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This past week, pro-life activist Lauren Handy was arrested while seeking justice for potentially illegally aborted fetuses she discovered in Washington, D.C..

From WORLD. The FBI arrest of pro-life activist Lauren Handy in Washington last week—along with the police discovery of aborted baby bodies in her apartment—sparked confusion as news media reported on the situation. While a grand jury in March indicted Handy and eight other pro-life activists for engaging in a 2020 Washington abortion facility sit-in, leading to her recent arrest, the discovery of the baby remains was a separate matter and was coordinated by the pro-life activists. So far, the police department has said it does not intend to perform an autopsy on the bodies.

Handy and fellow activist Terrisa Bukovinac told WORLD their side of the story. The chain of events began two weeks ago outside of the downtown Washington Surgi-Clinic abortion facility. According to Bukovinac and Handy, the pair arrived around noon on Friday, March 25 … As they arrived, they said, they saw a medical waste truck from Curtis Bay Energy parked outside and a driver loading boxes into the back of the truck. When Handy and Bukovinac approached him and told him there could be dead babies inside the boxes, he looked “shocked” and “disturbed,” according to the pro-life activists….

Bukovinac said she asked, “Would you get in trouble if we take one of these boxes?” The driver asked what they would do with it, and Handy told him they would make sure the babies had a proper burial, the activists said. They said the driver consented, so they took a box and returned to Handy’s apartment….

They were unable to find a priest but contacted a deacon who came to witness them opening the box. A little before 2 p.m., Bukovinac filmed on a phone while Handy with gloved hands removed the contents. Inside, they said, they found about 115 unborn babies at various stages of development: Five were well-developed, late-term babies—three still intact, two “severely dismembered.” Handy and Bukovinac decided that, before they buried the babies, they would show the bodies to a pathologist who could determine how they died. The pro-lifers suspected one had been a victim of an illegal partial-birth abortion and that others had been born alive. On March 28, a priest conducted a funeral Mass and naming ceremony for the babies…

Despite their attempts, Bukovinac said they were unable to find a pathologist after multiple days of searching. On Tuesday, March 29, they emailed a letter through attorney Steve Cooley to the homicide branch of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, requesting to arrange a pickup of the five late-term babies so the police could examine them. Bukovinac and Handy said other activists transported the other 100-plus babies to arrange a burial that night….

But on the morning of Wednesday, March 30 … They drove to Handy’s apartment to see if police had taken the babies yet and arrived a little after 9:30 a.m. Before they could enter, FBI agents arrested Handy on the sidewalk for her participation in the 2020 sit-in….

The Department of Justice filed the indictment against the nine pro-life activists on March 24, the day before Handy and Bukovinac obtained the box outside of the abortion facility. (Handy and the other indicted activists each face the possibility of more than a decade in prison if convicted of conspiracy and attempting to block access to the Washington Surgi-Clinic abortion facility during the October 2020 sit-in.)…

Meanwhile, The Washington Post reported on Friday that the “city medical examiner does not plan at this time to perform autopsies on the five fetuses” obtained from Handy’s house. Executive Assistant Chief of Police Ashan Benedict said Thursday the fetuses were aborted “in accordance with D.C. law [and] there doesn’t seem to be anything criminal in nature about that except for how they got into this house….”

According to the Washington Surgi-Clinic website, the abortion facility performs abortions up to “27-plus weeks of pregnancy.” District of Columbia law doesn’t put a gestational limit on abortions, but PAAU said the babies’ killings could have violated federal law if they had been born alive and left to die or if the abortionist had partially delivered them before killing them.

How are you praying for the unborn? Share this article to raise awareness of Handy’s plight.

(Excerpt from WORLD. Photo Credit: Canva)

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Toni
April 11, 2022

Wow, such courageous, determined individuals! May the Lord provide true justice for them & for the unborn they are seeking to treat in a humane manner. We ask for intervention on their behalf, Lord, and that what the enemy has intended for evil will be turned upon the heads of those who are out to destroy the righteous!!

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Nancy
April 11, 2022

Dear Lord, have mercy on us as a nation and protect the activists who are trying to end this evilness. God bless the babies. 🙏🙏🙏

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Becky
April 10, 2022

Lord forgive our leaders for making bad, evil law. Forgive us, we Your people, for not being wise as snakes and harmless as doves, and for some who do exploits, whining instead of praising You, forgive us for expecting evil, captives to ‘play fair’, for loving our own comfort too much and most of all sometimes being lulled to sleep. Thank You for being gentle with wake up calls! Thank You for armor, Your Spirit and Your Word! Thank You for never leaving us or forsaking us and being persistent as You are patient to call us and keep us by Your side til You bring us all Home, to Heaven!

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Annalisa S.
April 10, 2022

Remember the part of old Israel that fell into disobedience to God, and the surrounding peoples, who sacrificed the children, and God destroyed them, as He said he would for this grave sin.

