Pro-Life father Mark Houck will attend Joe Biden’s State of the Union tonight to celebrate his victory over Joe Biden’s persecution against him for peacefully protesting abortion.
Houck was facing charges that he violated the federal FACE law when he was helping women outside an abortion center. An abortion business escort accosted and bullied his son and Houck stepped in to stop it – and, in doing so, the abortion center volunteer fell down. Houck could have faced over a decade in prison if he was found guilty.
But a jury reached a not guilty verdict – in what is a huge victory for Houck’s family and pro-life Americans who protect or help women outside abortion businesses.
This Thursday, Congress will begin its investigation of the Biden admin persecuting pro-life Americans and the Houck case will almost certainly be a part of it.
But before that, Houck told a Catholic podcast he has been invited by a pro-life congressman to attend the State of the Union in a move that is an excellent reminder to Biden that he failed to put a pro-life American in prison for protesting abortion.
Houck told LOOPcast co-host Erika Ahern that Congressman Scott Perry, R-PA, extended the invitation late last week.
“I asked him why, why me?” Houck said. “And they told me that I’m the face of the weaponization of the government.”
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Ahern asked, “What comes next for the Houck family?” Houck confirmed rumors that he would be at the State of the Union with his wife, Ryan-Marie.
“I know I’m gonna be a political pawn,” he remarked. “But I’m okay with that. God’s using me in this way, and light needs to be shed on this dark place.”
Houck confirmed that he will be involved in Republican efforts to investigate the apparent targeting of pro-life activists under the FACE Act.
“We have an interview with the Judiciary Committee on February 22nd. That’s in advance of a potential hearing before the subcommittee that Congressman Jim Jordan is chairing… that’s going to begin the process of investigating all of this. Hopefully my testimony will be a benefit and bless others.”
The House voted for the new committee earlier this year. The Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government passed the House 221-211, with all Republicans voting for it and all Democrats voting against it. The subcommittee will consist of 13 members.
The House also voted for a resolution, that Democrats rejected, condemning the pro-abortion violence.
The panel is expected to investigate not only how the executive branch has gathered information on citizens, but how it has worked with other bodies – including private sector companies to “facilitate action against American citizens.”
The resolution states that the committee will investigate how the executive branch agencies “collect, compile, analyze, use, or disseminate information about citizens of the United States, including any unconstitutional, illegal, or unethical activities committed against citizens of the United States.”
The subcommittee’s work would include “a full and complete investigation and study” and a final report to be submitted by Jan. 2, 2025, the resolution states. The subcommittee will have subpoena power.
One of the things Congress will investigate is the disparity between the two dozens arrests of pro-life Americans from a few cases of peacefully protesting abortion while only two abortion activists have been subjected to FACE charges despite over 250 pro-abortion attacks on churches, pregnancy centers and pro-life groups.
After the not guilty verdict, Houck’s attorney Peter Breen celebrated the decision in comments to LifeNews.
“Mark and his family are now free of the cloud that the Biden administration threw upon them. We took on Goliath – the full might of the United States government – and won,” he said.
Breen added: “The jury saw through and rejected the prosecution’s discriminatory case, which was harassment from day one. This is a win for Mark and the entire pro-life movement. The Biden Department of Justice’s intimidation against pro-life people and people of faith has been put in its place.”
Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri also applauded the decision.
“Remember, this is the Catholic man Biden DOJ arrested in a SWAT-style raid at his home. In front of his children. On bogus charges. All to intimidate pro-life Americans & people of faith,” he tweeted.
Senator Tom Cotton chimed in as well.
“Mark Houck never should have been prosecuted, let alone treated like a terrorist in an early-morning FBI raid with a SWAT team. Merrick Garland should be ashamed for using DOJ as a political weapon to target pro-life activists,” he tweeted.
Pro-Life Congressman Chip Roy of Texas celebrated the decision – tweeting “Good. Begs question of the $48 billion we give to DOJ.”
Andrew Bath of the Thomas More Center, a pro-life legal group, described what ws at stake in the case.
“I don’t know how anyone could hear what we’ve heard over the past few days and think that Mark deserves to be in prison. I don’t know how anyone could watch this grueling trial and think that Bruce Love was a helpless victim and Mark a violent monster. And I don’t know how anyone could hear the moving and courageous testimony of young Mark Jr. and come away with their hearts hardened against his father. As Brian McMonagle told the jury, “This case is about a father’s love for his child.”
“I truly believe that we’ve sent a message to Biden’s DOJ and the abortion industry that, despite all their money and power, they can’t get away with abusing government power to destroy the lives of heroic sidewalk counselors without triggering a confrontation with the Thomas More Society,” he added.
Houck made national headlines last year after 20 heavily-armed federal agents stormed his home at dawn on September 23 — frightening his family, pointing guns at his head, and then arresting him in front of his wife and seven young children.
