Contact Congress about S. 223: Restoring the First Amendment and Right to Peaceful Civil Disobedience Act of 2025

This bill would end the federal FACE law, which now covers threats, force, or blocked entrances at certain clinics. Federal prosecutors could not start new FACE cases. Pending FACE cases would also fall under the repeal.

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Restoring the First Amendment and Right to Peaceful Civil Disobedience Act of 2025 is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Latest action on S. 223: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects people who use, work at, protest near, or police certain clinics. Patients and clinic staff would lose one federal criminal protection for clinic access. Protesters would no longer face that specific federal charge. Police and prosecutors would have to rely on other laws when conduct involves threats, violence, trespass, blocked entrances, or similar acts.

Why this matters: This matters because the bill would change who can step in when clinic access is blocked or threatened. Today, the federal government can use FACE in some clinic-access cases. If this bill became law, that specific federal tool would disappear. Protection would depend more on other laws, and those laws can differ from place to place.

Key provisions in S. 223

• Repeals 18 U.S.C. Section 248, the federal FACE law. FACE stands for Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances.
• Removes Section 248 from the list of crimes in chapter 13 of title 18 of the United States Code.
• Applies the repeal to FACE criminal cases that are already pending when the bill becomes law.
• Stops the federal government from bringing any new FACE criminal cases after the bill becomes law.
• Leaves other federal, state, and local clinic-access protections in place if they already exist. This bill does not change those other laws.

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Questions people ask about S. 223

What is S. 223?

This bill would end the federal FACE law, which now covers threats, force, or blocked entrances at certain clinics. Federal prosecutors could not start new FACE cases. Pending FACE cases would also fall under the repeal.

How do I support or oppose S. 223?

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Who should I contact about S. 223?

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