Pro-Life Activist Found Not Guilty of Violating FACE Act

On Monday, a Philadelphia jury found pro-life activist Mark Houch not guilty of violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. 

According to Life News, Houck testified during the trial that on October 13, 2021, now-former Planned Parenthood Elizabeth Blackwell Health Center escort Bruce Love chased Houck 100 feet down the sidewalk and across the street to stop Houck from counseling two individuals who had left the planned Parenthood location. The two made contact, with Houck moving Love out of the way. 

In a second incident the same day, Houck and his then-12-year-old son were standing by temselves 50 feet from the clinic entrance and were praying, when Love walked over and stood two feet away from the son and started saying “vile and nasty things.” 

Despite being told by Houck to stop harassing his son and go away, Love did not, which ended in Houck pushing Love away. 

“I don’t know how anyone could hear what we’ve heard over the past few d …