Lauren Handy

The discovery came a day after Lauren Handy and eight others were indicted for allegedly forcing their way into an abortion clinic.

Before the clinic opened, Handy then walked up to a receptionist outside, according to the indictment, and gave her false name for the appointment. In her Facebook profile, Handy has made multiple anti-abortion posts and described actions that she and others have taken. Terry could be heard in the background passing his contact information to Bukovinac to give this reporter. Handy allegedly called the clinic days in advance, giving them a false name and making an appointment for 9 a.m. that day. We're going to lay out a timeline." When the clinic doors opened, seven other defendants allegedly forced their way inside.

Handy is an anti-abortion activist. She is the Director of Activism for an organization called the "Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising." Fetuses found at Lauren ...

There's no word yet from where the fetuses came. Handy is an anti-abortion activist. Police in Washington, D.C. found five fetuses inside the Capitol Hill home of Lauren Handy, 28, Wednesday.

DC Police confirm the fetuses were found at the residence, where anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy reportedly lives.

Lauren Handy claims she gained access to organ bank at university in Seattle but authorities haven't disclosed source of fetuses.

The university cold room contained brown bags, in which donated fetal remains dating back to the 1960s were stored inside new containers. She and eight co-defendants could face up to 11 years in prison and $350,000 in fines if found guilty. Handy was separately indicted on Wednesday for forcing entry into a Washington DC abortion clinic in 2020 October.

The police said they had gone to a home in Washington to investigate a tip about “potential biohazard material” when officers found the fetuses inside.

The police said they had gone to the home around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday to investigate a tip about “potential biohazard material” when officers found the fetuses inside. She dropped out of college and started working in the anti-abortion movement full time and eventually converted to Catholicism, EWTN reported. Ms. Handy declined to say what was in the coolers but said that “people would freak out when they heard,” WUSA reported. The group said they were in “their late gestational ages” and in a condition that showed possible violations of the federal Partial Birth Abortion Act, which bans certain medical procedures late in a pregnancy. She described handing out fliers outside abortion clinics and seeking to persuade women not to go inside. Wade decision, which established a constitutional right to abortion. The group also said a funeral Mass and “naming ceremony” were held. Terrisa Bukovinac, the founder and executive director of Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, confirmed that the home belonged to Lauren Handy, 28, the group’s director of activism, who was arrested and charged with federal civil rights offenses this week. The fetuses were collected by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the police said, and an investigation was continuing. In a two-count indictment announced by the Justice Department on Wednesday, Ms. Handy was charged with directing eight other people who used their bodies, furniture, chains and ropes to block the doors of an abortion clinic in Washington on Oct. 22, 2020 — an action that one of them livestreamed on Facebook. The police said they had gone to a home in Washington to investigate a tip about “potential biohazard material” when officers found the fetuses inside. “It is her apartment,” Ms. Bukovinac said, adding that the group would have more to say at a news conference on Tuesday. “We are definitely going to reveal all the details on Tuesday, and they are explosive,” Ms. Bukovinac said.

Police in Washington, D.C. discovered five fetuses inside the Capitol Hill home of anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy.

As long as they’re in there, no women can go in to kill their children,” according to the indictment. If convicted, they each face up to a maximum of 11 years in prison. In court documents, prosecutors say Handy called the clinic pretending to be a prospective patient and scheduling an appointment. They’re not allowing women to enter the abortion clinic. When a worker opened the door for patients, eight of the suspects pushed their way inside and began blocking the doors, and five of them chained themselves together on chairs to block the treatment area, according to court papers. The law also prohibits damaging property at abortion clinics and other reproductive health centers.

Shocking discovery at the home of anti-abortion protester Lauren Handy comes the same day she was indicted with eight others on federal charges after ...

“Upon further investigation, MPD located five fetuses inside a residence at the location. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Investigators later confirmed the contents to The Independent, saying that the fetuses were now in the hands of the DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Lauren Handy was separately indicted this week on federal charges alleging that she was part of a group that blocked access to a Washington, D.C., ...

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