Police recovered the remains of five fetuses from a Capitol Hill home belonging to an anti-abortion activist on Wednesday.
The Metropolitan Police Department found the fetal remains when it responded to the scene after receiving a call about possible biohazard materials located inside the home of Lauren Handy. The MPD homicide and forensic services reportedly removed the evidence in red biohazard bags and coolers from the house’s basement as Handy sat outside on the sidewalk.
Handy, a member of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising group, expected the raid to happen “sooner or later,” she told WUSA 9. “People will freak out when they hear.”
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Handy has a history of legal troubles regarding her anti-abortion activism, most recently being indicted on federal charges for blockading an abortion clinic by chaining herself and her fellow activists to the building’s doors and furniture.
The charges accuse Handy and eight others of traveling to Washington, D.C., in October 2020 to obstruct building access while intimidating clients as they sought access to the clinic. Handy allegedly called the clinic days before the demonstration to make an appointment under the alias “Hazel Jenkins,” according to charging documents.
Handy arrived at the clinic that morning before it opened, telling the medical personnel she was there for an appointment. When the employee opened the door, the group “forcefully pushed through the clinic door into the clinic’s waiting room” and “chained and roped themselves together,” according to the documents.
The group, which created a Facebook event called “No one dies today,” live-streamed the incident to document the “people intervening physically with their bodies to prevent women from entering the clinic to murder their children,” said Jonathan Darnel, one of the co-defendants who allegedly posted the video.
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In the process, the group allegedly knocked over a nurse, spraining her ankle. Another patient who was already inside the building attempted to leave, but the group blocked her inside.
If convicted, the defendants each face a maximum of 11 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and fines of up to $350,000, according to the Department of Justice. The case remains under investigation by the FBI and the DOJ.
