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{{short description|American anti-abortion nonprofit organization}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising
| abbreviation = PAAU
| purpose = [[Consistent Life Ethic]], [[Anti-Abortion]] Activism
| headquarters = [[Washington, DC]]
| leader_title = Founder
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| leader_name = [[Terrisa Bukovinac]]
| leader_title2 = Executive Director
| leader_name2 = Caroline Taylor Smith
| board_of_directors = Lauren Handy and Kristin Turner
| website = https://paaunow.org/
}}
}}

'''Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising''' ('''PAAU''') is an American [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit organization]] that promotes a [[consistent life ethic]], opposing [[abortion]], [[capital punishment]], and [[euthanasia]]. PAAU describes their mission as achieving "socio-political justice for the preborn by mobilizing anti-abortion activists for direct action and opposing elective abortion through a progressive lens." They describe themselves as [[Secularism|secular]], [[Left-wing politics|leftist]], [[LGBT movements|pro-LGBTQ]], [[Anti-capitalism|anti-capitalist]], and [[Birth control|pro-contraception]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-09 |title='Abortion Is Oppression': Progressive Pro-Lifers Protest Outside Supreme Court |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/abortion-is-oppression-progressive-pro-lifers-protest-outside-supreme-court/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=National Review |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising |url=https://paaunow.org/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-01 |title=Police find five foetuses at the home of US anti-abortion activist |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60950016 |access-date=2023-11-22}}</ref>

PAAU was founded by [[Terrisa Bukovinac]], former President of [[Democrats for Life of America]].

PAAU performs an anti-abortion activism tactic called "Rescue," which seeks to perform non-violent and direct action by entering and/or blocking abortion clinics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Teach Democracy |url=https://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-16-3-c-the-rescue-movement-pushing-the-limits-of-free-speech |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=www.crf-usa.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherman |first=Carter |date=2023-04-26 |title=People Are Invading Abortion Clinics and 'Rescuing' Women on TikTok |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5yqxx/tiktok-abortion-clinics-fetus-rescues |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Vice |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Discovery of 115 aborted fetuses ===
In March of 2022, [[Anti-abortion movements|anti-abortion activists]] from PAAU spotted a [[Biomedical waste|medical waste]] truck outside of Washington Surgi-Clinic, an [[abortion clinic]] owned by Cesare Santangelo in [[Foggy Bottom|Foggy Bottom, D.C]]. PAAU activists approached the truck and requested the box that was labeled as medical waste from Washington Surgi-Clinic. The driver, a worker for Curtis Bay Medical Waste Services, agreed to hand over the box after PAAU stated that the box contained "dead babies" and that PAAU would "provide a funeral for them."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schnell |first=Mychael |date=2022-04-06 |title=Anti-abortion activists claim they had 115 fetuses |url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3260414-anti-abortion-activists-claim-they-had-115-fetuses/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Levenson |first=Michael |date=2022-04-05 |title=Anti-Abortion Activists Say They Were Allowed to Take 115 Fetuses |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/05/us/fetus-anti-abortion-home-washington.html |access-date=2023-11-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

PAAU carried the box to Lauren Handy's house, and they recorded and posted themselves opening the box.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice For The Five |url=https://paaunow.org/justiceforthefive |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising |language=en-US}}</ref> Inside of the box were 115 aborted fetuses, 5 of which appeared to be aborted in the [[Late termination of pregnancy|third-trimester]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Snider |first=Mike |title=Anti-abortion activists say they collected 115 fetuses in medical waste from abortion clinic |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/04/06/washington-anti-abortion-fetus/9483526002/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> After receiving a tip over potential [[Biological hazard|bio-hazard]] material, [[Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia|Metropolitan Police Department]] discovered and obtained the 5 late-term aborted fetuses on March 30, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Mary Kay Mallonee,Rashard |date=2022-04-01 |title=Police say 5 fetuses found in a DC home where anti-abortion activist is believed to live |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/01/us/fetuses-found-dc-home/index.html |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 31, 2022 |title='People would freak out when they heard' {{!}} 5 fetuses discovered in house where anti-abortion activist was staying |url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/five-fetuses-found-at-home-of-anti-abortion-activist-dc-police-say-lauren-handy-jonathan-darnell-clinic/65-f4399616-16be-4e99-9951-e7d299d7e8cd |access-date=November 22, 2023 |website=wusa9.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The D.C. Medical Examiner's Office was the last entity to receive the five fetuses.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-01 |title=5 Fetuses Allegedly Found in Home of an Anti-Abortion Activist: Police |url=https://www.insideedition.com/dc-police-get-tip-and-allegedly-discover-5-fetuses-in-home-owned-by-anti-abortion-activist-74148 |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Inside Edition |language=en-US}}</ref>

