A California pro-life activist is on trial in criminal court for posting a video outside an abortion clinic in August.
Jurors began their third day of deliberations for Anastasia Rogers on Thursday over her December arrest for a 13-second video about how Planned Parenthood staff “unalive” babies, according to news reports and court records. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is prosecuting Rogers under the state’s Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which criminalizes behavior targeting abortion clinics that is deemed to be intimidation or obstructing entry.
After her release, she shared this statement:
“Yesterday, I was arrested for my pro life work at Planned Parenthood, specifically for social media content made at the sidewalk. Despite never breaking any laws during my time at the San Francisco Planned Parenthood, they’re using…
— Pro-Life San Francisco (@prolifesf) December 19, 2025
“A jury is currently deciding whether I can go to jail for up to 2 years over a pro-life Instagram reel,” Rogers, an advocate with Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, said in a Wednesday Instagram video. The trial began April 17, court records show.
Jenkins’s office did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
The reel in question shows Rogers and a Planned Parenthood escort outside the clinic with captions contrasting how pro-lifers want to help women raise their children while clinic staff want to “unalive them.” A song plays in the background with the lyrics “Hey, is this illegal? Hey, it feels illegal,” mimicking a popular TikTok video trend. The clinic escort in the video later filed a complaint with Jenkins’ office, The San Francisco Public Press reported.
California’s FACE Act resembles a federal law with the same name that inspired the Biden-Harris administration to charge numerous pro-life advocates. President Donald Trump pardoned nearly two dozen pro-lifers who faced such charges in his first week back in office.
A December video from Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust shows police handcuffing Rogers on a sidewalk before loading her in the back of a cruiser.
“I’ll be okay. Don’t worry about me,” says Rogers from the car’s back seat. “But the babies here will not. The babies at Planned Parenthood are being killed today.”
Correction: This story has been updated to reflect the correct date of Rogers’ video. We regret the error.
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