Bevelyn Williams sentenced to 41 months in prison for protesting at NYC abortion clinic.

Pro-life activist Bevelyn Williams was sentenced to 41 months in prison for protesting outside of a NYC abortion clinic.

The DOJ launched their investigation after the SCOTUS Dobbs ruling--meaning two years after the protest took place. Bevelyn Williams and her lawyer detail how she is fighting the DOJ and appealing her case.

Pro-life activist Bevelyn Williams was sentenced to 41 months in prison for protesting outside of a NYC abortion clinic.
The Catholic News Agency reported:

A Manhattan federal court sentenced Bevelyn Beatty Williams, a 33-year-old pro-life activist, to three years and five months in prison July 24 for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.

Williams was convicted of “interference, including by threats and force, with individuals seeking to obtain and provide” abortions, according to the Department of Justice. The wife and mother was sentenced after preaching the Gospel outside an abortion clinic and allegedly injuring a clinic worker’s hand and blocking the entrance.

“I was persecuted as a Christian standing for my beliefs when it comes to life,” read a statement from Williams on her fundraising page. “This is devastating news. Not only is this bond extensive for the accused crime, but she made it very clear in the courtroom that she was going to make an example out of me.”

…Williams, born in Staten Island, New York, had her first abortion at the age of 15 after she dropped out of high school, according to her ministry website At Well Ministries. She later went on to have two more abortions and went down a “self-destructive” path of drugs and drinking.

After she was arrested for money laundering, she had a conversion experience and “upon her release moved forward with the determination to choose a new path.” She co-founded At Well Ministries, which specializes in street ministry and ministry to the homeless, and she later made a shift toward pro-life activism.

Williams is one of many pro-life activists who have been sentenced under the FACE Act in recent years, including several elderly people and a Catholic priest.

Breanna Morello interviewed Ms. Williams, discussing her faith and what she has gone through to date. She shares that she feels like “a Negro out of line”.