Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act

Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act

Long title	Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994
Acronyms (colloquial)	FACE
Enacted by	the 103rd United States Congress
Effective	May 26, 1994
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 103–259
Statutes at Large	108 Stat. 694
Codification
Titles amended	18 U.S.C.: Crimes and Criminal Procedure
U.S.C. sections created	18 U.S.C. § 248
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 636 by Ted Kennedy (D–MA) on March 23, 1993 Passed the Senate on November 16, 1993 (69–30) Passed the House of Representatives on March 17, 1994 (237–169) Reported by the joint conference committee on May 2, 1994; agreed to by the House of Representatives on May 5, 1994 (241–174) and by the Senate on May 12, 1994 (69–30) Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on May 26, 1994

The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE or the Access Act, Pub. L. No. 103-259, 108 Stat. 694) (May 26, 1994, 18 U.S.C. § 248) is a United States law that was signed by President Bill Clinton in May 1994, which prohibits the following three things: (1) the use of physical force, threat of physical force, or physical obstruction to intentionally injure, intimidate, interfere with or attempt to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person who is obtaining an abortion, (2) the use of physical force, threat of physical force, or physical obstruction to intentionally injure, intimidate, interfere with or attempt to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person who is exercising or trying to exercise their First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship, (3) the intentional damage or destruction of a reproductive health care facility or a place of worship.^[1][2]