A grand jury has indicted two Florida residents on charges of vandalizing multiple crisis pregnancy centers, marking the first federal charges filed in the dozens of attacks last year on pro-life facilities nationwide.
The indictment accused Caleb Freestone, 27, and Amber Smith-Stewart, 23, of engaging in “a conspiracy to prevent employees of reproductive health services from providing those services” in violation of federal law, including the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances [FACE] Act, according to the Justice Department.
The defendants and other co-conspirators are accused of vandalizing with pro-choice graffiti at least three Florida pro-life pregnancy centers, which provide resources to pregnant women but not abortions.