Pro-life activist Paul Vaughn, who was convicted for violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, was sentenced Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee, to three years of supervised release including six months home detention, avoiding prison time.
The Department of Justice had asked for prison for a year and a day, saying in a sentencing memo that encountering pro-life activists was traumatic for patients and anything less than a year would fail to address the seriousness of the offense.
Mr. Vaughn is among six who were found guilty in January of violating the FACE Act on March 5, 2021 at an abortion clinic in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. The abortion provider has since closed. The FACE Act prohibits interference with obtaining or providing abortions….
