U.S. Won’t Prosecute Anti-Abortion Figure
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday refused U.S. District Judge Robert Ward’s request to prosecute the founder of Operation Rescue on criminal contempt charges, citing the Bush Administration’s support for the anti-abortion group.
Randall Terry faces arraignment today on charges he violated a civil injunction barring him from presenting an aborted fetus to presidential candidate Bill Clinton during the Democratic National Convention last month.
Ward said fines alone appeared to have no effect on Terry.
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