By Michael Gryboski - Posted at the Christian Post:
Published September 29, 2025
The FACE Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1994 in response to a reported increase in violence against abortion providers. Among other things, the law protects the right of people to freely exercise religious beliefs at houses of worship.The Trump administration is using a federal law traditionally used to prosecute people who obstruct or threaten abortion clinics to take legal action against organizations that targeted a New Jersey synagogue during a violent protest last fall.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that it is filing a civil complaint under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act against a group of defendants who threatened the Congregation Ohr Torah synagogue of West Orange during a November 2024 protest.
The incident in question happened on Nov. 13, with the lawsuit calling it a "coordinated effort to intimidate and disrupt Jewish worshipers at a religious event held at the synagogue Congregation Ohr Torah."