(NEW YORK) Two protesters from Tennessee surrendered Friday to face federal charges in New York for routinely harassing women entering a Planned Parenthood clinic on Manhattan's Bleecker Street. Bevelyn Beatty Williams, 31, and Edmee Chavannes, 41, violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act with a multiyear campaign to interfere with women who
(NEW YORK) — Two protesters from Tennessee surrendered Friday to face federal charges in New York for routinely harassing women entering a Planned Parenthood clinic on Manhattan’s Bleecker Street. Bevelyn Beatty Williams, 31, and Edmee Chavannes, 41, violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances […]
Two Tennessee women have been charged by federal prosecutors in New York with unlawfully blocking access to abortion clinics in several states over several years. Bevelyn Beatty Williams and Edmee Chavannes, both of Ooltewah, Tennessee, surrendered Friday to face charges of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams says the two women used threats and on at least one occasion force to prevent individuals from accessing their legal right to reproductive health services. Prosecutors say the pair blocked access to clinics in New York as well as Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. Information on attorneys for the two women wasn’t immediately available.
Bevelyn Beatty Williams, 31, who’s originally from Staten Island and describes herself on Instagram as the “wife of Christ” has live streamed many of her alleged antics.