these prosecutions were about keeping people safe. Nobody wants violence or harassment outside clinics.
But safety and fairness aren’t supposed to compete. We should be able to have both.
We should be able to expect the justice system to treat everyone equally. No favorites. No shortcuts. No politics.
The current administration under Donald Trump says it’s working to fix that.
Some of the steps include pardons for certain pro-life activists, dropping a few cases, and tightening the rules so the FACE Act is only used in serious situations.
That’s a start. But rebuilding trust takes time.
Once people start to believe the scales are tipped, even a little, it’s hard to convince them otherwise.
And that’s a problem no matter which side you’re on.
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