Court Upholds Conspiracy Against Rights Charge For Pro-Abortion Vandalism

A convicted criminal who argued vandalizing pro-life pregnancy centers with threatening messages was not a “conspiracy against rights” lost in court Thursday.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Gabriella Oropesa’s conviction for teaming up with other radicals to spray-paint two pregnancy resource centers in Florida with statements such as “if abortions aren’t SAFE then niether are you” in May and July 2022. The ruling delivers long-overdue accountability after a wave of pro-abortion violence in 2022 and provides a framework for prosecuting more conspiracies under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, Department of Justice (DOJ) officials said on X.

“The ⁦ just secured a huge win in the Eleventh Circuit,” Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Jesus Osete said Thursday.” Justice has been served for these crisis-pregnancy centers that were vandalized after Dobbs,” he added, referring to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in June 2022 that found no constitutional right to an abortion.

An attorney for Oropesa did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation