Rickey Williams, the husband of pro-life activist Bevelyn Beatty Williams, delivered a somber and powerful message before his wife’s recent surrender to federal prison.
Sentenced to three and a half years under the FACE Act for her protests outside a New York City abortion clinic, Bevelyn Williams joins a growing list of pro-life activists who have received significant federal prison sentences for similar demonstrations.
Her case, and others like it, reflects the Biden administration’s intensified enforcement of the FACE Act, which prohibits obstructing access to reproductive health services.
“Mark Levin is furious over DOJ’s 3.5 yr prison sentence of young pro-life mom Bevelyn Beatty Williams” pic.twitter.com/6EINC2MXap
— Rickey Victory (@MrRickeyVictory) October 21, 2024
Williams’s sentencing has resonated particularly because of her family situation: a mother separated from her young daughter. Rickey Williams shared the emotional toll of the separation on social media, calling the punishment “devastating” and condemning what he views as unjust treatment of his wife for peaceful protest.
An officer tells a Planned Parenthood counter protester “ Alright timeout, they are here every weekend and they never block anybody from coming in.”
Unfortunately this video footage could not be used as evidence during the trial in February. @MrsBevelynW here is standing in… pic.twitter.com/12ifYhtNeg
— Rickey Victory (@MrRickeyVictory) October 24, 2024
“This cannot be tolerated,” he said in his statement, urging voters to reconsider their support for Kamala Harris and the Biden administration, who he holds responsible for the aggressive prosecution of pro-life protesters.
This case echoes that of 75-year-old pro-life protester Paulette Harlow, who was sentenced to 24 months for entering a D.C. abortion clinic. Harlow’s husband’s appeal for leniency due to her age was reportedly dismissed, with U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly pointedly telling him that “remaining alive” was “a tenet of [his] religion.”
If Black Americans think the Harris/Biden Administration cares about Black Americans, y’all better think again!
Listen to this husband and father who is driving his pro-life wife Bevelyn Beatty Williams to the federal facility where she will be serving three years for protesting… pic.twitter.com/uANvnwZf0Y
— ꪻꫝể ꪻꫝể (@TheThe1776) October 17, 2024
Rickey Williams continued his statement with criticism of Democratic rhetoric on criminal justice reform, contrasting it with what he described as harsh sentences for those advocating pro-life positions. Federal prosecutors allege that Bevelyn Williams obstructed clinic operations, but her defense and supporters argue that the penalties are disproportionate, seeing them as examples of a politically charged legal system targeting specific ideologies.
