When the founders wrote the First Amendment, they opted against including a carveout exemption for those who would peacefully protest against the annihilation of human life in the womb. But in New Jersey, Democrat lawmakers think they know better, and they’re doing their best to make activism against abortion illegal if it causes emotional harm to those responsible for carrying out the deadly procedures.  Similar efforts are underway to protect the providers of controversial gender-reassignment procedures. The Daily Caller added these details: Bills A2218 and S2260 aim to prohibit protestors from “intimidating” people outside abortion clinics, and health insurers from denying coverage for abortion services, NJ.com reported Wednesday. Experts warn at least one provision of this bill could violate people’s First Amendment rights. “A person is guilty of interference with reproductive health care services” if they “purposely or knowingly” cause “a reasonable person to suffer damage to the person’s business or personal reputation, financial harm, or pain and suffering, mental anguish, or emotional harm on the basis that the person, entity, or facility provides, volunteers, assists with, or receives reproductive health care services,” the bill states. “The civil penalty imposed on each actor shall not exceed $10,000 for a first violation, and shall not exceed $25,000 for a second or subsequent violation.” The same article included some of the backlash the bill has received, even from the ACLU: “These bills lack basic constitutional safeguards and would punish truthful reporting relating to reproductive health care services, as well as protected opinions about such services,” a New Jersey Press Association spokesperson reportedly told NJ.com. “A reporter could be civilly or criminally liable for publishing an article about the troubling practices of a reproductive healthcare services provider, even if the reporting was well-documented and fully accurate. A provider could simply assert his or her reputation or emotions were harmed by that truthful reporting.” American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)’s New Jersey chapter also chimed in their concerns. “We have been supportive overall, but this one provision is concerning,” ACLU of New Jersey Legislative Director John Butler reportedly told the outlet. “From our point of view, we want protections for abortion providers and clients but we also need to protect people’s constitutional rights to speech. I don’t think that is what the bill drafters were aiming at.” The proposals have also been widely panned on social media: Abortion is not healthcare. — Tired of being politically correct (@USBornNRaised) June 9, 2026 Protect illegals….Abort American babies..Pretend mental illness is ok…Got it! — Bryan W Cross (@BryanWCross1) June 12, 2026 The Democrat party has become demonic. — Truth Courier (@TheTruthCourier) June 9, 2026 During the Biden years, there was a federal effort to essentially outlaw pro-life protests in some of the most common places to peacefully spread their messages. EWTN News brought the conclusion of one man’s ordeal earlier this year: Nearly four years after Catholic father of seven and pro-life activist Mark Houck was arrested at gunpoint, he and his wife won a settlement of more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The Houck home, located in rural eastern Pennsylvania, was raided by 20 armed federal agents in the early hours of the morning on Sept. 23, 2022. Houck was arrested in front of his family and interrogated for six hours. Houck and his wife, Ryan-Marie, sued the DOJ and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in November 2023 after Houck was acquitted in January of that same year of the incident that prompted the raid.  While praying at a Planned Parenthood facility in October 2021, Houck had defended his 12-year-old son during an altercation with an aggressive, elderly Planned Parenthood volunteer. Upon his arrest, Houck was charged with alleged violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, a 1994 federal law that protects access to abortion services and places of worship. If convicted, Houck faced up to 11 years in federal prison and up to $350,000 in fines. Under the Biden administration, many pro-life activists were charged with violating the FACE Act in what the Justice Department now claims was a weaponization of the law. In the lawsuit, the Houcks alleged that they and their children suffered post-traumatic stress, economic loss, and loss of reputation after the event. They also said their children suffered from intense anxiety, constant fear of losing their parents, and inability to sleep, and that the stress from the trial led Ryan-Marie to have three miscarriages and receive an infertility diagnosis. Here’s some additional background on that case: This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.