D.C. authorities told reporters that they believed the fetuses were aborted in accordance with [[Abortion in the District of Columbia|D.C. law, which permits abortion in all nine months of pregnancy]]. D.C. authorities declined to perform an autopsy on the five fetuses,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Boorstein |first1=Michelle |last2=Hermann |first2=Peter |date=2022-04-02 |title=D.C. Medical Examiner has no plans to autopsy fetuses removed from antiabortion activist's home, officials say |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/04/01/lauren-handy-dc-abortion-fetuses/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-05 |title=Group claims fetuses in DC home proof of illegal abortions |url=https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-5e2095115383f90696d2f279c6e977ad |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> despite claims that the fetuses were aborted via [[Intact dilation and extraction|partial-birth abortion]], a practice [[Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act|outlawed]] in the United States.<ref>Gonzales v. Carhart. (n.d.). ''Oyez''. Retrieved November 22, 2023, from <nowiki>https://www.oyez.org/cases/2006/05-380</nowiki></ref>

No charges have been filed against PAAU or any of the activists in relation to the discovery and interception of the fetuses.

=== Federal arrests for violations of FACE Act ===
[[Lauren Handy]], a senior-ranking employee for Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Team |url=https://paaunow.org/our-team |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising |language=en-US}}</ref> along with nine other activists from PAAU, were charged with violations of the [[Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act|Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act]], a legislative bill that prohibits obstruction or blockades of abortion facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-16 |title=Civil Rights Division {{!}} Protecting Patients and Health Care Providers |url=https://www.justice.gov/crt/protecting-patients-and-health-care-providers |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref>

All ten defendants were found guilty for violations of the [[Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act]] (FACE).

On August 29, 2023, a [[jury]] convicted Handy, John Hinshaw, Heather Idoni, William Goodman, and Herb Geraghty. On September 15, 2023, a separate jury convicted Jonathan Darnel, Jean Marshall, and Joan Andrews Bell. All eight of these defendants face up to 11 years in prison, three years of [[Parole|supervised release]], and a fine of up to $250,000 each.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-30 |title=Office of Public Affairs {{!}} Nine Defendants Indicted on Federal Civil Rights Conspiracy and Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act) Offenses for Obstructing Patients and Providers of a Reproductive Health Services Facility {{!}} United States Department of Justice |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nine-defendants-indicted-federal-civil-rights-conspiracy-and-freedom-access-clinic-entrances |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref>

The remaining two defendants include Paula Harlow and Jay Smith. Harlow, the oldest of the ten activists at the age of 75, was granted [[house arrest]]. Smith, the tenth and final individual to be convicted, plead guilty and was sentenced to 10 months in prison.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Visitor |first=Our Sunday |date=2023-11-19 |title=Last of 10 Defendants Found Guilty under FACE Act for DC Abortion Clinic Blockade |url=https://thegoodnewsroom.org/last-of-10-defendants-found-guilty-under-face-act-for-dc-abortion-clinic-blockade/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=The Good Newsroom |language=en-US}}</ref>

Since the arrest, anti-abortion activists have been protesting to repeal the FACE Act and to release the five individuals from prison. [[Chip Roy|Representative Chip Roy]] (R-TX) and 25 other [[House Republican Conference|House Republicans]] of the [[United States House of Representatives]] have since introduced the FACE Act Repeal Act of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GovInfo |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-118hr5577ih |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=www.govinfo.gov |language=en}}</ref>

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