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This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.prolifewi.org\/blog\/2021\/7\/15\/the-face-act-freedom-of-access-to-clinic-entrance<\/a><\/p>\n

THE FACE ACT: FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO CLINIC ENTRANCE <\/strong><\/h2>\n

By Dan Miller, Pro-Life Wisconsin State Director<\/em><\/p>\n

Ask any pro-lifer about The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrance (FACE) Act<\/a> and you will get myriad responses\u2014from an eye roll, or fear, to downright anger\u2014because the FACE Act made it a federal crime to block access (or entrance) to an abortion facility. It was President Bill Clinton\u2019s response to the highly successful Rescue Movement. <\/p>\n

Prior to the <\/em>FACE Act, abortion centers were dropping like flies because of the massive numbers of people willing to participate in rescues to shut down an abortion center, even for a day. Oftentimes, these rescues led to arrest, but participants were willing to do whatever it took to save lives from abortion. In 1982, there were 29 abortion centers in Wisconsin, but thanks to the efforts of the Rescue Movement, by the time Pro-Life Wisconsin was founded in 1992, that count fell to 16.\u00a0 Today there are four.<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/p>\n

One of the reasons the Rescue Movement was so successful in closing those abortion centers was simple dollars and cents.\u00a0 The Rescue Movement\u2019s goal was to focus on just one or two abortion centers in a month and put them out of business by coordinating rescues on their busiest abortion days.\u00a0 And it worked.<\/p>\n

In 1982 there were 19,412 abortions performed in those 29 Wisconsin abortion centers\u201456 abortions per center each month. Ten years later, with fewer abortion centers in the state, each abortion center was averaging 81 abortions per month, 15,549 annually. Now, nearly 30 years later, 6,511 babies are killed through abortion each year in Wisconsin. With just four abortion centers in the state, each center performs approximately 135 abortions each month. \u00a0Less access to abortion means fewer abortions.\u00a0 It is that simple.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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As the numbers indicate, the Rescue Movement had much to do with reducing the number of abortion centers and annual abortion numbers. Despite the reduced number of centers and abortions, an abortion center\u2019s odds of succeeding financially in today\u2019s marketplace are much better than in 1992. Let\u2019s do the math.<\/p>\n