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Pro-life activist Mark Houck, who was accused of shoving a Planned Parenthood volunteer in Philadelphia in 2021, has been found not guilty on Monday.
BREAKING: Pro-Life activist Mark Houck, who faced up to 11 years in prison, has been found Not Guilty. pic.twitter.com/TAY0BYGDAf
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Mark Houck thanks pro-life people for their support after a jury finds him not guilty. h/t @revmahoneyhttps://t.co/L1sGqjZE2h pic.twitter.com/2QjRqKVWr8
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From WMFZ News:
The jury has reached a verdict in the case of Mark Houck, the pro-life activist from Bucks County accused of violating the federal FACE Act when he pushed and injured a patient escort outside a Planned Parenthood in Philadelphia.
The jury found Houck not guilty of two counts of violating the Federal FACE Act Monday.
The case centers on October 13, 2021. Houck is accused of pushing patient escort Bruce Love on two occasions. The second time, he knocked Love to the ground, injuring his elbow, wrist and hip. That second push was caught on camera.
Houck’s attorney Peter Breen praised the jury’s decision as a “victory” for the pro-life movement.
“Mark and his family are now free of the cloud that the Biden administration threw upon them. We took on Goliath – the full might of the United States government – and won,” he told Life News.
“The jury saw through and rejected the prosecution’s discriminatory case, which was harassment from day one,” he continued. “This is a win for Mark and the entire pro-life movement. The Biden Department of Justice’s intimidation against pro-life people and people of faith has been put in its place.”
Houck is the founder and president of The King’s Men – a Christian group that helps men overcome pornography addiction.
He was raided by the FBI and arrested last September at his Pennsylvania home for allegedly violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act while offering counseling outside an abortion clinic in 2021.
Photos from the morning the FBI arrested Mark Houck in front of his children. pic.twitter.com/NbLq5bnDQa
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) October 4, 2022
The DOJ’s actions were so heavy-handed given the charges against him that 22 Republican lawmakers wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding an explanation for the FBI’s raid of Houck.
It’s unclear if Garland ever responded.