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8.1 Freedom Of Access To Reproductive Health Services Intimidation Or Injury Of A Person 18 USC § 24 8(a)(1) Title 18, United States Code, Sect ion 248(a)(1), makes it a Federal crime or offense for anyone by using [force] [threat of force] [physical obstruction] to intentionally [injure] [intimidate] [interfere with] a person [obtaining] [providing] reproductive health services. The Defendant can be found guilty of that offense only if all of the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt: First: That the Defendant, by the use of [force] [threat of force] [physical obstruction] intentionally [injured] [intimidated] [interfered with] the person named in the indictment, as charged; [and] Second: That the Defendant did so knowingly and because such person was, or had been, [providing] [obtaining] reproductive health services; [and] Third: That t he Defendant' s acts resulted in [death] [bodily injury]. [To "force" someone simply means to exert or apply physical compulsion or restraint against the person.] [To "interfere with" simply means to restrict a person's freedom of movement.] [To "intimidate" simply means to place a person in reasonable apprehension of bodily harm either to that person or to another.] [To "physically obstruct " simply means t o render impassable ingress to or egress from a facility that provides reproductive health services.] The term "reproductive health services" simply means medical, surgical, counseling or referral services provided in a hospital, clinic, physician's office or other facility, relating to the human reproductive system including services relating to pregnancy or the termination of a pregnancy. [The term "bodily injury" means a cut, abrasion, bruise or disfigurement; or physical pain or illness; or the impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ or mental faculty; or any other injury to the body no matter how temporary.] ANNOTATIONS AND COMMENTS 18 USC § 24 8(a)(1 ) provides: Whoever - -(1) by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person because that person is or has been, or in order to intimidate such person or any other person or any class of persons from, obtaining or providing reproductive health services [shall be guilty of an offense against the United States]. Maximum Penalty: One (1) year imprisonment and applicable fine unless bodily injury results.