Police State: President of Personhood Tennessee is Arrested by FBI for Peaceful Pro-Life Protest
The president of Personhood Tennessee, an affiliate of the Personhood Alliance, was arrested by the FBI yesterday while he was at home with his family in an early morning raid. At around 7 am, four FBI agents approached Paul Vaughn’s home with guns drawn and began banging on his door so hard that it made the old farmhouse shake. Â
Paul, a father of 11, had been present at a peaceful pro-life “rescue” that took place over a year ago in March of 2021 in Mount Juliet, Tennessee and is being charged with violating the FACE Act with charges that carry 11 and 10 years of prison time and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.
Paul was never arrested by the local police because instead of sitting-in he had been recording the protest and working to mediate between the pro-life rescuers and the police to ensure everyone’s safety. No one was hurt and no property was damaged as a result of the pro-life “rescue.”
The “rescue” of March 2021 involved several pro-life activists sitting in a hallway outside of an abortion clinic in Tennessee singing Christian hymns, reading scripture and praying.
A rescue is a peaceful form of protest that involves non-violent pro-life protesters engaging in America’s long standing tradition of opposing injustice with peaceful civil disobedience. The event of March 2021 involved several pro-life activists sitting in a hallway outside of an abortion clinic in Tennessee singing Christian hymns, reading scripture and praying. For this, the FBI is charging the protesters with violations of the FACE Act which carry sentences of more than 10 years in prison. Paul is also being charged with conspiracy to violate the FACE Act.
Weaponizing the Government Against Political Opponents
Paul’s arrest, with guns drawn and in front of his children, coincided with Joe Biden’s press conference marking 100 days since the US Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs v. Jackson case. At that press conference, President Biden announced new guidances from the Department of Education to try to force universities in pro-life states like Texas and Tennessee to violate state law that now protects the right to life of the unborn. President Biden also announced seven figure tax payer grants to pro-abortion organizations. One of the largest recipients of these grants was Planned Parenthood’s research arm, The Guttmacher Institute.
Yesterday’s arrest of Paul Vaughn appears to be timed to coincide with the President’s press conference as he met with the “Reproductive Rights Taskforce”.
Paul’s arrest shows is that President Biden, the Justice Department and the FBI will use the government to fund their political and ideological allies like Planned Parenthood, while using law enforcement to persecute and harass their political opponents like non-violent pro-lifers like Paul Vaughn.”
The FBI has yet to make a single arrest after dozens of pro-life pregnancy resource centers have been attacked, vandalized and even burned down.
Paul’s arrest comes just a week after the FBI in Pennsylvania arrested another pro-lifer, Mark Houck in an early morning raid intended to terrorize pro-lifers and their families.
