I need your immediate support to help
                                          the Thomas More Society defend a
                                          father-of-seven pro-life advocate
                                          against false criminal charges.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        Please let me explain.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        In the early morning of September 23,
                                          roughly twenty-five FBI agents wearing
                                          tactical gear threatened to break down
                                          the door of Mark Houck's home if he
                                          didn't let them in immediately.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        With guns pointed at Mark, they
                                            hauled him off to jail while his
                                            wife and kids looked on, screaming.
                                          
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        Now he's facing multiple criminal
                                          charges and eleven years in federal
                                          prison due to an incident involving an
                                          aggressively abusive Planned
                                          Parenthood escort - which is why our
                                          team is representing him in
                                          court.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        Can I count on your best gift of
                                              $40 or more to the MARK HOUCK
                                              DEFENSE FUND to help us give him
                                              the legal defense he
                                              deserves?
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        Mark is a dedicated pro-life author,
                                          speaker, and sidewalk counselor.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        He would drive two hours every week
                                          to stand outside of abortion clinics
                                          for six to eight hours at a time,
                                          praying the Rosary and offering
                                          support to women who are so desperate
                                          they think they have no alternative
                                          than to abort their babies, often
                                          bringing his twelve-year-old
                                          son.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        But one day,
                                          a Planned Parenthood escort got
                                              in his young son's face,
                                              ridiculing him and his father in
                                              very vulgar and aggressive
                                              ways.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        Mark defended his son by shoving the
                                          escort away after having repeatedly
                                          asked him to stop the abuse.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        The escort wanted him prosecuted for
                                          assault and battery for shoving him
                                          away from Mark's young son, but the
                                          District Court of Philadelphia threw
                                          out the case.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        So, Biden's Department of Justice
                                          charged Mark with violating the
                                          federal FACE Act...and now this courageous pro-life
                                              hero faces up to
                                              eleven years in federal
                                                prison
                                              for advocating for life and for
                                              defending his family.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        We're pulling out all the stops to
                                          make sure the DOJ and the abortion
                                          clinic escort who are trying to
                                          destroy Mark and his family don't get
                                          away with this.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        But this is going to be a long,
                                          costly affair, and I need your
                                          help.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        That's where your emergency
                                              donation to the MARK HOUCK DEFENSE
                                              FUND comes in - by giving today
                                              you can stand with Mark in his
                                              hour of need.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        Make no mistake, friend, Mark's
                                          arrest was a targeted attack
                                          specifically intended to intimidate
                                          pro-lifers and people of faith.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        The incident at the abortion clinic
                                          was so minor that the authorities
                                          refused to press charges and when the
                                          escort filed charges himself, his case
                                          was thrown out.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        Fortunately for Mark and his family,
                                          if anyone has experience defending
                                          pro-life heroes against Biden's DOJ
                                          and Planned Parenthood, it's us.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        My name is Tom Brejcha and I'm the
                                          president and chief counsel of the
                                          Thomas More Society - the
                                          not-for-profit law firm defending Mark
                                          Houck.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        We're proud to have defended many
                                          renowned leaders in America's pro-life
                                          movement such as Joe Scheidler and the
                                          Pro-Life Action League, David Bereit,
                                          David Daleiden, Shawn Carney and 40
                                          Days for Life, Abby Johnson, the Susan
                                          B. Anthony List, Lila Rose and Live
                                          Action, the March for Life, and many
                                          more. But without the help of generous
                                          donors, none of our crucial work would
                                          be possible.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        Because the reality is, while you
                                          can't be the one personally defending
                                          Mark in the courtroom, by donating you
                                          can help us vindicate this brave
                                          father and pro-life hero who is being
                                          ground through the system in an unjust
                                          prosecution.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        Can I count on your gift of $40,
                                              $60, $100, or more to stand with
                                              Mark Houck today and fight back
                                              against the dark forces of Planned
                                              Parenthood? 
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        I will be grateful for whatever
                                          you're able to send today. Whether
                                          it's $10, $40, $60, $250 or
                                          more...
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        ...because time is of the
                                          essence.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        We're expecting Mark's defense to
                                          cost us hundreds of thousands of
                                          dollars.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        To put it as bluntly as possible,
                                          Mark could be facing years behind
                                              bars for a crime he didn't commit,
                                              while his seven children grow up
                                              without him and his wife
                                              Ryan-Marie is forced to raise
                                              their family alone.
                                            
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        Not only that, but pro-life sidewalk
                                          counselors across the country may be
                                          deterred from going to the clinics out
                                          of concern that they, too, could end
                                          up in costly legal battles and even
                                          face federal charges simply for
                                          defending the unborn.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        So, I do ask that you make your gift
                                          as soon as you can.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      Please don't delay in donating to
                                            the MARK HOUCK DEFENSE FUND
                                            immediately.
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        I've asked my staff to let me know as
                                          soon as we get your generous gift so I
                                          can let Mark know that you're standing
                                          with him.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        I know Mark and his family will be
                                          deeply touched by your generous
                                          support.
                                      
                                      
                                         
                                      
                                      
                                        May God bless you,