Two of the more strident culture warriors among congressional Republicans scored years-in-the-making wins this week, with their bills heading to the House floor as the Supreme Court prepares to rule in related cases on abortion and youth gender medicine.
The House Judiciary Committee approved the FACE Act Repeal Act (HR 589) by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Protect Children’s Innocence Act (HR 3492) by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on party-line votes in a heated markup session Tuesday, three weeks after the committee abruptly ended the bills’ originally scheduled markup with no action.
It heartened pro-life activists prosecuted by the Obama and Biden administrations for nonviolent demonstrations and opponents of hormonal and surgical interventions for gender-confused children, two of whom were arrested for silent protests in Brussels last week.
“Outstanding progress in the House,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah and sponsor of HR 589’s companion bill, wrote on X. Both chambers must “get this unfair, unjust law off the books. Permanently.”
The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act was “always constitutionally suspect” even without selective enforcement and “every state has laws against trespass & violence” to sanction protesters, Alliance Defending Freedom President Kristen Waggoner wrote.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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