The indictment does not state the pro-life activists’ ages. Six of the names listed in the indictment match six of the 11 pro-life activists who were indicted on FACE Act violations in October 2022 by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee. Those names are Calvin Zastrow, Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, Caroline Davis, Eva Edl, and Eva Zastrow.
In the most recent charges, the eight pro-life advocates are accused of “engaging in a civil rights conspiracy and with violating the FACE Act in connection with an August 2020 blockade of a reproductive health care clinic in Sterling Heights, Michigan,” the press release said.
The indictment says that on Aug. 27, 2020, the eight individuals attempted to “oppress and intimidate patients and employees” at the abortion center, Northland Family Planning Clinic in Sterling Heights, Michigan. They allegedly created a “blockade” in order to stop the clinic from providing “reproductive health services,” the indictment said.
The blockade consisted of the accused “sitting and standing in front of the doors” of the clinic,” the indictment said. Both Curry and Gallagher filmed the blockade, and Curry livestreamed it to a social media account, the indictment said.
According to the indictment, Curry said on the livestream: “We’re in Sterling Heights, outside of the murder mill, to save children. Sitting next to brothers and sisters. Block the door.”
A patient tried to enter the building but Curry told the patient, “We’re not letting anybody in,” the indictment says.