Pro-abortion activist who vandalized pregnancy center pays $10,000 fine

The state of Florida has successfully used the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to fine an abortion activist $10,000 for vandalizing a pro-life pregnancy center, the Daily Wire reports.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter last week to the state’s chief financial officer, forwarding a $10,000 civil fine “received by court order from a member of the extremist organizations, Antifa and Jane’s Revenge, who unlawfully threatened employees of a Florida pregnancy resource facility,” notes the Daily Wire.

A photo of the check reveals it was made out by Gabriella Oropesa, who was one of several people responsible for 2022 incidents against this pregnancy center and others. Offenders spray-painted threats with messages including, “If abortions aren’t safe than niether [sic] are you,” “YOUR TIME IS UP!!,” “WE’RE COMING for U,” and “We are everywhere.”

In December, she was convicted on federal charges for violating the FACE Act and is awaiting federal sentencing, which is scheduled to happen later this month.

Following the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade, pro-life organizations and pregnancy centers around the country were subject to attacks and acts of vandalism, however, few of the perpetrators involved in the attacks were ever arrested or convicted. The Florida vandals, including Oropesa, were among only a handful who faced federal FACE Act charges for their crimes.

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Under the previous Florida Attorney General, Ashley Moody, the state took the unique action of filing a lawsuit against members of Antifa and Jane’s Revenge, the pro-abortion groups responsible for the attacks. In the lawsuit, Moody used the FACE Act to defend the pregnancy centers. A settlement in the case was reached in January, at which time Oropesa, one of the defendants, was ordered to pay Florida the $10,000.

“The FACE Act is almost exclusively used by the left to imprison and silence pro-life protestors, but in Florida, we used the Act to protect Pregnancy Resource Centers against leftist extremist groups Jane’s Revenge and Antifa,” Uthmeier said in a March 12th X post. “This morning, I transmitted a $10,000 civil fine we collected from one of the convicted Antifa extremists to CFO @JimmyPatronis. As the State’s chief legal officer, I will ensure that pro-abortion bullies who violate the law are held accountable.”

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The FACE Act is almost exclusively used by the left to imprison and silence pro-life protestors, but in Florida, we used the Act to protect Pregnancy Resource Centers against leftist extremist groups Jane’s Revenge and Antifa. This morning, I transmitted a $10,000 civil fine we

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“The U.S. Department of Justice brought criminal charges against the defendants under the same Act,” Uthmeier explained last week. “Three of the defendants pleaded guilty and one — the defendant whose fine I am transmitting today — was convicted by a jury.”

“As a result of our civil action, the federal court enjoined the defendants from coming within 100 feet of the seven pregnancy resource centers at issue in our lawsuit for the next ten years, entered a judgement for each defendant to pay fines ranging from $1,100 to $13,000, and directed them to apologize to the crisis pregnancy facilities for their wrongful acts.”

He went on to promise further protection for the state’s pro-life entities.

“We in Florida will not sit idly by when thugs attempt to threaten, intimidate and harass pro-life facilities who offer life-saving healthcare free of charge to Florida women,” Uthmeier said. “As the State’s chief legal officer, I will ensure that pro-abortion bullies who violate the law will be held accountable.”