Woman Who Blockaded D.C. Abortion Clinic—And Hoarded Fetuses—Gets Prison Time
A judge dropped the hammer Tuesday on a fringe anti-abortion activist who infamously blockaded a Washington D.C. abortion clinic in 2020 and allegedly hoarded fetuses at her home, sentencing Lauren Handy to nearly five years in prison.
Handy, 30, was convicted on federal charges last summer alongside nine co-defendants who helped her shut down access to the Washington Surgi-Clinic—a violation of the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
In blocking the clinic’s entrance, Handy and her fellow zealots harassed and directly denied health care access to at least two women who were seeking medical care there.