Elise Ketch, a member of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, told The Daily Signal the FBI visited her mother as a way to intimidate her:
On April 18, around 2:45 p.m., FBI agents went to the home of Tracy Ketch, Elise Ketch’s mother. Ring camera footage provided to The Daily Signal shows two women standing on the front porch of Ketch’s childhood home in Woodbridge, Virginia. The women identified themselves as Ashley Roberts and Kathleen Brown.“We are both with the FBI,” Roberts told Ketch’s mother. “We just need to speak with her regarding some information that was sent to us.”When Tracy Ketch informed the agents that Ketch no longer lives at that residence, Roberts asked for Ketch’s residence or phone number.“She’s not in any trouble,” Roberts assured Tracy Ketch with a smile, the footage shows. “We just have some information we need to ask her about.”“We would tell you all the information because, like I said, she’s not in any trouble, but just out of respect for her, we’d like to speak with her first,” Roberts says, adding with a shrug, “and then, if she feels like talking to you, which I’m sure she will because it’s nothing … ”More Ring camera footage viewed by The Daily Signal shows Ketch’s mother stepping onto the front porch and calling her daughter.“I have two FBI agents at the front door,” she tells her daughter.“FBI agents,” Ketch can be heard repeating, as Roberts breaks into a smile. “Mom, don’t tell them anything.”“Ok, what do you want me to do?” she asks her daughter. As Ketch speaks, her mother waves the agents off the porch and opens the front door, stress written across her face.
Ketch doesn’t know why the FBI went to her mom’s house. PAAU came under fire within the government when officials found five aborted babies at the house of Lauren Handy.
PAAU said a whistleblower told them about the babies. The organization claimed the “ages and their apparent sustained injuries suggested possible violations of the federal Partial Birth Abortion Act and the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.”
Nine pro-life activists face charges under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE). The FBI made the arrests.
Ketch thinks the incident could be a reason why the FBI visited:
Elise Ketch told The Daily Signal that she has “no idea what information the FBI was sent” that would require her to talk to them. But she has a few guesses.“My colleague at Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, Lauren Handy, is indicted under the FACE Act and is being prosecuted by the federal government,” she said. “It’s plausible that these FBI agents aimed to collect information from me to help build their case against her.”“While they reassured my mother that I was not in trouble, it’s also possible that they see me as a threat due to my pro-life activism and intended to investigate me,” Ketch speculated. “Yet, to my knowledge, they never attempted to follow up with me or my attorney, so I believe the FBI’s true motive behind their visit to my parents’ home was to intimidate me and my team.”The visit made her concerned for her family’s safety, Ketch said, adding, “I refuse to back down.”
Pro-life organizations, Catholic churches, and pregnancy centers have been targeted since someone leaked Justice Alito’s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.
The feds have arrested and charged pro-lifers with FACE violations. Only a few pro-abortionists have been arrested.
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