The proceedings in Wichita are part of an ongoing case that began in 2011 after the DOJ filed a civil lawsuit against Dillard for sending an intimidating letter to a local physician, Dr. Mila Means.
On trial for threatening Dr. Mila Means, Angel Dillard insisted she was another victim in the Obama administration's war on religious liberties and political debate.
Angel Dillard shared during the second day of her trial that she had protested outside an abortion clinic in the 1990s and had provided music for a conference organized by Operation Rescue.
In a U.S. District Court civil trial in Wichita, Kansas, on Tuesday, DOJ trial attorney Richard Goemann argued that it was Dillard’s intent to intimidate and threaten the Wichita-based family doctor.
Science trumps ideology in the emergency contraception decision. Meanwhile, the depths of the anti-choice domestic terror network in Kansas become clearer.
The Department of Justice trial against radical anti-abortion activist Angel Dillard begins Tuesday. But anti-choice violence will be before the courts all summer long.
The Department of Justice wants a federal appeals court to consider whether a letter promising explosives under an abortion provider's car should be protected by the First Amendment.
The close of the case against Angel Dillard for violating the FACE Act leaves the jury contemplating whether or not car bombs and stalking threats should be part of abortion providers' regular existence.
