A jury on Tuesday found five anti-abortion activists guilty of violating federal law for blockading a D.C. health clinic in October 2020. One of those activists is Lauren Handy, at whose Capitol Hill home police later discovered five fetuses stored in the refrigerator.

Handy of Alexandria, Virginia and the four other defendants were charged last year with conspiracy to block the entrance at Washington Surgi-Clinic near Foggy Bottom after traveling to the District from other states, as well as violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. The 1994 federal law prohibits violent, threatening, and obstructive conduct that intends to injure, intimidate, or interfere with an individual’s right to receive or provide reproductive health services.

Each defendant faces up to 11 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $350,000. U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who presided over the jury trial, ordered that the defendants be immediately detained. Sentencing is scheduled at a later date.

Evidence at the trial showed that Handy led the clinic blockade, encouraging John Hinshaw of New York, Heather Idoni of Michigan, William Goodman of New York, and Herb Geraghty of Pennsylvania to join her. Handy pretended to be a woman in need of reproductive health services, scheduling an appointment for October 22, 2020, according to court documents. Then she directed the other defendants to use the waiting room furniture to block an entrance, as they roped and chained themselves together.

The blockade was broadcast on Facebook.

Individuals struggled to access the clinic that day due to the blockade, including one woman who traveled from Ohio to D.C. to terminate her pregnancy after learning of a fetal abnormality. The woman testified at the hearing, according to WUSA9. This would be her third appointment at the clinic. The woman arrived in extreme pain and collapsed on the floor when she unsuccessfully tried to enter the clinic with her husband.

Handy allegedly obtained the fetuses at some point after the day of the clinic blockade; she is facing separate charges in that case. Attorneys for Handy wanted to present photos of the five fetuses that she took from a waste disposal truck outside of Washington Surgi-Clinic as evidence, according to WUSA9. The judge denied her request, ruling the photos irrelevant to the case.

The jury deliberated for nearly two days before issuing a verdict: guilty on all two counts, a felony conspiracy against rights and a FACE Act offense.

Handy has been charged and convicted in other cases related to trespassing at clinics in the past.

The last time there appeared to be a local violation and charge of the FACE Act was in 2016, when two individuals were charged after vandalizing a Baltimore area abortion clinic on two separate occasions; one individual pled guilty while the other was convicted at trial.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland assured the public in 2021 that the Justice Department would enforce the FACE Act, after Texas passed what was the nation’s most restrictive abortion law.