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Sheila
April 10, 2022

Lord forgive us all! I applaud these women for trying to do the right thing with these aborted babies! I pray that I could one day be with You in heaven with all of these babies that have been senselessly killed, and just love them and hug them! I pray for the mother’s to repent and have remorse for what they have done and when they realize what they have done, I pray You give them comfort as this can be painful for them to realize they were lied to about murdering their child.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen!

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Nancy Bryda
April 9, 2022

Lord what the devil means for evil turn it too good in some way. I call DC the district of Christ. I invite, in Jesus name, angels to come execute judgment upon deep-rooted inequity in DC in the abortion clinics and also with the January 6th people who were charged with crimes . Expose the FBI and the health care agencies in Washington DC of any criminal activity. My word over DC is justice, justice and more justice. I decree the blueprints of justice in heaven concerning DC be released by the Godhead, directed to the Holy Spirit and loosed by the declarations of the ekklesia over DC. Vengeance is mine says the Lord. Woe into those who sin against my precious children.

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Jennifer
April 9, 2022

horrific😭
God will have the last say!
Those that take a baby’s life will have to answer to God Almighty.

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Jennifer Jara
April 9, 2022

Abortion is horrible in itself but late term abortion is evil ad should be illegal,
Why are they arresting this woman for protesting? This is still America!

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Christine Stott
April 9, 2022

Oh Heavenly Father, This is horrifying, that Washington DC continues to allow the killing of innocent tiny children. Please destroy their plans and ability to do this.

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Ronny Webb
April 9, 2022

It sad and disgusting how babies are just destroyed with no regard for their life. When a pregnant woman has a wreck and she looses the baby the driver of the other vehicle is charged with vehicular hominid. So unjust for a baby to be aborted. No justice for the baby that can’t speak for itself.

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John Crisler
April 9, 2022

What Does the Bible Say about the Unborn?

• “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” -Psalm 139:13-16
• “The word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.’” -Jeremiah 1:4-5
• “Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?” -Job 31:15
• “This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the LORD, the Maker of all things, who stretches out the heavens, who spreads out the earth by myself,” -Isaiah 44:24
After all, God is the one who gave life to each of us before we were born (Job 31:15, CEV). God is the giver of life. Life is not the result of chance. It is not an accident or fluke. Life comes about because God gives. He grants life to each baby before birth.”
-Sarah Coleman

Psalm 127:3 Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from him.

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Sandra
April 9, 2022

I pray that God bring vengence for the sadistic brutality of these innocent babies!! Justice needs to be swift and equable to the evil committed.

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Shelly
April 9, 2022

Please Lord God…protect these little babies. Please go into the hearts of these Moms and let them realize they don’t have to abort…there are other alternatives. It’s ridiculous that this woman would be arrested while the ones doing the murdering are not. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray for an end to abortion of any kind. Amen

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Susan CC
April 9, 2022

Romans 11:36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
Proverbs 16:4 4 The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
Nahum 1:15 Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
Malachi 4: 2-3 But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall. Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
Matthew 13:41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness

Oh my God, I cannot fathom the depth of depravity in this report. You word tells us all things are from You, through You, and to You. It says You have made everything for Your purpose, even the wicked. In Your word, Nahum tells us of Your burden for Nineveh as does Jonah We read there is nothing new under the sun. I believe Your word. I believe You have prepared a day when the wicked will be trampled and utterly cut off. I also believe on that day, every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness will be weeded out. I pray this day has come for abortion and those who support it. I pray power and authority for every soul standing against this abomination. May our prayers please You. May our silent protests on street corners please You. May our legal teams preparing arguments please You. In the Name of Jesus Christ, may it please you to demolish this stronghold. Amen

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Blanca Holland
April 9, 2022

Hubby and I: discussing this item : he said he saw the LORD ALMIGHTY : padding HIS chest: saying: they’re trying to kill ME. I AM : the giver of LIFE: for the littlest voices of the smallest citizen in the womb at all stages deemed to be aborted because of inconvenient time and physical imperfections and even circumstance: are a gift from HEAVEN.

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Ann
April 9, 2022

Thank you for reporting this. Abortion is evil straight from hell

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Diane
April 9, 2022

I honestly feel what these proliferation did was a bit morbid bringing a box of baby bodies to your house. Although I understand their passion and heart for God’s creation millions of babies have been aborted without a proper burial but we know they are with Jesus in heaven. Sometimes there’s a fine line between being led by God and taking matters into our own hands. I’m open to other perspectives and I pray for the protection of these women whose hearts were wanting justice. I don’t believe this behavior warrants a prison sentence so we lift this situation up to you Lord and ask for your intervention on their behalf in Jesus name. We decree and declare an end to this wicked practice of abortion and help us to respond according to your will

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