A radical pro-abortion extremist allied with Anitfa has been forced to pay a $10,000 fine for vandalizing a pro-life pregnancy center.
As LifeNews previously reported, pro-abortion leftists Gabriella Oropesa and Annarella Rivera worked with radical Antifa activists Caleb Freestone and Amber Smith-Stewart to attack and vandalize a pregnancy resource center in Winter Haven, Florida. Together they spray-painted messages, “YOUR TIME IS UP!!” as well as “WE’RE COMING for U” and “We are everywhere.”
According to the DOJ, pregnancy centers in Hollywood, Florida, and Hialeah, Florida were also targeted.
The fine came about thanks to Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, who sent a letter Wednesday to Florida’s chief financial officer, transmitting a $10,000 civil fine “received by court order from a member of the extremist organizations, Antifa and Jane’s Revenge, who unlawfully threatened employees of a Florida pregnancy resource facility.”
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As Daily Wire reports, Florida has effectively utilized the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act—a federal statute previously employed by the Biden administration to prosecute pro-life activists—to safeguard pregnancy resource centers within the state. Uthmeier announced the successful civil lawsuit against four individuals affiliated with extremist groups Antifa and Jane’s Revenge. These individuals were found guilty of unlawfully threatening employees of Florida pregnancy resource facilities.
The court’s decision resulted in civil fines ranging from $1,100 to $13,000 for each defendant and imposed a ten-year injunction, prohibiting them from approaching within 100 feet of the seven targeted pregnancy resource centers. Additionally, the court mandated that the defendants issue formal apologies to the affected facilities.
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“The U.S. Department of Justice brought criminal charges against the defendants under the same Act,” Uthmeier explained in his Wednesday letter. “Three of the defendants pleaded guilty and one — the defendant whose fine I am transmitting today — was convicted by a jury.”
“As a result of our civil action, the federal court enjoined the defendants from coming within 100 feet of the seven pregnancy resource centers at issue in our lawsuit for the next ten years, entered a judgment for each defendant to pay fines ranging from $1,100 to $13,000, and directed them to apologize to the crisis pregnancy facilities for their wrongful acts.”
“We in Florida will not sit idly by when thugs attempt to threaten, intimidate and harass pro-life facilities who offer life-saving healthcare free of charge to Florida women,” vowed Uthmeier. “As the State’s chief legal officer, I will ensure that pro-abortion bullies who violate the law will be held accountable.”
Oropesa, of Cooper City, was convicted two months ago by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate employees of pro-life pregnancy help centers “in the free exercise of the right to provide and seek to provide reproductive health services.”
Oropesa, who faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for the conspiracy charge, is scheduled to be sentenced this month.
This legal action underscores Florida’s commitment to protecting pro-life organizations from intimidation and harassment, particularly in the wake of increased attacks on pregnancy centers following the leak of the draft Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade.
