NAF TOOK A STAND/EXECUTIVE NOMINEES/Nomination of Alberto Gonzales/Questions NAF submitted to the Judiciary Committee for Alberto Gonzales

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Questions for Alberto Gonzales
Nominee for Attorney General of the United States
January 5, 2005

1. In your opinion, is the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act a valid exercise of Congressional authority? Do you think that the decisions at the appellate level upholding FACE were correctly decided? If a future Supreme Court accepted for review a case involving the constitutionality of FACE, how would you advocate on behalf of the United States?
2. Currently, the Department of Justice administers the Task Force on Violence Against Health Care Providers. Its purpose is to:
   • Coordinate national investigation and prosecution of incidents of abortion violence with a focus on connections that may exist between individuals involved in criminal anti-abortion activities;
   • Serve as a clearinghouse for information relating to acts of violence against abortion providers, and collect and coordinate data identifying national trends related to clinic violence;
   • Make security recommendations to enhance the safety and protection of providers;
   • Assist the work of the U.S. Attorneys' local working groups on clinic violence;
   • Enhance training of federal, state, and local law enforcement on issues relating to clinic violence; and
   • Support federal civil investigation and litigation of abortion-related violence

Would you keep the Task Force in place and would its mission stay the same? Would you ensure that the Task Force has the resources necessary to carry out its mission?

3. In the event of an imminent threat to the safety of a provider, would you support sending federal marshal protection, as was the case in Buffalo after the murder of Dr. Slepian and more recently in Wichita, Kansas?
   

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